Engineering Manager, Platform (Remote - Europe)

Engineering Manager, Platform – Europe

Location: Europe – Fully Remote

Accountabilities

- Lead the architecture, strategy, and execution of core platform technologies, promoting best practices across the organization

- Drive adoption of modern infrastructure automation, reliability engineering, and integrated security principles

- Act as a bridge between platform and application development teams to ensure alignment and collaboration

- Mentor and develop team members, fostering professional growth and technical excellence

- Oversee the delivery of scalable, secure, and cost‑efficient platform services

- Ensure adherence to high‑quality standards through testing, observability, and security‑by‑design practices

- Define clear short‑ and long‑term goals for the platform roadmap and ensure timely execution

- Collaborate with recruiting teams to attract and retain top engineering talent

Requirements

- Minimum 5 years of hands‑on experience in cloud‑native environments with distributed systems and platform development

- At least 2 years of experience managing Platform, DevOps, or SRE teams, including mentoring and performance management

- Proven success in planning and executing complex infrastructure initiatives from concept to delivery

- Expertise with AWS services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)

- Strong proficiency in Kubernetes, Docker, and observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or Prometheus

- Deep understanding of event‑driven architecture, messaging systems (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ), and cloud database management

- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated security testing

- Excellent communication skills with fluency in English

- Preferred: experience with developer experience (DX) improvement, cost optimization, or highly regulated industries (Fintech, Telecom, Gaming)

Benefits

- Fully remote position with a flexible, distributed work environment

- Comprehensive health insurance coverage

- Work‑from‑anywhere stipend and annual learning and wellness credits

- Annual all‑expenses‑paid company retreat in a beautiful destination

- Opportunity to collaborate with a globally distributed, diverse, and inclusive team

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