Cafeyn
Job title:
SENIOR BACK END MANAGER
Company
Cafeyn
Job description
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 SkillsStrong 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 QualificationsExperience: 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 SkillsFamiliarity 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.Want to know more?Rencontrez Jasper, Lead Data ScientistRencontrez Aude-Marie, Head of SalesDiscover the companyExplore the company’s profile or follow them to find out if they’re the right fit!Follow them!The companyMobile Apps, Media, Print Media120 employeesFounded in 2006Average age: 34 years old40%60%Who are they?Join Cafeyn: Where Innovation Meets Inspiration
Cafeyn is more than a platform-was it is transforming the way people access and experience content. Since 2006, we’ve grown in a fast-evolving market, adapting to become a leading digital reading service with over 2 million users worldwide. Cafeyn gives readers unlimited, personalized access to thousands of newspapers and magazines, curated to fit their tastes and delivered seamlessly across devices.Our mission?
To empower individuals with access to trusted, high-quality content that fosters personal growth and discovery. Whether it’s through the comprehensive collection of news and features on Cafeyn, the digital publishing solutions of Milibris, the fun and educative content for children on Kidjo, or the collections for manga lovers by Mangas.io, Cafeyn stands at the forefront of digital content experiences.We believe in:Premium Quality: Everything we deliver is thoughtfully designed to give our users the best.Personal Empowerment: We offer tools and content that inform, inspire, and help users grow.Overall Fairness: From our internal teams to our external partners, we believe in fair, transparent, and ethical operations.No Judgment: Cafeyn is a safe space for discovery, where users can explore their interests freely.Source of Inspiration: We aim to be more than a reading platform-we want to inspire curiosity, spark new ideas, and drive meaningful discussions.With 120 Cafeyners operating in 5 countries, we’re growing fast and embracing new opportunities in the digital world. At Cafeyn, we work in an environment that values excellence, kindness, ambition, honesty, and innovation-together, we redefine how people engage with information.Join us and be part of a company where your passion for knowledge can shape the future of media and inspire millions globally! Here at Cafeyn, you’ll not only contribute to a premium reading experience, but also be part of a team that encourages creativity, growth, and a shared mission to revolutionize how the world reads.Are you ready to help build the future of digital reading?Let’s grow together at Cafeyn.Professional equality indexWomen-men93out of 100PointsEmptyPay gap39/40Pay raise gap35/35Raise after maternity leaveNCHighest wages pay gap5/10Data from the made by companies with more than 50 employees to the French Ministry of Labor, which highlights the gender pay gap.The workplaceOffices and remote workWant to learn more about the offices and remote work policy? It’s right here!These job openings might interest you!These companies are also recruiting for the position of “Software & Web Development”.PhotoroomParisPermanent contractFully-remote19 hours agoJokoBarcelona · ParisPermanent contractFully-remote6 days agoClick&Boat GroupBoulogne-BillancourtPermanent contractFully-remote6 days agoWeWardParisPermanent contractA few days at home7 days agoENTRUST FRANCE SASParisPermanent contractA few days at home7 days agoDoctolibParisPermanent contract12 days agoSaveAboutMeet usThe newsletter that does the jobRelevant advice, informative Q&As, inspirational portraits, newsworthy reports, videos, job openings, company profiles, and more.SubscribeYou can unsubscribe whenever you want. We won’t bother you-we promise. To learn more about our data protection policy,
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Location
Paris
Job date
Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:47:35 GMT
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