Engineering Manager (all genders) - Backend Infrastructure

Overview

Permanent Contract, Full- or Part-Time, Remote or Cologne / Darmstadt / Düsseldorf / Berlin.

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. Our culture blends a start-up mentality with the opportunities offered by a large corporation. We value flexibility and offer remote work within Germany or offices in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or a co-working space in Berlin.

Day by day, our Tech & Product Team of about 400 experts pursues the goal of creating the best possible customer shopping experience and a strong foundation for a great selling experience for our sellers. Learn more about our division and teams. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead one of our platform teams, 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 team’s 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 stay up to date with modern standards
• Developing tooling and boilerplate code to empower other teams to build and manage backend services easily and efficiently
• Mailing services: maintaining and improving an existing mailing service for templating and delivery, ensuring stability and adaptability to new requirements
• Identity & Access Management (IAM): supporting teams with a project-based IAM solution that product teams can deploy independently

In this role, you will initially focus on hands-on technical tasks to gain deep understanding of our infrastructure and code. Later, you will take on managerial tasks and serve as the people manager for the team.

Your tasks – this is what awaits you in detail

• You contribute to development efforts with a focus on backend technologies such as Golang and PHP
• You enjoy removing roadblocks, helping others, creating transparency and alignment
• You advance your team members’ skills and careers and inspire them through purpose
• You raise the engineering bar with a passion for software excellence
• You are responsible for the delivery of the IAM and Mailing product within the Developer Experience and Platform Area, balancing time, budget and quality
• You develop, monitor and own relevant KPIs for your teams (cost, SLAs, SLIs, etc.)
• You contribute to guidelines, policies and standards to improve how we work

Your profile – this is what we expect from you

• You have a background in a product team, focusing on the right technical solutions and own 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. You should be passionate about people management and want to grow into an Engineering Manager role
• You have experience with cloud and infrastructure resources and are familiar with Kubernetes
• Your communication and interpersonal skills enable effective collaboration with product teams. You are fluent in English (C1) and enjoy working in an international environment
• Your approach is results-oriented, with a focus on delivering top-notch solutions

What we offer

• Create your own work-life balance: You can work remotely (within Germany) or from one of our locations in Cologne, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf, or Berlin
• Relocation package: Attractive relocation support for a smooth start in Germany
• Urban Sports Club and fitness: Access to fitness, swimming, yoga and more
• Mental well-being: Support through services such as Instahelp
• Vacation & Sabbatical: 30 days of vacation per year and the option for a sabbatical after a certain period
• Pluxee restaurant vouchers: Tax-advantaged meal allowances
• Deutschlandticket: Subsidised train season ticket
• Employee discount: Monthly Kaufland.de coupon
• Choice of OS: MacOS or Ubuntu Linux
• Growth opportunities: Language programs, in-house training, 360-degree feedback, conference and workshop coverage
• Culture: Flat hierarchies, startup mentality, international team, secure working environment
• Onboarding and community: Digital onboarding, buddy program, team events and all-hands meetings

Diversity and inclusion: We welcome applications from everyone regardless of skin colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, ethnic origin, religion and ideology. We are signatories of the Charta der Vielfalt and value diversity. Read more about our approach here.