Senior Engineering Manager (d/f/m) - Infrastructure and Security

Our story:

Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We're working on fixing that. Our intuitive app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence.

Spread across Berlin and Madrid, Team Taxfix is a compassionate group of solution-finders. We speak our minds openly, and with 500+ professionals from 45+ different nationalities, we're rich in ideas and voices. In four years, we've raised over 300 million euros in funding and helped people reclaim more than one billion euros.

 

Your challenge:

As Taxfix’s Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure and Security, you will manage the engineering team managing and owning Taxfix’s infrastructure and security setup.

• Site Reliability Engineering
• Infrastructure
• Security
• DevOps practices

In this role you will take an essential role in building Taxfix’s tech-infrastructure to achieve a scalable, secure, and efficient setup for long-term growth. You will work alongside other engineering managers to facilitate efficient, secure and fail-safe deployments of their apps and software to reliable, scalable, and approachable infrastructure.

 

Your responsibilities:

• Hire, lead and nurture the Infrastructure and Product Security engineering teams to ensure timely and high quality delivery
• Take ownership for Taxfix’s server setup (its health), CI, CD, automation and deployment setups
• Control permission setups for all development & business teams for security and traceability
• Work closely with the Technical Leadership team to align on the engineering KPIs of your team.
• Own the process for incident response and management
• Defining and measuring reliability goals—SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
• Ensure team process and capability to stay ahead of system capacity demands
• Support improvements in infrastructure spend efficiency
• Communicate effectively across all company departments and roles
• Motivate and guide the team towards excellence
• Guide the team towards best practices in infrastructure, security, and release velocity

Your profile:

• At least 5 years of experience in engineering management
• 5+ years of experience in configuration and management of at least one major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
• At least 1 year with the configuration and administration of GCP
• You have experience in managing servers and building scalable pipelines
• You have expertise in deployment tools and platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS
• You have expertise with Infrastructure as Code principles, particularly with Terraform at scale will be a big plus
• You have experience managing large infrastructure systems with multiple Kubernetes clusters
• Be result-oriented - you set clear goals and metrics, shape strategies, and align the team on the right path to success.
• You are pragmatic - have a strong positive attitude, and you can overcome challenges with passion and creativity

 

Why Taxfix?

• A chance to do meaningful, people-centric work with an international team of passionate professionals.
• Holistic wellbeing with free mental health coaching sessions and yoga.
• A monthly allowance to spend on an extensive range of services that you can use and rollover as flexibly as you like.
• Employee stock options for all employees—because everyone deserves to benefit from the success they help to create.
• Dedicated relocation and visa support for those that need it.
• 30 annual vacation days and flexible working hours.
• Work from abroad for up to six weeks every year. Just align with your team, and then enjoy your trip.
• Plenty of opportunities to socialise as a team. In addition to internal tech meetups, our international team hosts regular get-togethers—virtually and in person when possible.
• Free tax declaration filing, of course, through the Taxfix app—and internal support for all personal tax-related questions.
• Have a four-legged friend in your life? We’re happy to have dogs join us in the office.

Excited? So are we. Learn more about Team Taxfix on our blog and get a glimpse of our culture below:

 

At Taxfix, we believe that incredible things happen when you have a wealth of perspectives and experiences. We're proudly committed to equal employment and development opportunities no matter your gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, colour, disability, or place of origin. To help mitigate any potential unconscious biases, we ask that you refrain from including your picture, age, or marital status on your CV. Let your experiences speak for themselves.

Not sure if you meet all the requirements for this role? Please apply anyways. You might bring something special to the team that we hadn't previously considered.