Backend Engineering Manager

YAZIO·Berlinsenior

In short

→Liderar un equipo backend de alta performance que construye APIs y funciones de IA para una app de nutrición con millones de usuarios.
→Gestionar rituales de trabajo, alinear con product managers y equipos de producto, y asegurar entrega end-to-end de iniciativas técnicas.
→Rol con gran autonomía y impacto, en un entorno remoto y enfocado en eficiencia, con visibilidad directa en el crecimiento de la plataforma.

Proficiency in English is required (written and spoken).

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What they ask for

✓Liderazgo comprobado de equipos de ingeniería con reportes directos
✓Experiencia previa como ingeniero backend senior (PHP y Go)
✓Capacidad para guiar decisiones técnicas y facilitar conversaciones con producto
✓Habilidades avanzadas en comunicación clara y gestión de crisis (ej. incidentes)
✓Compromiso con metodologías ágiles y procesos concretos (refinamiento, planning, retros)
✓Enfoque productivo: conectar trabajo técnico con objetivos de negocio y usuarios

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PHPGoREST APIsJiraNotionScrum-like processAI featuresagentic codinghigh-concurrency featuresasync processing

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HEY THERE At Yazio, we help millions of users every day on their journey to healthy nutrition and greater well-being. We're hiring a Backend Engineering Manager to lead our Backend Team, a small, senior team behind Yazio's API and all of the AI features in the app. This role is for an engineering manager who has led a team before and enjoys helping experienced engineers take full ownership of their work, including the conversations with Product. Let's shape the future of nutrition together and make Yazio the most successful nutrition app worldwide! This role is 100% remote and open to candidates based in Germany, Spain, Portugal or the UK. YOUR MISSION Our Backend Team works with the product squads across Yazio, including Monetization, Growth, Tracking Experience, Mobile Platform and Web, as well as Internal Tools and our CRM team. As its manager, you'll give the engineers the context and support they need to own their initiatives end to end, from planning through to conversations with each squad. Bonus points for: Leading a team that supports several product squads at the same time Working on high-traffic consumer products Setting up, or working in, a model where backend engineers are embedded in product squads Steering the business with KPIs and running A/B tests to improve them OUR CORE TECH STACK Backend: PHP (REST APIs) and Go (async processing and high-concurrency features) Ways of working: Jira and Notion, with a Scrum-like process AI features: daily tips, meal summaries and food search by voice, text and image AI in development: agentic coding as part of the team's everyday workflow Scale: up to one million API requests per minute WHY US? An exciting product with millions of users in over 150 countries, driven by our mission to transform the world through healthy eating A remote-first setup: work 100% from home, join a co-working space, or work abroad for several weeks per year 30 vacation days to relax and recharge, plus 5 child sick days if your little one needs you A focus-driven culture that values efficiency over long hours - no overtime expectations, and if it happens, you get that time back!

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