About Fresco Fresco is a smart kitchen platform trusted by leading appliance brands around the world to build and scale connected cooking experiences. Our platform helps brands launch faster, deliver better experiences for home cooks, and accelerate their digital transformation.
Powered by KitchenOS and the Fresco AI Cooking Companion, Fresco connects appliances across brands, supports rapid onboarding, and scales globally in more than 15 languages. We work with partners including Panasonic, Middleby, Kenwood, Instant Pot Brands, Bosch, GE Appliances, Arda and LG, and operate as a integral team with offices in Dublin and Madrid.
We're looking for a motivated, creative, and pragmatic Engineering Manager to lead our Platform and Firmware teams, enabling high-performing engineering teams through strong people leadership, career development, and operational excellence. This role reports to the VP of Engineering, based in Madrid, and requires close collaboration with engineering leadership to drive alignment, improve developer experience, and scale our platform.
Guide career development, performance management, and promotion processes for direct reports
- Partner with VP of Engineering and the Platform Principal Engineer on headcount planning, recruitment, and onboarding
- Monitor and improve team productivity and performance through meaningful metrics
- Collaborate with other engineering leads and people managers to align ways of working
- 4+ years of experience in backend software development specially using the Python ecosystem. Experience on embedded systems, firmware or system-level software development is a plus.




- 3+ years of people management experience, having led engineering teams of at least 5 to 10 engineers.
- Familiarity with software engineering principles, developer experience, and observability for platform reliability
- Background in industries such as IoT, automotive, or industrial systems where firmware and platform integration are critical is a plus.
Strong understanding of AWS and serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB and API Gateway.
- Proficiency in Python and its ecosystem. Gain a solid understanding of Fresco's engineering culture, product roadmap, and organizational structure
- Build strong relationships with your direct reports, peer engineering leads and people managers, and key stakeholders
- Understand team dynamics, individual career goals, performance levels, and current ways of working
- Fully own your responsibilities and areas of influence, including performance management, career development, and team delivery
- Assess team performance objectively, provide actionable feedback, and drive performance improvements
- Contribute to cross-team alignment and engineering-wide initiatives
- Begin shaping team strategy, headcount planning, and technical roadmap input
We offer competitive, market driven salaries, equity, a hybrid working model, and much more.
The ability to feel true purpose in your work and generate success on a general platform
- A flexible, hybrid or remote work model to suit your needs
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates from a range of national, ethnic, or cultural groups. Engineering Manager, Platform (Madrid)
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