Senior Backend Engineering Manager - Global, Remote

Jitterbit; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Career development

Mentorship

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Jitterbit, a leading data integration and API management company, is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager – Backend to lead a distributed team building our iPaaS and API platform.

You will shape technical direction, own delivery plans, mentor engineers across multiple countries, and partner with Product Management to balance speed with reliability. This remote-first role emphasizes collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including distributed backend systems.
• 5+ years of directly managing software teams.
• Experience leading distributed teams across multiple countries and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and mentor a geographically distributed engineering team.
• Drive Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and delivery commitments.
• Partner with Product Management to translate business priorities into executable engineering plans.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed teams

Backend systems

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

Kubernetes

Agile/Scrum

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

Jitterbit, a leading data integration and API management company, is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager – Backend to lead a distributed team building our iPaaS and API platform.

You will shape technical direction, own delivery plans, mentor engineers across multiple countries, and partner with Product Management to balance speed with reliability. This remote-first role emphasizes collaboration and continuous improvement.