Engineering Manager - Backend (Engineering Platforms)

Engineering Manager – Backend (Engineering Platforms) Company:

Eneco Location:

Rotterdam Job type:

Full time (32‑40 hours per week) Domain:

Software Engineering Salary:

€95,000 – €140,000 per year

Why choose Eneco? At Eneco, we’re working hard to achieve our mission: sustainable energy for everyone. Learn more about how we’re putting this into action in our One Planet Plan.

What you’ll do As an Engineering Manager in Engineering Platforms for the Backend team, you will lead at the intersection of backend .NET development and platform engineering. Your mission is to elevate our API management capabilities, establish best practices across our backend services, and build a culture of reliability and operational excellence. You will lead both the people and the technical strategy, grow a high‑performing team while driving hands‑on improvements to our cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and developer experience.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the API management strategy, establishing governance, versioning, security standards, and documentation practices that raise the bar across the organisation.

Lead the design and development of scalable and high‑quality core .NET backend services and APIs, ensuring alignment with architectural best practices to support product teams.

Lead the design and development of core modules and service templates as a foundation for product teams to develop their own services.

Champion coding standards, code reviews, automated testing, security, and continuous integration to maintain a high‑quality bar.

Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (ADO) and GitHub, enabling fast, safe, and repeatable deployments.

Contribute to self‑service platforms and internal tooling that empower development teams to ship with confidence and autonomy.

Champion observability, monitoring, and alerting using Dynatrace; establish meaningful SLOs and SLIs across services.

Integrate and manage security scanning (Snyk) and incident management (Rootly) into everyday engineering workflows.

Drive automation to eliminate toil, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate developer productivity.

Oversee the engineering team’s daily operations and take accountability for delivery outcomes.

Collaborate with platform owners, architects, and stakeholders to define requirements and determine suitable technical solutions.

Set technical direction and vision for your domain, ensuring alignment with the wider engineering strategy of Eneco.

Coach and mentor engineers with the help of the Eneco Perform and Grow structure, supporting their professional growth while fostering a collaborative, high‑trust team culture.

Facilitate continuous improvement and knowledge sharing; foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and learning.

Manage team performance, providing constructive feedback and career guidance.

Nice to Have

Experience with our specific toolchain: Azure DevOps, GitHub, Dynatrace, Snyk, and Rootly.

Familiarity with API gateway technologies (e.g., Azure API Management).

Background in establishing and measuring SLOs/SLIs and running incident response processes.

Hands‑on experience with Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), whether building them from the ground up or contributing to existing platforms.

Our Tech Stack

Cloud & Orchestration: Azure, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)

CI/CD & Source Control: Azure DevOps, GitHub

Backend: .NET / C#

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform

Leadership & Team Development

Oversee team operations and delivery outcomes.

Collaborate with stakeholders for requirements and solutions.

Set technical vision aligned with Eneco’s strategy.

Coach and mentor engineers through the Perform and Grow structure.

Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and learning.

Manage performance and career guidance.

What you’ll work on You’ll join a collaborative team of engineers dedicated to building exceptional platforms, backend services, and reliability practices. We value continuous learning, experimentation, and knowledge sharing contributing to our communities of practice. Together, we are creating the foundation that enables our entire organisation to ship quickly, securely, and reliably.

What we have to offer

Gross annual salary between €95,000 and €140,000.

FlexBudget, 8% holiday allowance, and depending on your role a bonus or collective profit sharing.

Hybrid working: 40% office, 40% home, 20% flexible; with manager approval, work abroad up to 3 weeks/year (max 2 consecutive).

Personal and professional growth opportunities; Eneco is fully committed to help you in your development.

Recruiter Contact Faisal Faik Recruiter Send an email

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