Backend Engineering Team Manager

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Backend Engineering Team Manager in Europe.

As a Backend Engineering Team Manager, you will lead and mentor a team of engineers, driving the successful delivery of backend projects while fostering professional growth. You will be instrumental in shaping the team's technical direction, improving processes, and supporting recruitment and onboarding. Collaborating closely with Product and Design, you will ensure roadmap commitments are met and that projects are delivered iteratively and with high quality. Your role combines technical leadership, people development, and operational oversight, ensuring engineers thrive in a remote-first, globally distributed environment. By cultivating a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration, and innovation, you will contribute directly to the success of scalable and impactful backend systems.

Accountabilities:

• Lead and support a team of backend engineers, focusing on delivery, mentorship, and process improvement
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams to ensure roadmap commitments are executed successfully
• Mentor engineers in technical decision-making, professional growth, and active coaching
• Establish delivery estimates, monitor progress, and help the team overcome obstacles
• Manage recruitment, hiring, and onboarding to grow a diverse and high-performing team
• Foster a culture of documentation, knowledge sharing, and open communication
• Promote a positive and inclusive workplace, supporting collaboration in a remote-first environment
  
  
  

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software development, including 2+ years in engineering leadership
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Strong backend development background (e.g., Ruby, Python) and understanding of databases, caching, and background processing
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices, testing strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with scalability, reliability, observability, security, and incident response practices
• Proven ability to guide teams, resolve blockers, and ensure delivery commitments
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills
• Motivated, detail-oriented, and confident in leading high-performing engineering teams
  
  
  

Benefits

• Remote work opportunity with home office equipment and potential co-working space funding
• Flexible schedules promoting work-life balance in a fully remote environment
• Professional development fund for courses, books, and conferences
• Paid leave including sick leave, parental leave, and annual leave plus national holidays
• Participation in stock option or equity programs
• International team-building trips and regular online team events
• Inclusive, collaborative, and fun team culture with focus on growth and innovation
  
  

Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching.

When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.

🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.

📊 It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.

🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.

🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.

The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team.

Thank you for your interest!