About the Role
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Business Performance Team in Berlin. Your mission will be to enable seamless, secure connectivity between healthcare systems by building and scaling Doctolib’s self-service integration platform — making system integrations effortless and accessible to healthcare providers across every market we operate in, from a single platform rather than country by country.
You will lead a hybrid team working on the technical backbone that powers Doctolib’s international expansion, contributing directly to reducing integration time by 75% and unlocking 500+ certified integrations for 400K+ health professionals and 80M+ patients.
Working in the tech team at Doctolib means building innovative products and features that improve the daily lives of care teams and patients.
What You’ll Do
- Lead a hybrid team of approximately 8 engineers — internal employees and contractors — growing internal talent while holding contractors accountable for delivery and shaping how the two work together as the platform scales.
- Own end-to-end delivery of integration projects on the platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and alignment with national interoperability standards and healthcare standards such as HL7 and FHIR R5/R6.
- Drive backend architecture decisions in a JVM-focused stack using Java and Kotlin, championing FHIR-native design and interoperability best practices.
- Build integrations as a platform that scales across partners, countries, and products.
- Partner with Product and cross-market engineering teams across France, Germany, and Italy to align on platform priorities and roadmap.
- Champion AI adoption within the team, enabling MCP-native patterns and AI-assisted integration tooling as part of Doctolib’s platform strategy.
- Mentor and grow internal engineers while maintaining high delivery standards and strong engagement across the full team.
Who You Are
Before you read on: if you don’t have the exact profile described below, but you feel this job description matches your skill set, we still encourage you to apply.
You’ll be a great fit if you:
- Have at least 6+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years of engineering management experience, including leading large or hybrid teams of internal engineers and contractors, ideally 8+ people.
- Have a strong background in backend and system-to-system integration, including APIs, middleware, and healthcare data exchanges, with hands-on familiarity with JVM ecosystems such as Java and Kotlin.
- Have experience with healthcare IT integrations, including standards such as HL7 and FHIR, and working within regulated, compliance-driven environments.
- Can differentiate your management approach between developing internal engineers and driving delivery from external contractor profiles, with proven success in both.
It Would Be Fantastic If You
- Have exposure to AI tooling in engineering workflows, including coding agents, LLM-assisted development, or MCP-native patterns.
- Have delivered products across multiple countries or international markets.
Life at Doctolib Tech
- Our solutions are built on a single, fully cloud-native platform that supports web and mobile app interfaces, multiple languages, and country- and healthcare-specialty-specific requirements.
- Our technology stack includes Rails, TypeScript, Java, Python, Kotlin, Swift, and React Native.
- We leverage AI ethically across our products to empower patients and health professionals.
- Our tech culture encourages innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
What We Offer
- Deutschlandticket: A Germany-wide public transport pass fully paid for by Doctolib.
- 28 vacation days plus 1 additional day for each full calendar year of employment, up to a maximum of 30 days.
- Work from abroad for up to 10 days per year through our flexibility days policy.
- Company health insurance with great supplementary benefits through our partner Allianz.
- Company pension scheme (bAV) through Allianz with an employer subsidy of 40% — 15% within the probationary period.
- Doctolib Parent Care: Including one month of additional parental leave and much more.
- DoctoGrowth: Enrollment in Doctolib’s long-term employee value sharing plan.
- Moka.care: Free mental health and coaching services.
- Urban Sports Club: Subsidized sports membership.
- Flexible workplace policy: Choose between hybrid and office-based working modes.
- Subsidized meals: Alongside healthy snacks and our regular breakfast buffet.
- Caregiver and disability support: A package including remote-policy adaptations, additional days off for medical reasons, and psychological support.
- Relocation support in case of international mobility.
- AI tools and training: Access to the best AI tools for coding and development, plus dedicated training.
Our Interview Process
- Recruiter Interview
- System Design Interview
- Behavioral Interview
- EM Case
- At least one reference check
We want your experience to be clear, respectful, and transparent. Learn more about our hiring process on our candidate experience page.
Job Details
- Position: Permanent
- Tech stack: Java, Kotlin, Ruby
- Employment type: Full-time
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Work setup: Hybrid, with up to 3 remote days per week
- Start date: As soon as possible
We Welcome Everyone
At Doctolib, we are committed to improving access to healthcare for everyone. This translates into our recruitment process. We evaluate candidates based solely on qualifications and motivation, without any form of discrimination.
The more diverse ideas are heard, the more our product will truly improve healthcare for all. You are welcome to apply to Doctolib, regardless of your gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability.
To ensure equal opportunities, we invite you to exclude personal information, such as pictures and age, from your applications. If you require any accommodation, please let us know so we can support you throughout the hiring process.
Join us in building the healthcare we all dream of!
Your Data Privacy
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