Engineering Manager, Head of Personalization

Who are we?At Nosto, we’re on a mission to make every impression relevant. We’re a global leader in the booming e-commerce space and work with amazing customers like FIGS, Muji, Kylie Cosmetics and O’Neill. Every day we process data for thousands of merchants and tens of millions of shoppers.Using behavioral data, deep store integrations, machine learning, and automated workflows, the Nosto Commerce Experience Platform helps retailers deliver personalized commerce experiences at scale. We serve more than 64 billion personalized experiences annually, with traffic peaks reaching millions of requests per minute.As an Engineering Manager at Nosto, you’ll help solve one of the biggest challenges in retail today: delivering authentic, relevant shopping experiences that drive results. We believe in listening closely to customers and achieving big things by making steady progress every day.What you’ll be working onYou’ll lead the Personalization engineering team and stay deeply involved in the technical work. The Personalization team is responsible for some of the flagship areas of the Nosto platform, such as Product Recommendations and our Agentic AI features like Ask Huginn. This is a genuinely hands-on role: you’ll spend a meaningful part of your time building, reviewing, and shipping alongside the team, while also steering direction and delivery.The team is experienced and long-tenured, with strong domain knowledge and a pragmatic way of working. Your scope will touch infrastructure, backend, and frontend development. You won’t be alone in that, though — you’ll work closely with platform and specialist teams such as Data & AI, Product Design, Site Reliability, and Core Frontend to hit your goals.You’ll partner with Product Management, Customer Success, and Technical Solution Managers to ensure we deliver clear customer value. We operate with low hierarchy and low politics, and we expect leaders to drive change when something can be improved. You will report to the Global Head of Technology.What You’ll Be DoingLeading a team of 6 engineersActing as a hands-on engineering manager: designing, coding, and reviewing with the teamProviding technical leadership and helping set high standards for engineering qualityOwning end-to-end technical delivery for key projects, from architecture and planning through execution and production rolloutCollaborating with stakeholders and other teams on cross-functional initiativesWhat We ExpectStrong Java experience is a mustAbility to lead senior, independent people with trust and clarityPragmatic, self-driven approach, with a continuous improvement mindset10+ years of hands-on development experience, with strong senior-level backend competenceExperience running and operating systems in productionFluent spoken and written EnglishWhat We AppreciateStrong experience with Vue or React (TypeScript/JavaScript) is preferredFamiliarity with AI/ML solutions, CI/CD pipelines, data engineering stacks, logging and monitoringExperience with AWS or other public cloud providers is a plusBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related fieldWhat We OfferApple Devices 💻 📱Ergonomic and centrally located offices🏢 with flexible working hours and remote working options 🏡 🗺️Opportunities to meet and collaborate with awesome team members from all over the world 👋An extra day off on your birthday 🥳Mental Health App benefit 🧘Paid time off to do good for the community around you 🫶About five weeks of vacation 🌴 and other benefits depending on the locationNosto Supports Workplace DiversityWe are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.