Backend Engineering Manager

HEY THERE At Yazio, we help millions of users every day on their journey to healthy nutrition and greater well-being. We're hiring a Backend Engineering Manager to lead our Backend Team, a small, senior team behind Yazio's API and all of the AI features in the app. This role is for an engineering manager who has led a team before and enjoys helping experienced engineers take full ownership of their work, including the conversations with Product. Let's shape the future of nutrition together and make Yazio the most successful nutrition app worldwide! This role is 100% remote and open to candidates based in Germany, Spain, Portugal or the UK. YOUR MISSION Our Backend Team works with the product squads across Yazio, including Monetization, Growth, Tracking Experience, Mobile Platform and Web, as well as Internal Tools and our CRM team. As its manager, you'll give the engineers the context and support they need to own their initiatives end to end, from planning through to conversations with each squad. In your first year, you'll: Take ownership of the team's rituals in your first couple of months (stand-ups, refinements, sprint planning, retros and a bi-weekly written sync) and keep improving how the team works Build close working relationships with squad leads and product managers, so backend work is part of each squad's plans from the start of the quarter Own the team's part of our OKR process: build the quarterly roadmap with the engineers and keep progress visible to the teams