Engineering Manager of our Growth team

Job description

At Famly we're looking for an Engineering Manager to take over our Product-Led Growth (PLG) squad in our Growth department. You'll lead a team of 7 talented full-stack engineers and partner with our PM and designers to build and iterate quickly on features that unlock Famly's growth in the US market. Think of this as running a lean startup team inside a scaling company: high autonomy, fast learning cycles, and direct impact on our business trajectory.

We're looking for someone with at least 2-3 years of experience in engineering leadership roles (team lead or EM), who's excited to work in a fast paced environment and make real impact with their work on a daily basis. This role is on-site at our HQ in Copenhagen, Denmark.

At Famly, we're building the world's fastest, most intuitive, and collaborative Early Childhood Platform for all the grown-ups in a young child's life so that they can focus on the early interactions that matter. Famly's all-in-one software includes a full business administration suite for nursery managers, child development and learning tools for educators, as well as a platform for better communication and collaboration between home and nursery. By equipping the key adults with the right tools, support and knowledge, we're on a mission to give every child a better start in life. With around 180 employees across offices in Copenhagen, London, Berlin and DC, Famly already touches the lives of almost 600,000 children worldwide.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and grow a team of 7 full-stack engineers in our PLG squad: run 1:1s, coach and develop individuals, manage performance, and nurture a high-trust, high-ownership culture.

• Drive technical excellence: provide architectural guidance, ensure code quality, and help the team balance speed with scalability.

• Act as a product partner: challenge assumptions, propose solutions, and ensure engineering work ties directly to growth outcomes.

• Own delivery: plan, prioritize, and coordinate projects to ensure we execute quickly and learn fast.

• Constantly refine how we work: improve processes, remove blockers, and increase the productivity of the whole squad.

• Collaborate across Growth and Product & Engineering departments on shared technical initiatives and long-term platform direction.

Our tech stack

• Frontend: TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Capacitor

• Backend: Functional Scala backend with a GraphQL API and a PHP backend with a REST API

• Databases: MySQL, DynamoDB

Job requirements You'll thrive in this role if you are

• You're excited by the challenge of building in a startup-within-a-startup setup: fast-paced, iterative, and impact-driven.

• You have a strong technical foundation, and you're confident sparring with engineers on design, trade-offs, and scalability. You don't need to be in the code daily, but you're comfortable diving deep when needed and making well-reasoned technical trade-offs.

• You're energized by ambiguity: when goals aren't fully clear yet, you help carve the path forward.

• You think like a product owner: you care deeply about the customer, the business outcomes, and how engineering decisions tie to growth.

• You're an empathetic leader who gives clear, kind feedback and creates an environment where engineers thrive.

• You're pragmatic: you know when to move fast and when to invest in robustness.

• You're data-driven and comfortable with product analytics to measure adoption, success, and team impact.

• You're familiar with data pipelines and data warehouses

We don't expect you to tick all the boxes above, and we'd love to receive your application even if you only tick some of them. We strongly believe that everyone brings something unique to the table.

How we work in Growth

The Growth department operates independently from the Product and Engineering (P&E) department, but our core focus remains on product development. To move fast, we keep our planning process lean: project proposals emphasize high-level direction rather than details specifications. This allows squads to take real ownership, collaborate in short iterations, and find the best solutions within the given constraints.

This lean approach lets us ramp up our PLG motion with a small team that's scrappy, iterative, and agile. At the same time, we collaborate closely with our P&E colleagues to ensure alignment in building a scalable platform for the long run. The Growth department is organized into two squads, each focused on a specific business objective. Each squad consists of full-stack engineers, designers, and a product manager. While we don't adhere strictly to a specific software development methodology, our approach is inspired by practices from Shape Up and Extreme Programming, enabling us to remain flexible, iterative, and focused on delivering value.

Since our squads are aligned around business objectives rather than fixed domains, the engineering work is very diverse, which is why we value full-stack expertise in all our engineers.

You'll love working here because

• We offer pension, health insurance, and maternity/paternity leave.

• You get a clear career framework and coaching to make sure you're growing, a 10,000 DKK personal development budget and a 'We'll buy you any book you want' policy.

• We're all about hiring a diverse array of clever people - who are kind and good humans too. It means Famly is full of top thinkers and generous teammates waiting to help you shine.

• A value of 'make your colleagues shine' is all about breaking down silos, celebrating one another, and staying connected across departments, offices, and oceans.

• We like to give a lot of ownership both in terms of responsibility and freedom to try new, challenging tasks.

• Top-notch work equipment.

• A lot of flexibility for you to work in the way (and place) that suits you best, while making sure we maintain a strong in-office connection.

• Social activities… enjoy many opportunities for team fun with dinners out, office BBQs, Friday bar, big quarterly social events, game nights, and more

Want to get to know some of our engineers at Famly? Have a look at these Q&A's:

Jean from the Growth team

Tomas from the Foundation crew

Gise from the Parent-Teacher-Partnership crew

Interview process

1. Intro with our People Partner

2. Logical test (GIA)

3. 30 minute interview with our Growth EM

4. Case Study & Interview with Growth EM and 2 engineers from Growth

5. Personality assessment (DiSC)

6. Culture interview with Growth EM, Growth PM and VP of Growth

We're looking to fill the position as soon as possible, so get your application in today by sending us:

• Your CV

• A cover letter to tell us what you can bring to the role, and what speaks to you about Famly.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Famly is committed to creating a more diverse, equal, and inclusive workforce, building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. It is a fundamental policy at Famly not to discriminate on any basis or characteristics and celebrate diversity. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to apply.

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