Engineering Manager (all genders) Backend Infrastructure
Engineering Manager (all genders) Backend Infrastructure
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Permanent Contract Full- or Part-Time Remote or Cologne / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf / Berlin
Info
Who we are
We operate the international online marketplaces of Kaufland: Several thousand sellers and millions of products make us one of the fastest growing online marketplaces. Ours is a dynamic corporate culture that merges a start-up mentality with the opportunities offered by a large corporation. We combine knowledge and many years of experience in e-commerce with flat hierarchies and a highly motivated team.
We love flexibility! You have the freedom to choose whether you want to work remotely (within Germany) or at one of our offices in Cologne Darmstadt Düsseldorf or in our co-working space in Berlin. You decide what works best for you!
Day by day our Tech & Product Team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience for our online marketplace. Through innovative technical developments they not only create an outstanding shopping experience but also lay the foundation for an optimal selling experience for our sellers. Learn more about our division areas and cross-functional teams here!
Aufgaben
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead one of our platform teams. This team plays a critical role in shaping and optimizing our internal platforms focusing on Identity & Access Management (IAM) mailing services and our backend architecture.
As an Engineering Manager you will lead a highly skilled team that defines the technical foundation of our company. The teams main responsibilities include:
Shaping the backend architecture:
- Providing guidelines and best practices to ensure high-quality and efficient backend development
- Maintaining and evolving our shop monolith to keep it up to date with modern standards
- Developing tooling and boilerplate code to empower other teams to build and manage backend services as easily and efficiently as possible
mailing services:
- Maintaining and improving an existing mailing service that handles email templating and delivery.
- Ensuring the service remains stable and adaptable to new requirements
Identity & Access Management (IAM):
- Supporting teams by providing a project-based IAM solution that product teams can deploy independently
In this role you will initially focus on hands-on technical tasks allowing you to gain a deep understanding of our infrastructure and system so that you know the code inside and out. Later you will also take over managerial tasks and act as the people manager for the team.
Your tasks this is what awaits you in detail
- You are not afraid to get your hands dirty by actively contributing to development efforts with a focus on using backend technologies such as Golang and PHP (among others)
- You have found your passion in software development - you enjoy removing roadblocks helping others creating transparency and alignment
- You are responsible for advancing your team members skills and careers and inspiring them through purpose
- You make sure we are continuously raising the engineering bar with experience and passion for software excellence
- You are responsible for the delivery of the IAM and Mailing product which is part of our Developer Experience and Platform Area while balancing time budget and quality
- You develop monitor and own the relevant KPIs for your teams (cost SLAs SLIs etc.)
- You contribute to our guidelines policies and standards to improve how we work
Profil
Your profile this is what we expect from you
- You have a background in a product team focusing on the right technical solutions and dont shy away from owning your products end-to-end
- You have several years of hands-on engineering experience in Golang and knowledge of PHP
- Initial leadership experience through mentoring coaching or in a managerial position is beneficial but not required. We seek someone passionate about people management who wants to grow into an Engineering Manager role
- You have experience with utilizing cloud and infrastructure resources and are familiar with tools like Kubernetes
- Your communication and interpersonal skills stand out enabling you to collaborate effectively with product teams. You are fluent in English (C1) and enjoy working in an international environment
- Your approach is results-oriented with a dedicated focus on delivering top-notch solutions
Benefits
What we offer
- Create your own work-life balance: You have the flexibility to choose between working remotely (within Germany) or from one of our locations in Cologne Darmstadt Düsseldorf or our co-working space in Berlin!
- Do you want to move to Germany No problem we offer you an attractive relocation package to give you a smooth start.
- Urban Sports Club and RSG Group Fitness Studios: Get top deals for fitness swimming yoga and more
- Mental Well-Being: We support you on your well-being journey with special offerings such as Instahelp the digital platform for online psychological counseling
- Vacation & Sabbatical: Enjoy 30 days of vacation per year and the opportunity to take a sabbatical once you have been part of the team for a certain period!
- Option for Pluxee restaurant vouchers: Buy Pluxee vouchers through us and benefit from tax-advantaged meal allowances!
- Deutschlandticket: We subsidise your train season ticket for more mobility
- Employee Discount: You will receive a monthly coupon for
- Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux its up to you
- Boost your growth: Benefit from our online language learning programs diverse in-house training and our automated 360-degree feedback. We cover the costs for relevant conferences training opportunities and approved team workshops to strengthen personal interactions
- This is who we are: Our dynamic culture combines flat hierarchies a start-up mentality an international team of over 65 nationalities and the strength of the Schwarz Group to provide you an agile and secure working environment
- We are team players: From day one you will connect not only with your team but also with others through our digital onboarding journey the buddy program and regular team and company events all-hands meetings powerful mornings and much more!
Check out our Principles & our blog for even more insights into our company culture!
Diversity at Kaufland e-commerce
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 (German Diversity Charter) because we know that extraordinary things can only be achieved with diversity. Read more here!
Bewerben
Why are you the perfect fit for this position
Dont bother with cover letters - were interested in facts and figures!
How would you like to be addressed
Feel free to add the following pronouns she/her him/he or they/them optionally (e.g. after your name) in your CV.
As we have very international teams we would highly appreciate it to receive your CV or profile link in English.
Ansprechpartner
Your contact person: Kristina Heymann
Kaufland e-commerce Services GmbH & Co. KG
Postal address:
Habsburgerring 2
50674 Köln
We are looking forward to your application!
Employment Type
Employee
