Engineering Manager for Aftonbladet
Schibsted Danmark
Job Description
Location: Stockholm (hybrid)
Team: Aftonbladet - Performance Technology
Employment type: Full-time
Why join Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet is Sweden’s largest news destination and part of Schibsted. We build products that millions use daily, breaking news, live coverage, video, and interactive storytelling, and we’re investing heavily in data and AI to deliver trusted journalism at scale.
The role
We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead an high-impact team that ships reliable, scalable features fast. You’ll combine people leadership with hands-on technical judgment, and partner closely with Product, UX and newsroom to deliver measurable outcomes for our readers.
What you’ll do
- Lead a high-performing team delivering scalable features for millions of users.
- Drive architecture discussions and ensure performance at scale.
- Review code and champion best practices in quality, testing and continuous improvement.across teams.
- Foster a healthy, efficient, and inclusive team culture where people thrive. Collaborate closely with Product, UX and the newsroom to deliver value quickly and reliably.
- Mentor engineers at all levels, and champion best practices in software development and continuous improvement.
What we’re looking for
- Experience leading software teams as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or similar role.
- A track record of delivering user-facing features at scale with strong engineering fundamentals.
- Comfortable driving architectural decisions, especially with regards to services being able to handle high traffic.
- Passion for people leadership: coaching, performance, and career growth.
- Collaborative mindset; you work closely with Product, UX, and newsroom to ship outcomes, not just output.
- Strong communication in Swedish and English.
Our tech environment (experience with similar tools is great—not all required)
- Backend services: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS
- Data & storage: PostgreSQL
- Web: Svelte, React, Next.js
What we offer
- Meaningful impact at national scale—your work supports independent journalism used by millions.
- Growth: coaching, conferences and learning budget..
- Flexible hybrid work, competitive compensation, and great benefits as part of Schibsted.
- An inclusive culture that values curiosity, humility, and getting things done.
- 10% learning time every other Friday.
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