Backend Engineering Manager - Remote

Overview

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.

In Short

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• 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