Engineering Manager Backend (Hands On)

Full-time · Vienna

Creating print products by leveraging AI. 

At Journi we’re building an app that allows customers to create beautiful photo books and other print products without effort. Using AI technology, we automatically create personalized designs based on the content our users want to print.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of 4-5 backend engineers who are responsible for building and scaling the infrastructure that powers image storage & security for our printing app and blog app, as well as managing the interfaces with our growing network of worldwide print service providers.

As the Engineering Manager, you will guide your team to ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency, while also fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. This is a hands-on role, hence 60-70% of your time is expected to go into individual contribution and hands-on backend development

➤ What you will do

• Lead the design and development of scalable image storage solutions to support our printing and blog applications.

• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of reliable, secure APIs for interfacing with our worldwide network of print service providers.

• Contribute to the development and actively participate in the execution phase of the features and projects

• Manage, mentor, and support a team of 4-5 backend engineers, helping them grow professionally through feedback, goal setting, and career development. Conduct regular 1:1s, manage performance reviews, and ensure the team is aligned with company goals.Drive the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and automation to enhance team productivity and code quality. Proactively identify and mitigate risks to service stability and performance.

➤ Your bag of tricks 

• Strong leadership skills and 2-3 years experience leading a small team of engineers.

• Strong technical background of at least 7+ years in backend development, including experience with cloud-based solutions (e.g., AWS, GCP) and RESTful APIs.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to foster great teamwork within and across teams.

• Solid people management skills

  • Employee satisfaction and retention

  • Performance & delivery

  • Coaching, mentoring and growth

  • Hiring

➤ Nice to have (but not required!)

• Experience with service oriented architectures and highly scalable services

• Experience with parts of our tech stack can help: Scala/JVM for backend, different AWS services (S3, RDS, Elasticache, DynamoDB)

➤ What we offer 

A happy team makes for a happy workplace. We wouldn’t be able to do what we are doing without our team and that’s why we offer:

• A fair annual gross salary in accordance with the Collective Agreement, starting from €85,000. Our final offer depends on your experience and qualifications amongst other factors.

• A bunch of awesome social benefits (incl. public transport card, health insurance, pension fund, German classes and access to premium language learning app)

• Daily lunch vouchers worth €5,50 per day which you can use in more than 1000+ restaurants in Vienna and our downstairs cantina.

• Fully functional kitchen in our office with access to healthy and organic foods (cornflakes, fresh fruit, yoghurt, Italian portafilter coffee and a huge range of teas)

• 25 vacation days per year plus get up to 5 extra holidays per year (1 extra day for each additional working anniversary at Journi)

• Team activities - annual team trip, get-togethers and digital events

• Up to €2,000 yearly personal development budget (subject to team lead approval for company-related growth)

• Work in a fun, bright and award-winning office - built by the Journi Team! Including ping-pong and foosball to blow off steam

• High-end computer (Mac) set-up and tools that will make you enjoy getting your work done

• Flexible working hours (with core hours: 10am-4pm Mo-Th; and 10am-2pm on Fr) 

• Hybrid working model with 40% home office days

• Relocation and visa support for non-EU citizens: ONLY with finished Computer Science degree

• Be part of a team of highly motivated and like-minded individuals who you can learn from and want to learn from you too!

Interview steps:

1. Intro Call with the People & Culture Team (30min)

2. Leadership Interview (45min)

3. Technical Interview (45min)

4. Final Interview with the Leadership Team (1h)

➤ About us

We are proud to promote inclusion and diversity at Journi - no matter what race, nationality, gender, religion or sexual orientation - there is always a space for exceptional individuals in our team.

At Journi, our mission is to build the most customer-centric way to hold onto your memories. We leverage the power of massive amounts of data and modern AI to enable people to print their memories as easily as taking pictures using the Journi Print app. The smart algorithm in the Journi apps processes 1,000 photos within less than 30 seconds to find the perfect photo layout. You capture the moments and we enable you to convert these into beautiful print products within seconds. We believe in innovation, collaboration and a future where digital and print go hand in hand to preserve lasting memories. We want to become the leading destination to share and print your moments. We have already inspired more than 5 million users around the globe and established Journi as a key player in a booming market, however, we have only scratched the surface of our potential. We are a startup and the creators of the most successful photo and print apps on the market. The Journi apps are downloaded and used by millions of users worldwide. We have been featured by Apple and Google over 20k times and have been covered by Forbes, the L.A. Times, TNW, Techcrunch and many more.

At Journi, we look for exceptionally motivated people to become a member of our innovative team of 60+ people from all around the world. People who are passionate about solving challenges and making decisions that impact the success of the company. If you think this could be you, why not send us your application? ;)

Anja

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Talent Acquisition Manager