Hybrid Engineering Manager – Backend Infrastructure

at Kaufland e-commerce

• Job title: Engineering Manager – Backend Infrastructure
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Kubernetes, PHP, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Germany

About the role

• Engineering Manager leading platform teams in Kaufland’s e-commerce to enhance backend services and IAM solutions. Focused on professional development and maintaining engineering excellence within the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead one of our platform teams, focusing on Identity & Access Management (IAM), mailing services, and backend architecture
• Provide guidelines and best practices for high-quality backend development
• Maintain and evolve our shop monolith to modern standards
• Develop tooling and boilerplate code for backend services
• Ensure stability and adaptability of mailing services
• Offer project-based IAM solutions for product teams
• Contribute to development efforts with backend technologies such as Golang and PHP
• Advance team members’ skills and careers, ensuring continuous engineering excellence

Requirements

• 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
• Experience with utilizing cloud and infrastructure resources
• Familiar with tools like Kubernetes
• Fluent in English (C1)
• Results-oriented approach with a dedicated focus on delivering top-notch solutions.

Benefits

• 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 Kaufland.de
• Free choice of operating system: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux, it's 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