Engineering Manager

Job Description

We are LIFEPOWR! A young and dynamic company, based in Antwerp, active in the energy transition sector and scaling up rapidly! We develop smart solutions to support the global shift to renewable energy. Our advanced algorithms deliver significant value for households, businesses, and society as a whole.

We virtually connect diverse energy sources such as batteries, electric vehicle chargers, and solar inverters to broader networks of aggregated flexible capacity, balancing energy demand and maximizing the impact of renewable energy. As a service company, we support both channel partners and energy market players, including energy suppliers, DSOs, and TSOs, with access to flexibility and smart energy management.

We are looking for

We are looking for an Engineering Manager who will be responsible for managing and growing our engineering team. You lead by example, drive technical excellence, and create an environment where engineers can do their best work - while ensuring delivery aligns with our product strategy and business goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional alignment between engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Project and delivery management, owning timelines, scope, and execution across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Translate product strategy into executable engineering plans, including roadmap definition and milestone tracking.
• Establish and improve engineering processes, quality standards, and delivery practices.
• Conduct performance reviews and feedback cycles that drive measurable individual and team improvement.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement across teams.

What we expect

Soft Skills

• Demonstrated success managing multi-disciplinary teams (backend, frontend, DevOps, embedded, product).
• Close collaboration with Product to shape customer-facing roadmaps and prioritization.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to manage expectations at executive and stakeholder level.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and ability to adapt processes to team needs.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, scale-up environment where adaptability and ownership are valued.
• Demonstrated success in resolving interpersonal and cross-team conflicts in a constructive, outcome-focused manner.
• Skilled at navigating competing priorities and stakeholder tensions, maintaining team focus and morale.

Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on background with Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript, with current focus on architecture, design reviews, and technical oversight rather than day-to-day coding.
• Proven expertise with AWS, including designing scalable, secure, and cost-efficient architectures.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and high-availability architecture.
• Experience delivering and operating cloud-native platforms with real-time data ingestion, processing, and storage.
• Experience with microservices and API-driven architectures.
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code, at a leadership/oversight level.

Nice to have

• Background in delivering solutions in the Energy sector (e.g., IoT platforms, smart metering, renewables).
• Ability to define and track KPIs, OKRs, and delivery metrics to ensure predictable execution.
• Experience managing dependencies, risks, and trade-offs in complex technical programs.
• Experience leading release planning, sprint ceremonies, and long-term roadmap planning.
• Experience with time-series databases (e.g., TimestreamDB, QuestDB).
• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, MQTT, etc.).
• Exposure to data platforms and streaming pipelines (e.g., Spark, Flink).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) at a strategic level.
• Experience coordinating hardware/software integration projects (embedded + cloud systems).

What we offer

• Flexible working hours within a young, explorative, and fast-growing company.
• A friendly and dynamic team, united by a shared mission: delivering the best energy solutions.
• A creative environment where your commercial insights and contributions are highly valued, with room to shape strategies and make an impact.
• The opportunity to quickly take on significant responsibility in a rapidly scaling organization.
• A competitive compensation package, aligned with your experience, skills, and added value to the company.

Ready to make an impact in the energy transition? Submit your CV and motivation letter via https://www.lifepowr.io/careers and take the next step in your career with LIFEPOWR.