Backend Software Engineering Manager

Remotive

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6 hours ago

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Summary:

A leading SaaS platform is hiring a Backend Engineering Manager to guide the next phase of growth for a high-impact product used by thousands of businesses. This is a hybrid role combining technical contribution and backend team leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Write code, pair program, and contribute to architectural decisions

Lead modernization of a Django monolith into an API-first architecture

Mentor and manage a team of 4–7 backend engineers

Guide hiring, coaching, and development processes

Establish scalable engineering practices without unnecessary bureaucracy

Debug production issues and lead code reviews

Partner cross-functionally with product and business stakeholders

Participate in planning infrastructure improvements (Python, Django, MySQL, Kubernetes)

Communicate technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders

Promote psychological safety, innovation, and risk-taking

Required Skills

7+ years of software engineering experience, with strong SaaS background

3+ years managing engineering teams

Advanced Python and Django expertise

Strong SQL skills, including performance tuning and optimization

Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes

Familiarity with Celery, asynchronous programming, and background task processing

Proven ability to scale systems with high transaction volume

Strong communicator, especially in cross-functional contexts

Experience defining engineering practices and developing team culture

Comfortable in B2B SaaS and customer-facing environments

Understanding of Agile development and team facilitation

Bonus Skills

Experience at early-stage startups

Background in multi-product SMB environments

Knowledge of payment systems and PCI compliance

Familiarity with Team Topologies and modern org structures

Experience with incident response, postmortems, and reliability engineering

Industry experience in fitness, wellness, or service-based software

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