Engineering Manager, Backend – QuickCommerce at Glovo Nigeria

Job Title: Engineering Manager, Backend – QuickCommerce

Job Description

• We are on the lookout for an Engineering Manager, Backend  – QuickCommerce to join the QuickCommerce team at Glovo, Barcelona on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.
• This is a central role with global impact that requires a unique blend of business and technical acumen as you will work with our various regional brands to build a configurable tracking experience that can be rolled out world wide.
• You will work closely with important stakeholders in the company to understand the engineering challenges and the issues they face, and to conceptualize innovative solutions for the broader Delivery Hero.
• You will be responsible for the product that helps our customers track their orders and have a direct impact on the delivery experience of users around the world.

Responsibilities

• You will work on our next-generation platform to not only provide groceries for our hungry customers but also other daily urgent needs like drinks, fruits, snacks but also batteries.
• You will lead a team to design, develop, test, and deploy scalable services.
• You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineering leaders, and leadership across Q-Commerce.
• You will hire and develop engineers, with a deep understanding of agile software development methodologies
• You will be managing a cross-functional  team with backend, frontend and mobile profiles.
• You are not shying away from building reliable, scalable systems with high concurrency and are always eager to learn and implement new languages & technologies. Your decisions will make an impact since your ideas & efforts do matter.
• Eventually, you are not afraid to build global systems which are used by thousands of people and constantly drive for excellence.
• You will work in a goal-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 2 years of cross-functional team management experience with backend, frontend, and test engineers.
• You have a T profile with in-depth experience in at least one backend language, but able to understand the technical complexity of frontend, infrastructure, mobile & QA. If needed you can land on a new project, learn the underline technologies and understand the overall technical components.
• 3  years of experience in applications infrastructure management and operations.
• Experience in working agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Deep understanding of service-oriented and microservices architectural patterns, troubleshooting methods, and best practices.
• You are a pragmatic manager who understands what is needed to get things done in a collaborative manner.
• You believe in cross-functional teams and know that responsibility does not end with deployment.
• Fluent English communication skills.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is Not Specified. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can: “Click Here To Submit Application.” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:
Official Job Website:  https://glovoapp.com/ng/en/