Backend Engineering Team Manager - Europe

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of Storyblok. We are currently looking for a Backend Engineering Team Manager – Europe in Europe. As a Backend Engineering Team Manager, you will lead and mentor a team of engineers responsible for developing high-quality, scalable backend systems. You will play a pivotal role in aligning technical execution with strategic goals, ensuring smooth delivery of product commitments, and fostering a culture of growth and collaboration. This role requires balancing hands-on technical knowledge with people management skills, guiding engineers through challenges while promoting professional development. You will collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to translate roadmap priorities into actionable projects. Working in a fully remote, international environment, you’ll help drive process improvements and maintain high standards for code quality, scalability, and reliability. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence both team dynamics and product success in a fast-growing, innovative organization. Accountabilities: Lead and support a backend engineering team, focusing on delivery, technical excellence, and people development. Mentor engineers, promoting continuous learning, career growth, and a culture of coaching. Collaborate with Product and Design teams to ensure roadmap commitments are delivered iteratively and efficiently. Establish delivery estimates, monitor progress, and help the team resolve blockers and challenges. Own recruitment, hiring, and onboarding processes to strengthen the team’s capabilities. Facilitate regular one-on-one meetings, goal setting, performance evaluations, and continuous feedback. Promote documentation, knowledge sharing, and open communication across a globally distributed team. Contribute to process improvement initiatives in a remote-first environment, ensuring high team productivity and engagement. Requirements 7+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in engineering leadership. Strong backend development background (e.g., Ruby, Python) with the technical depth to support engineers. Experience with databases (PostgreSQL preferred), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and background processing (e.g., Sidekiq). Knowledge of software engineering fundamentals, best practices, and CI/CD pipelines. Understanding of scalability, reliability, observability, security, and incident response practices. Proven ability to lead teams, guide engineers, remove blockers, and ensure delivery commitments are met. Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Experience fostering a positive, diverse, and inclusive team culture. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. Benefits Fully remote role with flexibility to work from home or a co-working space. Monthly remote work stipend to cover home office expenses. Home office equipment package, with ongoing upgrades as needed. 25 days of annual leave plus local national holidays. Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and learning materials. Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP). International team-building trips and regular online team events. Flexible schedules supporting work-life balance in a global, remote-first environment. Opportunity to contribute to an innovative, high-performing, and inclusive engineering team. Jobgether is a Talent Matching Platform that partners with companies worldwide to efficiently connect top talent with the right opportunities through AI-driven job matching. When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly. Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements. It compares your profile to the job’s core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score. Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role. When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed. The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company that owns the job opening. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are then made by their internal hiring team. Thank you for your interest! Originally posted on Himalayas