Engineering Manager (Backend)

Allianz is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead backend engineering teams within the Advanced Analytics function. In this leadership role, you will oversee diverse teams working across Java/Spring Boot and Python/FastAPI ecosystems, focusing on people management, team growth, hiring, and delivery excellence. You'll work closely with senior technical leaders to ensure teams have the structure and support needed to deliver scalable backend capabilities that power data, analytics, AI, and digital products across the organisation.

Your responsibilities will span team development and mentoring, workforce planning and capacity management, and ensuring adoption of engineering standards across backend teams. You'll partner with technical leaders, product teams, and senior stakeholders to align team structures with business priorities, manage performance, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Additionally, you'll lead recruitment processes for backend engineering positions, establish consistent interview practices, and build onboarding and career development programmes.

To succeed in this role, you should have at least 8 years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in engineering leadership or people management. While you don't need to be the primary technical decision maker, you must have strong technical credibility in modern backend engineering practices including microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and event-driven architectures. A coaching-first leadership style, excellent stakeholder management, and the ability to influence across complex organisational structures are essential.