Backend Engineering Team Manager

TL;DR

Backend Engineering Team Manager: Leading and mentoring a team of backend engineers, focusing on delivery, people development, and process improvement. Focus on aligning execution with team vision, supporting technical decisions, and ensuring roadmap commitments are met with customer focus.

Location: Europe

Company

hirify.global is a headless CMS that enables marketers and developers to create with joy and succeed in the AI-driven content era.

What you will do

• Lead and support a team of backend engineers, focusing on delivery, people development, and process improvement.
• Partner with the Senior Backend Engineering Manager to align execution with team vision and strategy.
• Mentor team members in their professional development and promote a culture of active coaching.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to ensure roadmap commitments are delivered iteratively with a customer focus.
• Own recruitment, hiring, and onboarding processes to strengthen and grow the team.
• Contribute to improving processes in a remote-first, globally distributed environment.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience in advanced software development, including 2+ years of engineering leadership.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Solid backend development background (e.g., Ruby, Python), with enough technical depth to support engineers and understand challenges.
• Strong understanding of databases (PostgreSQL preferred), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and background processing (e.g., Sidekiq).
• Familiarity with software engineering fundamentals, best practices, and problem-solving, with the ability to guide mid-level and senior engineers.
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Monthly remote work stipend (home internet costs, electricity).
• Home office equipment package and upgrades.
• Sick leave, parental leave, and 25 days of annual leave plus local national holidays.
• Personal development fund for courses, books, and conferences.
• Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).
• Flexible schedules as a fully remote company with work-life balance at its core.