Join Cafeyn: Where Innovation Meets Inspiration
Cafeyn is more than a platform—was it is transforming the way people access and experience content. Since 2006, we’ve grown in a fast-evolving market, adapting to become a leading digital reading service with over 2 million users worldwide. Cafeyn gives readers unlimited, personalized access to thousands of newspapers and magazines, curated to fit their tastes and delivered seamlessly across devices.

Our mission?

To empower individuals with access to trusted, high-quality content that fosters personal growth and discovery. Whether it's through the comprehensive collection of news and features on Cafeyn, the digital publishing solutions of Milibris, the fun and educative content for children on Kidjo, or the collections for manga lovers by Mangas.io, Cafeyn stands at the forefront of digital content experiences.

Your team & responsibilities

As a Senior Back-End Manager, you will lead and inspire a team of over 10 developers to ensure the robustness, scalability, performance, and security of the company’s back-end systems. Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, this role requires a seasoned leader to drive the development and maintenance of critical services and APIs. You will also play a key role in fostering innovation and adopting best practices within the technical team.

You will also work closely with the Head of Infrastructure to optimize CI/CD pipelines and manage cloud environments on AWS, enabling seamless deployment processes and system reliability.

Your missions

• Technical Leadership and Team Management:

  • Inspire and manage a team of over ten developers, providing guidance and fostering autonomy.

  • Provide mentorship and guidance to team members, ensuring their growth aligns with both personal and organizational goals.

  • Build a high-performing team by hiring, retaining, and developing top talent.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

  • Act as a key technical liaison with Product, Front-End, Data, QA, Business, and Customer Care teams to align technical efforts with organizational objectives.

  • Champion cross-team initiatives, such as improving data quality, optimizing app tracking, and enhancing system performance.

• System Design and Architecture:

  • Lead the design and development of scalable back-end systems.

  • Ensure the delivery of secure, reliable, and maintainable APIs that meet the needs of a high-traffic B2C environment handling up to 250,000 requests per minute during peak periods.

This position is an opportunity to shape and lead a high-performing team at the heart of our technical ecosystem, ensuring we meet the demands of a rapidly growing user base while maintaining top-tier standards in performance and quality.

Who are we looking for?

You are at the right place if you have

• Managerial Skills
  • Strong team management experience with a proven ability to lead a large team of over 10 developers.
  • Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to empower team members with autonomy while providing direction.
  • Proven ability to manage diverse stakeholders, such as PM, business team, QA engineers, and ensure back-end initiatives align with broader organizational needs.

• Experience: Minimum of 8 years in back-end development, including at least 5 years in team management.
• Hands-Off Leadership: Ability to lead & drive a technical team.
• Project Management: Skilled in handling multiple concurrent projects.

• Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of C# or C++ or Java or Python.
• Strong understanding of data quality
• Solid grasp of functional and technical architecture within back-end stacks.
• Language Skills: Fluent in English (both written and spoken).

Optional Skills

• Familiarity with front-end technologies (web and mobile) is a plus.

• Knowledge of infrastructure management is a plus.

• Experience with high-traffic B2C applications (e.g., 250k requests per minute during peak periods), focusing on scalability and API performance.

Hiring Process 

1. HR Interview with one of our Talent Acquisition Manager (30’)
2. Hiring manager Interview with our Head of Engineering, Vincent Krawczyk (1h)
3. Peer Interview with our Back End Team (1h)
4. Technical live case with our Head of Engineering, Vincent Krawczyk (1h)
5.  Cultural fit with our Director of Product and Mobile Director, Aymeric & Vincent (45')
6. Last Interview with Raphaël, our CTPO 

Perks & benefits of working at Cafeyn

• Classic package 🎓

We provide a Swile card for your meal vouchers, Alan health insurance, and a mobility package to reimburse your transport subscription.

• Sports 🏃

We have a partnership with Classpass that gives you access to fitness classes and wellness activities for both exercise and relaxation as you want.

• Hybrid policy 🏠

We allow you to work remotely two days per week.

• Cafeyn’s access 🗞️

We provide you with a VIP code for Cafeyn, giving you unlimited access to all content on our platform.

• Team life 🪅

We organize four office meet-ups per year. These occasions allow us to gather with our international offices, celebrate company updates, and spend quality time together.

We believe that equality and diversity make us a better company and community.You don’t have to match all the requirements, if you feel this offer could be a great opportunity for you, reach out anyways! We hire based on talent and we promote inclusivity inside Cafeyn and strongly believe that our culture is strongest when it is the most diverse.