Engineering Manager - Shipping

Portugal

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day.

We’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 110,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.

Having sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us.

Taking ownership and driving impact
Being open to change and feedback
Being passionate about our mission and our customers.

Your Mission

As an Engineering Manager in our Fulfillment domain, you will lead a cross-functional team focused on improving the post-order journey — especially the shipping and delivery experience for our buyers and sellers.

Shipping is one of the most critical and friction-prone parts of our marketplace. Your mission is to build a strong, empowered engineering team and shape the technical foundations that make our fulfillment experience reliable, scalable and customer-centric.

You won’t be coding full-time, but you will own the technical direction, guide architectural decisions, and ensure we build systems that enable faster, safer product delivery. At the same time, you’ll grow engineers into high performers and future leaders.

This is a high-impact role at the heart of our marketplace experience.

What You’ll Do

Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team of 6 engineers (Backend & Frontend), creating a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement.

Drive technical direction and system ownership for the Fulfillment domain, ensuring scalable, maintainable architecture that supports long-term product ambitions.

Improve the post-order customer experience, reducing shipping friction and increasing reliability across the buyer journey.

Partner closely with Product and UX to shape the roadmap, translate business priorities into technical strategy, and deliver customer-centric solutions.

Enable faster and higher-quality delivery, establishing engineering standards, improving processes, and introducing measurable quality metrics.

Navigate ambiguity in a scale-up environment, balancing immediate delivery needs with strategic platform improvements.

What you’ll bring

Strong software engineering foundation with 5–10 years of experience
Proven people leadership experience (1–2+ years) growing, coaching, and developing engineers, including managing performance and career progression.
Experience working in cross-functional product teams, partnering effectively with Product, UX and business stakeholders.
Technical decision-making confidence, guiding teams through architectural trade-offs and complex system challenges.
Ownership mindset, able to tackle problems end-to-end and drive solutions forward in ambiguous situations.
Marketplace, e-commerce or scale-up experience (nice to have), particularly in logistics, shipping, or post-order flows.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, influencing across teams and seniority levels.

If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly match every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be exactly who we’re looking for.

Where You’ll Be

This role is based in Lisbon, Portugal, following our hybrid way of working (minimum two days per week in the office).

We are also open to supporting relocation for candidates who are excited to move to Lisbon and join us from another location.

In Return

You'll be part of an enthusiastic, highly motivated team of 850+ Catawikians.

International and fast-growing organization with over 50 nationalities.
22 days of Holiday days + National Holidays
Health Insurance
Meal Card per working day on top of salary
Working-from-home Allowance
Hybrid way of working between home and office
Flexible working hours policy
Holistic Wellbeing Programme including: clinical services, single-session therapy, wellness support and more.
Tailored Learning & Development program

Why You'll Love Working with Us

Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business.
Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.
A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work.
Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location.

Our Offices and Way of Working

Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office-based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office-based.

Interested?

Apply with an English CV and Cover Letter. By applying, you agree to Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.