Engineering Manager

Department: Tech

Location: Portugal

Employment Type: FullTime

bunch is building the backbone of private markets, combining exceptional expertise, operational excellence, and frictionless technology. The platform enables funds and private investors to set up and manage their investment entities seamlessly and securely.

To expand our core team, we are hiring an Engineering Manager for our Platform Team who wants to play a pivotal role in growing our product development team and transforming the private markets industry.

Your primary responsibilities will be ensuring our engineering output delivers tangible value, as well as technical and architectural direction and team resources. You will be involved in shaping the future of the tech team as we grow to the next stage. We are focusing on Product Excellence and building sustainable tech processes.

How the role contributes to the company vision

• You will be at the core of building the technology that powers bunch. We aim to build something meaningful with a real-world impact

• You will lead a platform team and have full accountability for delivering reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure and tooling that enable product squads to solve real customer problems.

What you will be doing

• Lead, grow, and support the platform team through coaching, clear expectations, and a culture of ownership, reliability, and continuous improvement.

• Own the platform strategy and roadmap, prioritising initiatives, managing team capacity, and ensuring strong execution and impact.

• Provide technical direction for our AWS- and Kubernetes-based platform, guiding architectural decisions that balance speed, reliability, security, and cost.

• Oversee cloud infrastructure and IaC practices, ensuring the team delivers secure, resilient, well-managed AWS environments.

• Drive improvements to CI/CD and developer experience by setting direction, aligning stakeholders, and removing friction for product teams.

• Champion observability and reliability, ensuring robust logging, metrics, tracing, and effective incident response practices.

• Partner closely with product, engineering, security, and operations experts in the company to align standards, resolve cross-team issues, and support smooth service integration.

• Maintain platform quality by steering tech-debt reduction, documentation, and alignment with security and compliance expectations.

What you bring with you

To excel as a member of the Product Development team, you should combine a passion for technology with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong problem-solving skills.

• You are a team player with excellent communication skills and a strong work ethic.

• 3+ years' experience leading teams

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Proficient in software engineering, with a preference for candidate with extensive hands-on experience within Cloud/DevOps/Platform/SRE.

Our tech stack

We strive to keep our technology stack as simple and efficient as possible.

• Frontend & Backend: TypeScript on both the frontend (Svelte but moving to React) and the backend (Node.js with Nest.js)

• Database: MySQL

• Infrastructure: Kubernetes (K8S) on top of AWS

• Source Control & CI/CD: GitHub

• Third-Party Applications:

  • FusionAuth for authentication

  • Retool for low-code internal frontend solutions

  • Twilio and SendGrid for sending SMS and emails

  • Tally for creating custom forms

Why you should join bunch

• Benefit from working with a diverse mix of talents, unrivalled energy, and team spirit within a culture of drive and ownership.

• Flexible hours and a remote work for residents in Spain or Portugal, with quarterly trips to Berlin

• 28 days of vacation per year plus public holidays.

• A competitive compensation package.

• A great tech and work setup with everything you need.

What your interview journey will look like

• First interview with the People team (30 min): get acquainted with the bunch and to understand if what we’re offering is what you’re searching for

• Hiring Manager Interview (60 min): this conversation will cover product-focused culture and values, including collaboration, ownership, self-awareness, and quality standards.

• Technical Interview (60 min): based on a Platform take-home assignment followed by a live technical discussion OR a System Design interview with two engineers.

• Leadership Case Interview (60 min): this interview with Product and Design focuses on leadership style, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering strategic impact in a scaling environment.

• Final Round: Meet our VP of Engineering and VP of Product (60 min) to learn about ways of working, vision for bunch, and team culture.

• Meet-and-Greet (Optional - 30 min) to meet a few members of your future cross-functional team.

About bunch

bunch is Europe’s leading tech-enabled fund administrator for VC, PE, and alternative assets. By combining AI-powered automation with deep domain expertise, we provide a single source of truth that replaces outdated, fragmented processes, and enables clients to master the entire fund lifecycle.

Private markets are experiencing unprecedented growth; with alternative assets projected to reach $40 trillion by the end of the decade. To power this growth, we have raised €22.8 million to date—including our $15.5M Series A in July 2024—and are accelerating our mission to build the backbone of private markets in Europe.

Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Berlin, bunch has expanded to Amsterdam, London, and Luxembourg, now supporting over 500 investment structures, 150 fund and asset managers, and more than 10,000 institutional investors. As we prepare for our next stage of growth, we are looking for ambitious talent to continue redefining this financial category.

At bunch, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees because we value and celebrate diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we do not tolerate discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees.