Senior Software Engineering Manager

What's the role?

About the team

HERE WeGo brings HERE’s world-class location technology directly to consumers through a globally used navigation and mapping experience across mobile and web. As the team behind HERE’s flagship consumer product, we transform cutting-edge mapping, routing, and mobility capabilities into intuitive experiences that help millions of users navigate and explore the world every day.

We are an empowered, cross-functional team with end-to-end ownership of the product, from innovation and strategy to delivery and operation. Working at the forefront of location technology, we tackle complex real-world challenges, embrace new technologies, and continuously push the boundaries of what consumer navigation can be.

As the leader of the engineering function, you will help us:

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing full-stack engineering organization for mobile apps, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and engineering excellence
• Partner closely with Product Management and cross-functional stakeholders to define, align, and execute the product and technology vision, strategy, and roadmap for the WeGo products for mobile and web
• Drive the evolution of large-scale consumer mobile and web applications, ensuring world-class user experiences, scalable architecture, operational excellence, and long-term technology sustainability
• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent while ensuring teams have the skills, resources, processes, and tools required to deliver business outcomes effectively
• Champion engineering best practices, innovation, and technical excellence, contributing to and influencing the broader engineering community across HERE Technologies
• Lead the organization's adoption of AI-enabled engineering and product development practices, empowering teams to leverage emerging technologies responsibly to accelerate innovation, productivity, and customer value.

Who are you?

You are an inspiring engineering leader who combines technical judgment with strong people leadership. You thrive in highly collaborative environments, partnering with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful customer experiences at scale. You are passionate about fostering a culture of innovation, and enabling engineers to do their best work.

You bring a strategic mindset and a proven ability to translate vision into execution. You are comfortable navigating complexity, driving change, and leading through technology transformations, including the adoption of AI-powered engineering practices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Extensive software engineering experience, with significant experience leading and scaling engineering teams.A track record of recruiting, developing, and retaining effective engineering teams.Experience delivering high-quality consumer-facing mobile and web products at scale.Experience working effectively across Product Management, Engineering, Security, Operations, Finance, and other organizational functions.A strong technical foundation that enables you to guide architectural decisions, foster engineering excellence, and balance innovation with operational reliability.
• Passion for emerging technologies and a strong understanding of how AI can transform both software development and customer experiences
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills

What Do We Offer?

• A great work-life balance.
• A hybrid working model, with three days per week from our Amsterdam office.
• The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and shape the future of consumer navigation and location-based experiences.
• Challenging problems with meaningful real-world impact.
• Collaborative and encouraging colleagues.
• Opportunities to learn, grow, and develop.
• Regular feedback.
• Competitive salary plus bonus.
• Employee wellness programs and life-coaching sessions.
• A diverse, international workplace with colleagues from 60+ countries.

Who are we?

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes - from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.

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As part of HERE Technologies employment process, candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This offer and any related claims are subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. This will involve employment, education, and criminal verification if applicable.

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.