Engineering Manager (Hands-On)
Enapi
Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Posted on Oct 27, 2025
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Engineering Manager (Hands-On)
Company: ENAPI
Location: Berlin or Remote (CET)
Role Type: Full-time, Leadership Track
Compensation: Competitive base + meaningful equity
The opportunity
ENAPI is the infrastructure layer powering the €150 billion EV charging industry. We are laser-focused on one thing: running a high performance cloud platform connecting charge points and EV drivers. Our platform is growing fast, enabling 500,000+ charge points across Europe and handling hundreds of thousands of sessions per month, with 20ms latency and a team of fewer than 10 engineers. As our load is set to grow 10-100× over the next 18 months, we’re scaling fast while staying lean. We’re backed by €10M from Voyager, Project A, Seedcamp.
The role
This role is about owning the architecture, building where it matters most, and leading a team of top engineers to keep ENAPI the fastest, most reliable, and most scalable platform in the market. Lean, fast, high-ownership engineering culture. Early team means outsized technical and industry impact.
The mandate
60% IC: design, code, profile, scale, own critical paths, ship real systems under load
40% leadership: set technical direction, review designs, unblock engineers, coach a team that already moves fast and wants to move faster
Lead by building, unblock by shipping
The work
Real-time connectivity APIs, reconciliation engines, financial clearing, protocol normalization
End-to-end performance: keep <20 ms latency while scaling 10–100×
Zero-loss, accurate financial reconciliation across 500k+ distributed endpoints
Reliability at scale: real-time monitoring, resilient design, zero margin for error
Tech stack
Go, Kotlin, React/Next.js, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, real-time event pipelines, distributed data stores, full-stack observability.
The kind of leader who thrives here
You grew from IC to manager but never stopped coding. You built teams that ship fast. You’ve scaled systems from thousands to millions of transactions and know where they crack. You’re fluent in modern backend (Go/Kotlin) and cloud-native systems. You move easily between reviewing a gnarly PR, sketching architecture for the next scale jump, and leading a team retro that refuels execution speed. Bonus: FinTech/EV charging experience.
Why ENAPI, why now
Connectivity should be a commodity. We create value by taking the heavy lifting out of our partners’ hands. We capture value by going further, building the products and services that sit on top of that foundation. We’re built on OCPI, the open protocol that’s become the industry standard. Our CTO was one of its initiators and we actively contribute to its evolution. Joining ENAPI means working at the bleeding edge of an ecosystem where technical decisions become industry defaults. You’re not just scaling software; you’re shaping how an entire sector connects and clears.
How we work
Remote-first, CET-aligned. Elite but lean. Low ceremony, high clarity, direct responsibility.
Talk to us
Email dennis@enapi.com with:
A short note on why you want a hybrid IC/leadership role.
The hardest system you’ve scaled and what broke.
A link to code you’re proud of.
We don’t hire managers of managers. We hire builders who lead by building.