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Engineering Manager (f/m/x) - remote

refurbed

full-remoteleadpermanentengineering-managementbackend EMEA Yesterday via LinkedIn

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Engineering ManagementDistributed SystemsBackend ArchitectureSQLGoKubernetesgRPCPostgreSQLRemote LeadershipStakeholder Management

About the role

Role Overview

Engineering Manager (f/m/x) to lead Customer Success and Delivery & Returns. You’ll build high-performing engineering teams, ensure technical excellence, and partner with product and business to deliver reliable, customer-impacting solutions end to end.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and support engineers across Customer Success and Delivery & Returns teams
  • Run regular 1:1s, mentor engineers, and support personal/professional growth
  • Foster psychological safety, enable ownership, and promote transparency/feedback
  • Facilitate technical discussions, architecture reviews, and design decisions
  • Guide teams toward reliable, scalable, maintainable solutions while balancing quality and delivery
  • Promote modern engineering practices and effective ways of working for predictable delivery

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience managing senior backend and frontend engineers
  • Strong engineering leadership: ability to develop, mentor, retain talent, and manage performance with clarity and empathy
  • Solid backend systems knowledge, including distributed architectures and scalable service design
  • Confident collaborating with staff/senior engineers and architects on architecture and trade-offs
  • Comfortable with SQL and relational database concepts
  • Thrives in remote, distributed, cross-functional environments; strong stakeholder collaboration with product/design/business
  • Excellent English; must be based in a European time zone
  • Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

Nice to Have / Additional Context

  • Not expected to be hands-on day-to-day, but confident reviewing high-level designs and ensuring robust delivery

Location / Eligibility

  • Open to candidates based in Europe (including UK) only, with a valid right to work

About refurbed

Refurbed is Europe’s fast-growing refurbished-products marketplace, operating across 12 European countries and reaching over €2B in GMV while staying profitable. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Vienna, it operates a remote-first culture and focuses on making consumption more sustainable by offering products up to 40% cheaper and reducing CO₂ emissions.

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