Engineering Manager

About BackMarket

BackMarket is the first online marketplace dedicated exclusively to refurbished electronic devices. With 158M€ raised already, we are sabotaging ‘new’ by connecting highly selected certified professionals to consumers who are looking for a more affordable, reliable and ecological alternative to purchasing brand new products.

Leading the way in a shift towards a circular economy, freeing the planet from electronic waste, and building a global leading tech company are three solid reasons to wake up very morning. Taking part in BackMarket’s adventure means committing to an ambitious project with a strong social and environmental impact!

Position

BackMarket is looking for engineering leaders who will help drive their development team. The core competencies of this role include mentoring and coaching of people, cultivating a collaborative team, leading delivery, production operations, and continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading a collaborative team in delivering great software that our customers will love!
• Collaborating with the product group and other tribes to align the team with company objectives and initiatives across engineering and the wider business
• Ensuring the development of people and teams through ongoing coaching and mentoring
• Creating a team environment where team members feel like they belong and are supported do their best work
• Establishing open communication and a culture of feedback between team members
• Working in an agile "build it and run it" environment where engineering teams build, launch, monitor and support the sections they own
• Working with the team to identify and make improvements in our processes, practices and product
• Supporting teams in increasing the delivery proficiency by creating a learning environment

Your qualification

• Experience and passion for growing, developing and guiding people
• Openness to receiving and giving feedback in a safe workplace
• Interest in working in an environment where leaders support their teams to do great work, through removing impediments, finding improvements, and facilitating effective decision making
• Enthusiasm about reaching new levels of effectiveness (and quality!)
• A background as an individual contributor and willingness to help when the team needs it
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Excitement for learning about how our industry works and the impact we bring to our customers and the world
• Experience working in agile development teams with some knowledge of our following tech stack : AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, RestFul API, Python, Django, VueJs, Nuxt, Algolia, Datadog, Spinnaker, SQS, ElasticSearch, Nginx, UWSGI

What we offer

• A meaningful job : through hard work, you will help avoid thousands of tons of electronic waste and fight against planned obsolescence. It counts!
• An attractive salary, equity, multiple benefits (meal tickets, health insurance, etc...), parental benefits, remote friendly, relocation package, internal events, etc...
• Technical challenges all day every day: you will have the freedom to innovate and adapt new ideas!
• Work with passionate experts who will share their knowledge and help you develop and grow! (Backademy, technical guilds, Meet-up & Conference)
• Grow your career with a flexible career path, BackMarket can help you evolve!
• A booming scale-up: our environment is rapidly growing in Europe, the USA and soon in Asia!
• A lot of fun: you will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced, open minded and friendly environment