Company DescriptionGlovo is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world's pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Job Description
The Budget Steering squad builds a holistic approach to budget allocation and optimization for performance marketing — from quarterly planning to monthly optimization down to daily decisions at campaign and ad-group level. Ground truth is often unobservable (incrementality vs attribution)Budget decisions must be made continuously, under uncertainty and with imperfect dataEvery allocation change moves real spend across markets, channels and platformsOur goal is simple to state and hard to solve: invest each euro where it generates the biggest leverage, across scenarios ranging from volume maximization to payback-based allocation. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional squad of engineers and data scientists, own a large-scale production service the business depends on daily, and turn ambiguous commercial questions into reliable, model-driven decision products. This role requires a strong technical foundation — in backend engineering or in data science / ML — combined with the leadership to grow people and the pragmatism to partner closely with Product and business stakeholders. In this role you will, Lead and grow a cross-functional squadLead engineers and data scientists across the full product lifecycle — from problem framing to production and adoptionGrow individuals through coaching, feedback and clear development paths, and hire to close capability gapsSet measurable goals for the team and create the conditions for the squad to hit themBuild a culture of ownership,



proactiveness and high engineering standardsOwn the budgeting lifecycle end to endTake accountability for budget allocation across every dimension and timeline — from strategic quarterly allocation to daily bid and budget changes at campaign levelDrive the development of payback-based allocation models, including CLV estimation and constrained optimizationConsolidate a fragmented tool stack into a single budgeting platform with coherent interfaces, ownership and roadmapBalance methodological rigor with business constraints — budget caps, pacing and channel dependenciesGuide technical strategy and executionShape the squad's technical strategy and stay close enough to the work to be a credible partner in most technical conversations at squad and domain levelMake architecture and prioritization trade-offs explicit — effort, value, feasibility and paceSet the bar for reliability and data quality: uptime, correctness of allocation, and validated inputs and outputs across every sourceEnsure solutions are built as decision products, not one-off analyses — tested, monitored, documented and reproduciblePartner with Product and business stakeholdersWork with Product Managers to define scope, trade-offs and timelines, and to set common, measurable goals across planning cyclesAct as an ally of Product: negotiate constructively, know when and how to say no,



and compromise without losing the long-term technical directionReduce ambiguity by asking the right questions before committing the team to buildNavigate a complex stakeholder network spanning marketing, finance, analytics and central platform teamsDrive decision-making under uncertaintyProvide clear recommendations despite imperfect measurement, articulating trade-offs and confidence levelsNavigate conflicting signals (e.g., Software Engineering: strong backend background, building scalable and reliable applications used in production every dayML / MLOps or Data Science: deep expertise across the ML lifecycle and its tooling ecosystemWillingness and ability to ramp up on the other side quickly: the squad is cross-functional by design, and you will be expected to engage credibly with both. People Leadership: Proven track record leading and mentoring engineers and/or data scientists, growing individuals and taking accountability for a large-scale production service. Building Systems Where Modelling Is the Core: Experience delivering scalable, reliable applications with data science modelling at their centre — where the model output is the product, not a supporting artefact. Comfort with production-grade practices: modular design, testing, CI/CD, monitoring, version control and modern data/ML stacks. Understanding of performance marketing: budget allocation and optimization, bidding, attribution, and the dynamics of incrementality, diminishing returns and cross-channel interactions. Experience building bidders or budget optimization systems is a strong plus. Even if it seems you don't meet our musts don't let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there We believe driven talent deserves:ða Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
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📌 Software Developer Manager (Barcelona)
🏢 Glovo
📍 Barcelona