Engineering Manager – Go Backend

Assertive Yield B.V.

Engineering Manager leading Go backend engineering team at Assertive Yield, focusing on high-performance systems and team development. Involved in strategy, coaching developers, and improving systems.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute the engineering strategy, ensuring alignment with product and business goals and enabling the team to deliver effectively at scale
Partner with the VP Technology and VP Product to translate roadmap priorities into executable engineering plans
Define and execute the technical strategy for our high-performance, low-latency backend services (Prebid Server, Yield Manager, data ingestion), ensuring scalability and reliability
Lead, coach, and grow developers, fostering a culture of accountability, growth, and high performance
Own org design across the team — headcount planning, team structure, hiring pipelines, and onboarding
Hold team members accountable for outcomes, addressing underperformance directly and effectively when needed
Design and continuously improve the systems, processes, and rituals that keep the team aligned, unblocked, and consistently delivering
Establish clear development KPIs and hold the team accountable for delivery, quality, and velocity metrics
Identify and remove systemic blockers across products and developers before they become bottlenecks
Establish clear ownership and decision-making frameworks to ensure alignment and reduce friction
Drive a culture of technical excellence — code quality, system reliability, scalable architecture, and sound engineering practices
Build and maintain relationships with key external partners, vendors, and the broader engineering community
Ensure adoption of modern Go best practices, focusing on performance, concurrency patterns, and microservices architecture
Oversee key infrastructure and migration efforts (e.g., Kubernetes, ClickHouse backups), collaborating with engineers to mitigate single points of failure and production risks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of professional experience writing production-grade code in Go (Golang)
Demonstrated technical credibility in building and maintaining high-performance, low-latency distributed systems
10+ years in software engineering, with 4+ years leading engineering managers or senior technical leaders
Technically credible and able to earn trust with senior engineers
Strong systems thinker — you design processes, team structures, and feedback loops that outlast you
Demonstrated ability to build and retain high-performing engineering teams across distributed or remote environments
Experience setting technical strategy for a core platform component, such as a high-volume ad server or data ingestion pipeline
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making structural decisions with incomplete information
Strong communicator who can bridge the gap between engineering depth and executive-level conversations
Background in adtech, martech, or data-intensive platform environments is a strong plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote, full-time, and flexible working hours
Opportunities to grow
A fun, smart, and diverse team
Competitive compensation package

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoGolanghigh-performance systemslow-latency systemsdistributed systemsmicroservices architectureKubernetesClickHousedata ingestioncode quality

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingaccountabilitysystems thinkingcommunicationteam buildingstrategic planningproblem-solvingdecision-makingadaptability