refurbed
SeniorEngineeringManager(f/m/x)
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“Senior Engineering Manager (f/m/x) at refurbed. Skills: Platform Engineering Management, Data Engineering Management, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes. Lead Platform and Data Engineering teams. Multiply effectiveness of product squads”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve developer experience; Reduce delivery friction; Improve engineering effectiveness; Ensure reliability; Ensure scalability; Ensure maintainability; Produce high-quality outcomes; Support growth ambitions; Move quickly with clarity
Industry & Context.
Trade-off discussions; Identify blockers; Resolve blockers; Surface risks early; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience managing engineers, Experience managing platform teams, Experience managing infrastructure teams, Experience managing data teams, Experience leading internal customer teams, Proven ability to develop talent, Proven ability to mentor talent, Proven ability to retain talent, Manage performance with clarity, Manage performance with empathy, Lead with low ego, Lead with openness, Believe in autonomy, Believe in empowerment, Partner with product managers, Partner with engineering leaders, Establish feedback loops, Establish metrics for developer experience, Establish metrics for delivery friction, Establish metrics for engineering effectiveness, Background in cloud infrastructure, Experience designing Kubernetes environments, Experience operating Kubernetes environments, Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Experience with secrets management, Experience with observability stacks, Understand data engineering fundamentals, Understand pipeline design, Understand data warehouse modeling, Understand transformation tooling, Understand data quality practices, Review infrastructure-as-code, Participate in architecture reviews, Guide trade-off discussions, Solid understanding of backend systems, Solid understanding of distributed architectures, Understand how scalable services are designed, Understand SQL, Understand relational database concepts, Understand modern backend development practices, Build trust across teams, Communicate team roadmap, Communicate team incidents, Communicate team limitations, Understand needs of product squads, Translate needs into infrastructure priorities, Translate needs into tooling improvements, Translate needs into data platform investments, Cultivate culture of ownership, Cultivate culture of reliability, Promote modern engineering practices, Promote clear processes, Promote simple processes, Foster transparency, Foster feedback, Foster knowledge-sharing, Treat incidents as learning opportunities, Be self-directed, Be aligned with objectives, Navigate ambiguity, Represent teams across organization, Represent teams with leadership, Excellent English skills, Based in Europe, Background in software engineering, Background in infrastructure, Background in data systems, Foundation for systems thinking, Experience with a major cloud provider, Background in platform engineering, Background in data engineering, Meaningful exposure to infrastructure engineering, Meaningful exposure to data engineering, Manage and support engineers, Ensure clear mission, Ensure healthy processes, Ensure productive working environment, Conduct regular 1:1s, Mentor engineers, Support personal growth, Support professional growth, Build psychological safety, Enable ownership, Help team members unlock potential, Facilitate technical discussions, Facilitate architecture reviews, Facilitate design decisions, Ensure reliability, Ensure scalability, Ensure maintainability, Produce high-quality engineering outcomes, Promote best practices, Establish clear quality standards, Contribute to code reviews, Contribute to technical tasks, Ensure infrastructure supports growth, Ensure data systems support growth, Identify blockers, Resolve blockers, Surface risks early, Maintain productive environment, Contribute to company planning, Contribute to department planning, Contribute to squad-level planning, Drive infrastructure strategies, Drive data strategies, Participate in hiring, Participate in team growth, Build bench of senior engineers, Strengthen engineering culture, Encourage experimentation, Encourage learning, Encourage adoption of modern tools, Encourage adoption of modern practices, Define success metrics, Track success metrics, Make decisions based on facts, Embrace giving feedback, Embrace receiving feedback, Embrace testing new ideas, Embrace welcoming new ideas, Share knowledge across company, Learn from mistakes, Access dedicated learning budget, Support personal growth with learning budget, Support professional growth with learning budget, Partner with Likeminded, Private sessions with experts, Host internal workshops, Develop skills in different areas, Enhance collaboration across departments, Care about work/life balance, Function in remote setting, Support remote setting, Work from office in Vienna, Self-organize work, Take part in office weeks, Work side by side with colleagues, Enjoy team-building events, Enjoy on-site workshops
Nice to Have
GCP experience, AWS experience, Azure experience, AI-assisted engineering tools experience
What You'll Do.
Lead Platform and Data Engineering teams
Multiply effectiveness of product squads
Provide reliable infrastructure
Provide shared services
Provide developer tooling
Own technical foundation
Ensure foundation is stable
Ensure foundation is scalable
Ensure foundation is easy to work with
Manage and support engineers
Ensure healthy processes
Ensure productive working environment
Support personal growth
Support professional growth
Build psychological safety
Help team members unlock potential
Facilitate technical discussions
Facilitate architecture reviews
Facilitate design decisions
Ensure maintainability
Produce high-quality engineering outcomes
Promote best practices
Establish clear quality standards
Contribute to code reviews
Contribute to technical tasks
Ensure infrastructure supports growth
Ensure data systems support growth
Maintain productive environment
Contribute to company planning
Contribute to department planning
Contribute to squad-level planning
Drive infrastructure strategies
Drive data strategies
Participate in hiring
Participate in team growth
Build bench of senior engineers
Strengthen engineering culture
Encourage experimentation
Encourage adoption of modern tools
Encourage adoption of modern practices
Define success metrics
Track success metrics
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with product managers; Partner with engineering leaders; Build trust across teams; Communicate team roadmap; Communicate team incidents; Communicate team limitations; Understand needs of product squads; Translate needs into priorities; Represent teams across organization; Represent teams with leadership; Cross-functional teams; Internal customer teams; Collaboration across departments
Communication Scope
Clarity; Transparency; Executive presentations
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Infrastructure strategies, Data strategies
Full Job Description
Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 23 European countries and having surpassed €2Bn in GMV — all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company, and our 250+ employees enjoy up to two months of workation per year. We’ve also been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for three consecutive years. Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions. If you thrive in an environment that values momentum, ownership, and impact, you’ll feel at home here. We’re a fast-paced, high-performance team that works hard and challenges itself everyday. To enable this high-performance every team member enjoys full autonomy over their location (we’re remote-first). We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager (f/m/x) to lead our Platform and Data Engineering teams. These are supporting teams, their mission is to multiply the effectiveness of every product squad at refurbed by providing reliable infrastructure, shared services, clean data, and developer tooling. You will own the technical foundation that product teams build on, and ensure it is stable, scalable, and easy to work with. Our platform technology stack includes Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ on the backend, with infrastructure running on Google Cloud Platform provisioned with Terraform, and orchestrated with Kubernetes. Our data platform is built with Python on top of BigQuery. WHO YOU ARE: Leadership You are a senior, trusted engineering leader with 8+ years of experience managing engineers in platform, infrastructure, or data teams You have led teams where the customer is internal, you understand what it means to provide a service to other engineers and how to measure success in that context You have a proven ability to develop, mentor, and retain engineering talent, as well as ma
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