SENIOR BACK END MANAGER

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Paris
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Main Mission

Overview As a Senior Back-End Manager, you will lead and inspire a team of over 10 developers to ensure the robustness, scalability, performance, and security of the company’s back-end systems. Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, this role requires a seasoned leader to drive the development and maintenance of critical services and APIs. You will also play a key role in fostering innovation and adopting best practices within the technical team.

You will also work closely with the Head of Infrastructure to optimize CI/CD pipelines and manage cloud environments on AWS, enabling seamless deployment processes and system reliability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership and Team Management:
    • Inspire and manage a team of over ten developers, providing guidance and fostering autonomy.

    • Provide mentorship and guidance to team members, ensuring their growth aligns with both personal and organizational goals.

    • Build a high-performing team by hiring, retaining, and developing top talent.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration:
    • Act as a key technical liaison with Product, Front-End, Data, QA, Business, and Customer Care teams to align technical efforts with organizational objectives.

    • Champion cross-team initiatives, such as improving data quality, optimizing app tracking, and enhancing system performance.

  • System Design and Architecture:
    • Lead the design and development of scalable back-end systems.

    • Ensure the delivery of secure, reliable, and maintainable APIs that meet the needs of a high-traffic B2C environment handling up to 250,000 requests per minute during peak periods.

  • CI/CD Management & Cloud Collaboration:
    • Implement and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

    • Collaborate closely on the optimization of cloud environments, leveraging AWS services such as CloudWatch, ElasticCache, and ECS to ensure system efficiency and reliability.

  • Continuous Improvement:
    • Drive improvements in code quality and development processes.

    • Stay informed of emerging technologies and best practices, integrating them to maintain the team's competitive edge.

Managerial Skills

  • Strong team management experience with a proven ability to lead a large team of over 10 developers.

  • Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to empower team members with autonomy while providing direction.

  • Proven ability to manage diverse stakeholders, such as PM, business team, QA engineers, and ensure back-end initiatives align with broader organizational needs.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Experience: Minimum of 8 years in back-end development, including at least 5 years in team management.

  • Hands-On Leadership: Ability to remain involved in technical aspects when necessary.

  • Project Management: Skilled in handling multiple concurrent projects.

  • Technical Expertise:
    • Deep knowledge of C# (mandatory).

    • Experience with high-traffic B2C applications (e.g., 250k requests per minute during peak periods), focusing on scalability and API performance.

    • Strong understanding of data management, from the handling of publisher data to the app tracking events, including data quality, storage (e.g., databases), and transmission.

    • Proficiency in GitHub, including CI/CD pipeline configuration.

    • Basic AWS knowledge (e.g., CloudWatch, ElasticCache, ECS).

    • Solid grasp of functional and technical architecture within back-end stacks.

  • Language Skills: Fluent in English (both written and spoken).

Optional Skills

  • Familiarity with front-end technologies (web and mobile) is a plus.

  • Knowledge of infrastructure management is a plus.

  • Experience with M&A migrations, including user base migrations involving the migration of user activities data.


This position is an opportunity to shape and lead a high-performing team at the heart of our technical ecosystem, ensuring we meet the demands of a rapidly growing user base while maintaining top-tier standards in performance and quality.

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