Kaufland e-commerce is looking for an Engineering Manager (all genders) - Backend Infrastructure to lead a platform team shaping our technical foundation. You'll join a dynamic international environment that merges a start-up mentality with large corporation opportunities.

What You'll Do

Lead a highly skilled platform team shaping the technical foundation of the company.
Shape backend architecture by providing guidelines, best practices, and evolving the shop monolith.
Develop tooling and boilerplate code to empower other teams to build and manage backend services.
Maintain and improve an existing mailing service for email templating and delivery.
Support teams by providing a project-based IAM solution they can deploy independently.
Advance team members' skills and careers and inspire them through purpose.
Be responsible for the delivery of the IAM and Mailing product, balancing time, budget, and quality.
Develop, monitor, and own relevant KPIs for your teams, such as cost, SLAs, and SLIs.
Contribute to guidelines, policies, and standards to improve how we work.

What We're Looking For

A background in a product team, focusing on technical solutions and owning products end-to-end.
Several years of hands-on engineering experience in Golang.
Knowledge of PHP.
Experience with utilizing cloud and infrastructure resources and familiarity with tools like Kubernetes.
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration.
Fluent in English (C1 level).
A results-oriented approach with a dedicated focus on delivering top-notch solutions.

Nice to Have

Initial leadership experience through mentoring, coaching, or in a managerial position.

Technical Stack

Golang
PHP
Kubernetes

Team & Environment

You will join a Tech & Product Team of about 400 experts as part of the Developer Experience and Platform Area.

Benefits & Compensation

Flexibility to work remotely within Germany or from offices in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or Berlin.
Attractive relocation package for candidates moving to Germany.
Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios deals.
Mental well-being support via Instahelp platform.
30 days of vacation per year.
Opportunity for a sabbatical.
Option for tax-advantaged Pluxee restaurant vouchers.
Subsidised 'Deutschlandticket' train season ticket.
Monthly employee discount coupon for Kaufland.de.
Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux.
Online language learning programs, in-house training, and 360-degree feedback.
Covered costs for relevant conferences, training, and team workshops.

Work Mode

This is a hybrid role with flexibility to work remotely within Germany or from our offices in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or Berlin.

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion and ideology. We are signatories to the Charta der Vielfalt.