Engineering Manager – SW & Technology

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

As an Engineering Manager - SW & Technology, you will have the overall accountability to elevate our engineering organization by advancing technical excellence, driving innovation, and building a scalable, high-performing technology foundation. Acting as line manager, you’ll ensure that our teams have the right resources, capabilities, tools, and technologies to deliver business value sustainably and efficiently.

Your key responsibilities:

Engineering Leadership: You will provide strategic direction on engineering practices and standards across all teams while leading Software Engineers through hiring, development, and fostering technical excellence with clear career progression frameworks.

Technology Strategy & Innovation: Define the organization's technology vision and roadmap aligned with business objectives, lead adoption of new technologies and architectural patterns, and champion innovative proof-of-concepts that advance our capabilities.

Architecture & Platform Evolution: Collaborate towards ensuring architectural consistency and scalability while collaborating with platform teams on infrastructure, security, and performance standards that adhere to industry best practices.

Capability Building & Cross-Team Enablement: Design upskilling and mentoring programs for engineers, lead engineering guilds focused on excellence and capability development, and foster exceptional developer experience through modern tooling while championing reusable technology across the organization.

Collaboration & Business Impact: Serve as senior technical advisor to Product Owners and Director of Digital Development, ensuring engineering priorities reflect business needs through cross-functional collaboration, quarterly planning participation, and establishing performance KPIs.

Strategic Oversight: Manage supplier relationships and compliance optimization while maintaining a long-term technology vision that extends beyond quarterly planning, proactively communicating with stakeholders and adapting to regulatory changes and emerging technologies.

Key Deliverables / Key Result Areas (KRAs):

• Engineers are productive, motivated, upskilled properly to meet business needs, and aligned with best practices.
• Architectural decisions lead to long-term maintainability and delivery agility.
• The tech stack evolves to meet future needs without creating complexity.
• Innovation is purposeful, measurable, and supports the business strategy.
• Maintained high code quality and reduced technical debt.
• Accelerated adoption of modern tools (low-code, SaaS, cloud).
• Built a culture of innovation with reusable components and PoCs.

What should you bring?

• MSc or BSc in business or engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional feature teams of 10–20+ engineers (retention, promotions, performance, upskilling, coaching).
• Previous hands-on expertise in software development using modern technology stacks (Web/mobile), cloud-native (AWS/Azure/GCP) deployments, CI/CD DevSecOps tooling.
• Good understanding of microservices and event-driven architecture and complete SDLC processes.
• Mastery of Scrum/Kanban, metrics (DORA), and tooling (Jira, GitHub, etc.).
• Good understanding of low-code platforms, AI, its implications on SW engineering process, and how to leverage AI for boosting productivity and efficiency.
• Good knowledge of project management and road mapping.
• Knowledge of information and security management.
• Architectural understanding.
• Knowledge of IT service operations and processes including ITIL.
• Vendor management.
• New technologies and methodologies.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Why join us?

At Konecranes, we don’t just offer a job - we offer a platform for innovation, impact and growth.

You’ll work with a modern tech stack and have the freedom to experiment with new technologies, define engineering standards, and shape the principles that guide our development. It’s a playground for innovators — where your ideas can influence how we build and deliver solutions.

You’ll step into a role that provides opportunities to grow your leadership skills in a supportive environment. Our commitment to developing leaders is reflected in our structured programs, and mentoring culture.

And because we know great work happens when people feel valued, we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Performance-based incentive
• Employee Share Savings Plan
• Comprehensive health and wellness support
• Opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement
• A collaborative, inclusive culture that celebrates diversity

Want to learn more about Konecranes and what your future colleagues have to say? Visit our Career pages! 

Interested?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your application and CV in English by clicking ’Apply’. We will start interviewing on the go and the role will be filled once we find the right match.

If you have questions, feel free to contact Marion Soon, Global Talent Acquisition Specialist, Konecranes by email marion.soon[ at ]konecranes.com.

Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.