Back Market is the world's leading refurbished electronics marketplace with a team of more than 650, powering operations in 16 countries (and counting!). Back Market is undergoing meteoric growth and has raised $884 million, with a valuation of $ billion. Our mission is simple: empowering people to buy tech sustainably by offering folks a high-quality, accessible, and more eco-friendly alternative to buying new electronics. Refurbished tech helps lower our collective environmental impact. Be part of a great and growing adventure that will change the way the world consumes tech.
About the role Back Market is looking for a Data Engineering Manager who will lead our Data Platform squad (10 engineers) within the Platform division. The core competencies of this role include mentoring and coaching people, cultivating a collaborative team, leading delivery, production operations, and continuous improvement. As in Back Market, we lead by example, and we expect the role to also be hands-on, so personal contribution is expected. Data is a key enabler for a company like Back Market. Do you want to help your team build reliable, high-performing and secure data infrastructures and tools? Here is your opportunity.
Main technical challenges Back Market's technical stack has been undergoing a radical transformation in recent years into a distributed and service-oriented architecture. This transition provides an opportunity to modernize the platform, raising engineering standards. Building a set of efficient and loosely coupled services is one of the main challenges to face for the years to come. But teams are excited to independently control their release schedules, manage their data, SLAs, tools, and ultimately be responsible for their own service-offering.
What you will do in this role? Leading a collaborative team in delivering great software that our customers and sellers will love!Collaborating with the product group and other tribes to align the team with company objectives and initiatives across engineering and the wider business.Ensuring the development of people and teams through ongoing coaching and mentoring.Creating a team environment where team members feel like they belong and are supported to do their best work.Establishing open communication and a culture of feedback between team members.Working in an agile build it and run it environment where engineering teams build, launch, monitor and support the sections they own.Working with the team to identify and make improvements in our processes, practices and product.Supporting teams in increasing delivery proficiency by creating a learning environment.You will be successful in the role if: Experience and passion for growing, developing, and guiding people.Openness to receiving and giving feedback in a safe workplace.Interest in working in an environment where leaders support their teams to do great work.Enthusiasm about reaching new levels of effectiveness and quality.A background as an individual contributor and willingness to help when the team needs it.Good verbal and written communication skills in English.Excitement to learn about how our industry works and the impact we bring to our customers and the world.You are able to understand the tech challenges of your team and guide them through decisions.Experience working in agile development teams.A past experience in finance or payment would be a very strong asset.You like to work in the office because it's a hybrid position (2 days per week in the office).Recruitment Process Call with our tech talent acquisition specialist (30-45mn)Technical interview with 2 members of the tech team (60mn)Management Principles Interview with 2 EM (60mn)Leadership interview with the Director of Engineering + Staff Engineer (60 mn)Back Market values interview with 2 members of the Exec level (30mn)WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US? A meaningful job: you will help avoid thousands of tons of electronic waste and fight against planned obsolescence.A meaningful company: we became a mission-driven company in January 2022.Be part of a worldwide growing company based in Europe, the USA, and Asia.Work alongside passionate experts who will share their knowledge and help you develop and grow in your career.Grow your career with a flexible career path and a dedicated Learning & Development team.An attractive salary, equity, and a host of benefits.One Loving Tribe: you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, open-minded and friendly environment.Back Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer which means we pledge to not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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