Engineering Manager (100% Remote EMEA)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers focused on compute and platform engineering
• ▹Drive architectural direction for the compute platform with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and developer experience
• ▹Contribute hands-on to design, implementation, and optimization of core compute services (orchestration, provisioning, scaling, runtimes)
• ▹Collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Security, and Backend teams to define priorities and ensure smooth integrations
• ▹Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and technical coaching
• ▹Foster a culture of ownership, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement
• ▹Translate strategic objectives into actionable execution plans and ensure timely delivery
• ▹Influence platform evolution with pragmatic, forward-looking technical decisions
• ▹Champion best practices across software development, automation, and operational excellence

Requirements

• ▹7+ years of experience in software engineering, including 2+ years in a technical leadership or engineering management role
• ▹Strong expertise in cloud platforms (AWS preferred: EC2, ECS, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch)
• ▹Solid experience building distributed backend systems with Golang
• ▹Proven track record in infrastructure, platform engineering, compute orchestration, reliability, and observability
• ▹Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and service mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy)
• ▹Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK)
• ▹Understanding of CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar)
• ▹Strong knowledge of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and monitoring/alerting best practices
• ▹Excellent communication and leadership skills
• ▹Strong technical judgment and the ability to balance hands-on coding with people and strategic responsibilities

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Fully remote role while aligning with the European time zone

About the company

Pragmatike is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. The advertised Compute Team owns the foundational compute platform that powers all backend services.