Platform Engineering Manager

🎯 What You’ll Actually Do

• Own delivery and technical direction for a platform domain that runs high-load, distributed services where uptime and correctness matter.

• Lead by example: review, debug, prototype, unblock — you’re not a “status manager.”

• Drive technical decisions: architecture trade-offs, tech debt priorities, platform reliability improvements.

• Partner tightly with Product Owners / Architects — no handoffs, shared ownership of outcomes.

• Raise execution quality: set engineering standards, improve estimation realism, reduce chaos in delivery.

• Jump into incidents, drive RCA, make fixes stick (not band-aids).

• Help the team grow through real work: pairing, code reviews, crisp feedback, pragmatic coaching.

🧠 What You Bring

• Strong backend background (5+ years) with real production ownership.

• Comfort operating in microservices / distributed systems (failure modes, async patterns, queues).

• Hands-on with Node.js / TypeScript (or very close stack), plus Kafka/event streaming.

• Solid cloud + runtime experience: Kubernetes, Docker, AWS.

• Data-driven mindset: performance metrics, observability, reliability thinking.

• Leadership without politics: you’re direct, structured, and you don’t hide behind process.

• Bonus: ClickHouse / PostgreSQL / MongoDB / DynamoDB.

🔧 How We Work

• Speed > perfection. Measure, learn, iterate.

• Impact > output. We care about scalable fixes.

• Direct > polite. Say what’s broken, fix it.

• No silos. Shared responsibility for outcomes.

🔥 What We Offer

• Fully remote (Europe).

• Unlimited vacation + paid sick leave.

• Quarterly bonuses.

• Medical insurance for you + partner.

• Learning budget.

• High ownership, low bureaucracy.

👉 Apply if you want leadership with real engineering weight, not a calendar full of meetings.