Engineering Manager

What You’ll Actually Do

• Own delivery and technical direction for a platform domain that runs high-load, distributed services where uptime and correctness matter.

• Lead by example:
  review, debug, prototype, unblock — you’re not a “status manager.”

• Drive technical decisions: architecture trade-offs, tech debt priorities, platform reliability improvements.

• Partner tightly with Product Owners / Architects — no handoffs, shared ownership of outcomes.

• Raise execution quality: set engineering standards, improve estimation realism, reduce chaos in delivery.

• Jump into incidents, drive RCA, make fixes stick (not band-aids).

• Help the team grow through real work: pairing, code reviews, crisp feedback, pragmatic coaching.

• Strong backend background (5+ years) with real production ownership.

• Comfort operating in microservices / distributed systems (failure modes, async patterns, queues).

• Hands‑on with Node.js / Type Script (or very close stack), plus Kafka/event streaming.

• Solid cloud + runtime experience:
  Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
  .

• Data‑driven mindset: performance metrics, observability, reliability thinking.

• Leadership without politics: you’re direct, structured, and you don’t hide behind process.

• Bonus: Click House / Postgre
  
  SQL / Mongo
  
  DB / Dynamo
  
  DB.

• Speed > perfection. Measure, learn, iterate.

• Impact > output. We care about scalable fixes.

• Direct > polite. Say what’s broken, fix it.

• No silos. Shared responsibility for outcomes.

• Fully remote (Europe).

• Unlimited vacation + paid sick leave.

• Quarterly bonuses.

• Medical insurance for you + partner.

• Learning budget.

• High ownership, low bureaucracy.

👉 Apply if you want leadership with real engineering weight
, not a calendar full of meetings.