Senior Software Engineer, Blacklane
Path to Engineering Manager
+ Virtual stock options
Carbon-neutral global chauffeur service
Open for applications
Carbon-neutral global chauffeur service
201-500 employees
Open for applications
+ Virtual stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make top-quality service convenient and accessible worldwide.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives on both hands-on coding and technical leadership, ensuring we deliver innovative, data-driven solutions in a collaborative and dynamic environment
- You are proactive, curious, and a team player
- Proven track record as senior software engineer with background in backend engineering
- Interested in stepping foot into managing and growing teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Passionate about fostering team growth, with a proven track record of mentoring and supporting individual development
- Deep understanding of auction systems, marketplaces, or ride-hailing platforms, with a focus on driving tailored and attractive offers
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams and active engagement in decision-making
- Decisive and confident in handling complex situations
What the job involves
- Are you a hands-on Senior Software Engineer ready to take the next step into a leadership role?
- We have an exciting opportunity for you to transition into an Engineering Manager position, where you’ll not only leverage your technical expertise but also develop your leadership skills
- As an Engineering Manager, you’ll have a significant impact on shaping the technical direction of our pricing platform and service offerings. You’ll stay deeply involved in technical problem-solving and architectural decisions while leading and mentoring a team of talented engineers
- Technical Strategy and Product Evolution:
- Define the technical strategy and oversee the evolution of our pricing platform and service offering to our guests to ensure tailored pricing
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Dispatching, Marketplace, Consumer Product and Data to ensure our systems align with business goals and customer needs
- Delivery and Operational Excellence:
- Guide the team in setting and achieving clear goals, ensuring high-quality feature development and system reliability
- Implement efficient workflows and agile methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement
- Make decisive and informed decisions, balancing quality, timelines, and business requirements
- Leadership and Team Development:
- Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing engineering team, guiding them to solve problems proactively and collaboratively
- Encourage professional growth, providing constructive feedback and development opportunities for team members
- Address challenges within the team confidently, including handling difficult situations and making tough decisions when necessary
- Foster a collaborative and communicative team culture, ensuring alignment across functions and proactive problem-solving
Our take
Business transport for frequent travellers can be a difficult process. The pain of booking systems, invoicing, and inconsistent quality of services are issues travellers regularly face, hindering business operations and causing unnecessary delays. Chauffeurs also experience empty cars due to non-optimised booking processes.
Blacklane aims at the higher end of the market, targeting corporate workers, executives and those who have the means to pay extra for higher levels of service when they travel. Through a booking system available on the company's website and in-app, Blacklane provides a reliable high-end service with inclusive pricing and on-call customer support. Blacklane also works for chauffeurs, filling empty seats to optimise services.
The company is also environmentally conscious, operating as a carbon-neutral company since 2017. The company offers electric vehicle rides in more than 30 of its 300 operational cities, and by 2025, aims for 75 percent of all rides to be in EVs. With substantial funding from Mercedes Benz in 2022, it seems set to meet these objectives.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2024
$68.3m
SERIES G
Mar 2021
$26m
LATE VC
Total funding: $171.6m
Company benefits
- Personal development plan & budget for online courses, conferences, and books
- Monthly 1:1 feedback chats with our C-level team members
- Employee stock option plan
- Flexible working hours & hybrid remote model
- Friday evening drinks at the office & twice-a-year department events
Company HQ
Schöneberg, Berlin, BE
Leadership
Dr. Jens Wohltorf
(CEO)A director of the competence center next generation services for DAI-Labor and principal leader at the Boston Consulting Group.
Frank Steuer
(Member of the Board)CTO at SemperLink and co-founder and CTO at Firstfon Ltd.
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