Senior Backend Engineering Leader & People Manager

TeamViewer; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite onboarding

Competitive compensation

Public transport friendly offices

Corporate discounts

Team events

Open door policy

Hybrid & Flexible hours

Work From Abroad program

Job summary

TeamViewer is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive a portfolio of backend services and to grow a team of Team Leads across multiple agile teams. You will shape architecture, influence roadmaps, and ensure high security and reliability while mentoring leaders and engineers.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, collaboration with product management, and fostering a culture of open communication and accountability in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years in a managerial role within software development, ideally in agile environments.
• 1+ years leading leaders (Team Leads or Engineering Managers).
• Proven track record of leading multiple teams building and operating backend services in production.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, software architecture, scalability, and lifecycle.
• Experience with high security/reliability requirements is a plus.
• Strategic planning, team building and performance management, including onboarding Team Leads.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across teams.
• Fluent in English; Portuguese or German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a group of Team Leads, helping them grow as people managers and technical leaders.
• Build a strong leadership bench: set expectations, run regular 1:1s and feedback cycles, grow future leaders.
• Create alignment across Team Leads for multiple agile teams with consistent practices.
• Own the delivery and evolution of backend services powering our products, balancing new capabilities with stability, security and debt.
• Drive roadmap execution with Product Management and stakeholders, translating business needs into team priorities.
• Ensure backend meets high standards for availability, performance, security and compliance.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams across the company on integration and scalable solutions.
• Oversee capacity planning, resource allocation and hiring to support growth.
• Promote engineering excellence and agile best practices across development, testing, deployment and operations.
• Support the professional development of your team through coaching and career planning.
• Act as a key link between engineering and senior management, translating progress and risk into updates.
• Champion a culture of open communication, psychological safety, ownership and accountability.

Skills

Team leadership

Engineering leadership

Communication

Software engineering

Management experience

Leading leaders

Distributed systems

Security & reliability

Strategic planning

English proficiency

Education

CS/IT degree

Job description

TeamViewer is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive a portfolio of backend services and to grow a team of Team Leads across multiple agile teams. You will shape architecture, influence roadmaps, and ensure high security and reliability while mentoring leaders and engineers.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, collaboration with product management, and fostering a culture of open communication and accountability in a hybrid work environment.