Engineering Manager, MODIFI
Global B2B payments and trade services
Open for applications
Global B2B payments and trade services
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To grow our customers' business and market reach.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for an experienced and energetic Engineering Manager with a strong hands-on background in Java development to join our Product & Engineering team in Berlin
- 2+ years of experience in an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead or similar leadership role with direct people responsibility
- A strong background as a Software Engineer — ideally 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, and related technologies
- Proven ability to design and build scalable, high-quality software systems
- Solid understanding of relational databases and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka)
- Experience with JavaScript (React.js, Angular, or similar) is a plus
- A hands-on leader who enjoys contributing to the codebase and solving complex technical challenges alongside your team
- Empathetic leadership style — able to inspire, coach, and empower others
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with a structured and business-oriented mindset
- Experience working in agile, fast-paced, cross-functional environments
- Fluency in English (our working language)
What the job involves
- In this role, you’ll lead a cross-functional squad of talented Java and JavaScript engineers, helping them grow into a high-performing, self-organised team
- While you’ll focus on delivery, technical expertise and active contribution to coding in Java and Spring Boot, your leadership and coaching will be key to your success
- You’ll play a central part in defining how we build, deliver, and scale our products — setting the tone for technical excellence and an empowering engineering culture
- Lead a cross-functional Squad of Java and JavaScript Engineers, helping them to become self-organised, agile and autonomous
- Be responsible for the people within the Squad as well as for the delivery
- Contribute hands-on to development, especially in Java and Spring Boot, while guiding architectural and technical decisions
- Define objectives, track the progress and support every Engineer in achieving them
- Coach and mentor the Engineers by providing regular feedback
- Establish a vital Engineering culture
- Collaborate closely with other Engineering Managers, Senior Product Leadership, the CTO, and the Founders
Our take
SMEs play a vital role in global trade, representing 98% of exporters and contributing 30% to global volumes. However, over half of their trade finance requests are rejected by banks, creating a massive $1.5T funding gap. This leaves SMEs unable to seize new trade opportunities despite growing global trade and consumer demands.
MODIFI aims to bridge this gap - it provides SMEs with simple digital solutions to finance and manage their trades, protect them from counter-party risk, and easily track their shipments. It services over 1,000 buyers and sellers across more than 40 countries. Since being founded in 2018, MODIFI has grown at an astounding rate and is now the only digital trade finance platform for SMEs that spans the three major trading regions of Europe, Asia and North America - a cluster which encompasses approximately 80% of global imports and exports.
Following major funding across multiple rounds, MODIFI's current strategy is focused on addressing increasing demand and helping more SMEs trade internationally on their digital platform. Fundamentally, with the OECD predicting that the trade finance landscape is to undergo "profound changes" in the coming years, MODIFI has a great opportunity to be at the forefront of change for the better.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2024
$15m
SERIES C
Sep 2021
$24m
SERIES B
Total funding: $48.9m
Company benefits
- We have networks around the globe with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dhaka, Dubai, Mumbai, Shenzhen and Singapore
- We care about the environment - that’s why we commit to a clear understanding of our CO2 footprint and strive to reach neutrality
- You want to get to know your colleagues better?! We organize regular gatherings, events and parties
- Many perks like a cultural day, personal training, language courses and more
- At MODIFI we have a very hands-on mindset, giving our people the chance to grow with their responsibilities
Company HQ
De Weteringschans, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Nelson Holzner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has 20 years of professional experience in top international firms, startups and high-growth companies, and is the founder and ex-CEO of BillPay.
Sven Brauer
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously a key part in building BillPay, and was also part of Klarna's Senior Management team until 2018.
Jan Wehrs
(Co-Founder & CTO)IT professional with more than 12 years’ hands on experience with various platforms and over 5 years’ experience as Senior IT executive. Also a member of the alphalist network.
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