Senior Engineering Manager - Cloud Infrastructure team

Job Description

🧭 Role Overview: Senior Engineering Manager – Cloud Infrastructure This role leads a team of 8 engineers within Back Market’s CloudOPS group. You’ll manage infrastructure as a product, balancing operational excellence with platform innovation, and driving cost-efficiency and sustainability across Back Market’s engineering ecosystem. 🌍 About Back Market - Mission: Make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new through refurbished devices - Impact: 92% less carbon emissions than new tech - Reach: Global marketplace with teams across EU, US, and APAC - Culture: Sustainability-focused, inclusive, and data-driven 🛠️ Key Responsibilities - Lead and mentor a distributed team of 8 cloud infrastructure engineers - Collaborate with CloudOPS peers (SRE, Engineering Productivity) and Staff Engineers - Coordinate incident response and manage on-call rotations - Treat infrastructure as a product with metrics-driven adoption and satisfaction - Prioritize and evolve the team’s roadmap based on feedback and usage - Own cost-efficiency and sustainability initiatives across infrastructure - Support experimentation and iteration across services and tooling - Grow and evolve the platform using GCP, GKE, Terraform, Crossplane, Backstage, and custom CLI tools 🧠 What Back Market Is Looking For ✅ Required Experience - Proven leadership in infrastructure/platform engineering teams - Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Crossplane) - Experience managing infrastructure as a product with measurable success - Passion for sustainability and cost optimization - Comfortable with incident coordination and operational complexity - Servant leadership mindset with strong coaching and communication skills - Fluent in English and comfortable in multicultural environments ✅ Bonus Skills - Familiarity with Golang - Experience with performance optimization and developer experience teams - Exposure to developer portals like Backstage - Understanding of compliance frameworks (GDPR, PCI-DSS, ISO27001) 📈 What Success Looks Like - You’ve built a trusted, high-performing infrastructure team - You’ve delivered reliable, scalable, and sustainable platform services - You’ve improved engineering efficiency and reduced environmental impact - You’ve fostered a culture of autonomy, experimentation, and continuous improvement 💰 Compensation & Benefits | Category | Details | | Contract Type | Permanent, Full-time | | Location | Paris or Remote (France-based) | | Work Model | Hybrid: 2 remote days/week + flex days | | Impact | Mission-driven work with measurable sustainability outcomes | | DEI Commitment | High-scoring B Corp, inclusive culture | 🧪 Recruitment Process - Intro call with Talent Acquisition (Marie) – 45 min - Leadership principles interview – 60 min - Infrastructure Q&A with DevOps engineers – 45 min - Technical assessment – 45 min - Stakeholder interview – 60 min - Cultural fit interview with VP of Platfo

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