Engineering Manager (Backend), Consumer Alliance
Core
Lead the engineering vision and execution for the Customer Orders squad, ensuring the accuracy, resilience, and scale of order processing for HelloFresh's global brands.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Backend)
Builds
Scalable, event-driven order creation and tracking systems for subscription and one-time purchases.
Domain
Food delivery / E-commerce / High-volume transactional systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend engineering leadership, scalable microservices architecture, event-driven systems (Kafka), high-throughput system design, DevOps practices, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), observability, incident management, team mentorship, agile environment leadership
Preferred skills
React Native experience
Technologies
Kafka, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a cross-functional team of 7 engineers, own architecture and reliability of order creation/tracking, drive design for scalable event-driven services, partner with product and data for end-to-end outcomes, champion observability and incident readiness, conduct code reviews and mentor engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities