AI Engineering Manager

• →Get to know how the business runs. Spend time with the teams, understand their processes and find where AI, or sometimes just a better tool, would help.
• →Unlock use cases and take them from first idea to something live, including the business case and how success will be measured.
• →Own the AI roadmap: set priorities and sequence the work in line with company goals.
• →Coach and develop your engineers, including career planning, promotions and regular performance conversations.
• →Build the team: hiring, headcount planning and allocating people to the work that matters most.
• →Keep the team healthy. Pay attention to morale and productivity, and deal with conflict early.
• →Hold regular one-on-ones, give feedback on time and make room for team building.
• →Turn technical and business requirements into clear delivery plans, and flag dependencies and risks up front.
• →Work with Engineering, Trading and Quant to design and roll out new AI solutions.
• →Track progress against plan, handle risk and scope trade-offs, and keep stakeholders informed.
• →Keep improving how we deliver and how fast the team moves.
• →Stay aligned with company goals and timelines, working closely with Tech Leads and Staff Engineers on technical direction.

• A good eye for processes. You've worked out how things really run, changed them yourself and can tell when a problem needs AI and when it doesn't.
• Strong project management: roadmaps, sequencing, dependencies and risk, in a fast-moving environment.
• Enough technical background to earn your engineers' respect and join technical discussions with credibility.
• Experience leading software engineers, growing them and managing their performance.
• A track record of delivering software through a team while balancing scope, quality and timelines.
• Good people skills: coaching, giving feedback, resolving conflict and creating a team where engineers do their best work.
• Good judgment when hiring and developing people.
• Real interest in AI. You follow what's happening and can tell what matters for us.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical people, including cross-functional stakeholders like Trading and Quant.
• Based in Amsterdam, or willing to relocate.

What we offer:

At Flow Traders, we create the conditions for hard‑working, high‑performing people to do their best work. From a thorough onboarding and ongoing access to Flow Academy, to latest technology and a collaborative, non‑hierarchical culture, we give you the tools, ownership, and support to move fast and drive outcomes. We keep a close‑knit, small‑company feel while offering competitive salary, annual discretionary profit share, and comprehensive benefits, so talent can grow here, and stay here. See our benefits below:

• Flow Academy and opportunities to attend domain-related conferences
• Daily catered lunch, great coffee, and a fully stocked kitchen and snack bar
• In-house Bar and Lounge with arcade, table tennis, billiards, and game consoles
• Company boat
• In-house gym and sessions with our nutritionist or personal trainer
• Bi-weekly massages
• Annual company trip and a variety of events throughout the year, such as the New Years Event
• Global rotations across our offices worldwide
• and more

Flow Traders does not accept unsolicited resumes from any professional staffing or search firms. All resumes, and any other information identifying potential candidates, submitted to any employee at Flow Traders via-email, the Internet or directly without a valid and signed search agreement will be deemed free to contact by Flow Traders without any restrictions and no placement fee of any kind will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Flow Traders.