Backend Engineering Manager
Core
Lead a senior backend team building APIs and AI features for a global nutrition app, enabling product squads to own initiatives end-to-end.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Backend)
Builds
REST APIs, async processing, high-concurrency features, and AI-driven nutrition features (tips, meal summaries, food search)
Domain
Health & Nutrition / Consumer Tech
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Engineering team leadership, system design, infrastructure management, technical trade-off analysis, coaching, stakeholder management, product mindset, OKR ownership, hiring
Preferred skills
Leading teams supporting multiple product squads, experience with high-traffic consumer products, embedded backend engineering models, KPI-driven business steering, A/B testing
Technologies
PHP, Go, Jira, Notion, agentic coding
Responsibilities
Establish and improve team rituals (stand-ups, planning, retros), align backend work with product squad plans, own the team's OKR process and roadmap, grow team members via 1:1s and feedback, hire new engineers, manage production incidents and outages
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC transitioning to management
