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Kaufland e-commerce was looking for an Engineering Manager (all genders) - Backend Infrastructure

About the Role

You will lead a team of backend engineers building and maintaining scalable infrastructure systems. Your role combines technical leadership with people management, ensuring high system reliability and continuous team development.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor a team of backend engineers, supporting their professional growth
  • Drive engineering excellence across backend infrastructure projects
  • Collaborate with product and tech leads to define technical roadmaps
  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of backend systems
  • Oversee incident management and post-mortem processes
  • Promote best practices in coding, testing, and deployment
  • Lead sprint planning, retrospectives, and team ceremonies
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to align technical delivery
  • Identify and implement improvements in system architecture
  • Support recruitment and onboarding of engineering talent
  • Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning
  • Monitor team velocity and contribute to process optimization
  • Represent engineering in strategic discussions
  • Balance technical debt with feature development
  • Ensure compliance with security and operational standards
  • Evaluate and adopt new technologies and tools
  • Maintain clear communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Drive automation in testing and deployment pipelines
  • Champion reliability and observability across services
  • Support disaster recovery and capacity planning initiatives

Compensation

Competitive salary based on experience and market standards

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote and office work

Team

Part of a growing engineering organization focused on backend systems and platform reliability

Our Tech Stack

We use modern backend technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, Java, Kotlin, and Go. Our infrastructure runs on cloud platforms with automated CI/CD pipelines and comprehensive monitoring solutions.

What We Offer

Opportunities for professional growth, access to training and conferences, flexible working hours, team events, and a supportive engineering culture focused on innovation and quality.

Visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates requiring work authorization

Required Skills
GoPHPKubernetesCloud InfrastructureTeam LeadershipSoftware ArchitectureBackend Development
About company
Kaufland e-commerce
We operate international online marketplaces for Kaufland, with several thousand sellers and millions of products, combining a start-up mentality with large corporate opportunities.
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Posted a year ago