Remote in EU | Long-term B2B Contract

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for building and evolving complex, cloud-native backend systems. This is a technical leadership role for someone who combines strong people-management experience with a deep software-engineering background. You will manage and develop engineers, take ownership of team delivery and remain closely involved in architecture, technical decision-making and engineering quality.

You will not be expected to write production code every day, but you must be technically credible and comfortable reviewing designs, challenging architectural decisions, supporting engineers through complex problems and contributing hands-on when necessary. The environment includes distributed systems, microservices, containerised applications and cloud infrastructure supporting high-volume, business-critical products.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead, support and develop a team of software engineers

Take responsibility for team performance, delivery and engineering quality

Conduct regular one-to-one meetings, performance reviews and career-development conversations

Recruit, onboard and retain strong engineering talent

Establish clear goals, expectations and ownership within the team

Work closely with Product Owners to define priorities, scope and delivery plans

Translate product and business requirements into practical engineering outcomes

Remain closely involved in system design and architectural decisions

Guide the development of scalable microservices and distributed backend systems

Review technical proposals and challenge engineering decisions constructively

Support engineers in resolving complex technical and production issues

Establish and continuously improve coding, testing and code-review standards

Strengthen CI/CD, observability, documentation and operational practices





Promote system reliability, scalability, maintainability and security

Identify technical debt and balance platform improvements with product delivery

Coordinate dependencies and technical decisions across engineering teams

Create an environment of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement

Contribute hands-on to prototypes, technical investigations or critical issues when required

Requirements:

At least 8 years of professional software-engineering experience

At least 3 years of experience leading or managing software-engineering teams

Proven experience with direct people management, including performance management, development and hiring

Strong technical background in backend software development

Recent technical experience with at least one backend language such as Java, Python or Go

Strong understanding of microservices and distributed-system architecture

Hands-on knowledge of AWS or Azure

Strong experience with Kubernetes and Docker

Good understanding of APIs, databases, asynchronous processing and event-driven architecture

Experience establishing engineering standards, code-review practices and testing strategies

Strong understanding of CI/CD, observability and production operations

Experience managing delivery in a product-led or agile engineering environment

Ability to balance people leadership, technical quality and delivery expectations

Confidence working with senior engineers, architects, Product Owners and business stakeholders





Strong written and spoken English (C1+)

Based within the European Union and able to work on a B2B contract

Nice to have:

Experience managing teams building AI-powered or data-intensive products

Experience with both AWS and Azure

Experience scaling an engineering team or supporting organisational growth

Previous experience modernising a monolith or evolving a microservices platform

Knowledge of Python, Java or Go ecosystems

Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform or CDK

Experience with high-volume or business-critical production systems

Knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog or distributed tracing

Experience working across multiple engineering teams or product areas

What's on Offer:

Fully remote work within the European Union

Long-term B2B engagement

Leadership of a technically strong engineering team

Genuine influence over architecture, engineering practices and team development

Work on complex, internationally used AI-enabled products

Collaboration with experienced engineering, product and cloud specialists

More than 20 days of paid time off

Apple equipment

Training and professional-development budget

Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are dedicated to creating and sustaining an inclusive, respectful workplace for all -regardless of gender, ethnicity, or background. We actively encourage applicants from all identities and experience levels to apply and bring your authentic self to our fast-paced, supportive team.

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📌 Engineering Manager - Cloud-Native Backend Systems (España)
🏢 Salve.Inno Consulting
📍 España