Backend Engineering Manager, Yubo
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More information about location
1+ day a week in office
Social video live-streaming platform
Open for applications
Social video live-streaming platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower a new generation to find out about the world and themselves.
Role
Who you are
- You have at least 10 years of experience with a minimum of 3 years as a manager
- You have experience in platform, core, foundations or internal tooling topics
- You have experience in a tech-first or product-oriented company
- You have a solid backend engineering knowledge (Node.js)
- You have familiarity with developer workflows and best practices alignments
- You are experienced in working in remote environments
What the job involves
- Our Backend department is made up of 3 teams, each team having a clear technical mission aligned with Yubo’s strategic objectives
- As Engineering Manager, you will be in charge of leading one of those teams
- The Backend Foundations team is a cornerstone of this setup
- Its goal is to deliver robust internal backend foundations (libraries, tooling, developer experience, performance observability) as well as operational internal applications
- The team also serves as a key partner to Infrastructure and Security teams to ensure the scalability and resilience of our stack
- The Engineering Manager will ensure high execution standards, define long-term technical foundations, grow the team, and guarantee that the work delivered by Foundations enables the entire engineering organization to move faster and safer
- As part of your job, you will be working on tools that process personal data relating to Yubo users
- As a social media platform, we require our employees to have a strong awareness and understanding of privacy issues, and in particular of children's online safety, privacy and well-being
- Every employee at Yubo is expected to participate in compliance with data protection regulations as well as the continuous improvement of our Privacy & Safety By Design measures
- As a Backend Foundations Engineering Manager at Yubo, you will be at the heart of our technical strategy, ensuring that our engineering foundations are strong, scalable, and aligned across squads
- You’ll drive the consistency and quality of our backend architecture, internal tools, and developer workflows to empower product teams to build faster and better
- You will be responsible for leading cross-functional initiatives on key foundations topics such as observability, testing frameworks, and internal libraries, ensuring technical excellence and seamless integration across teams
- You will proactively identify experience bottlenecks across engineering and adjacent teams, and lead improvements in internal tooling and workflows
- From QA to Product, Safety to Backend, you'll help design and scale solutions that make the daily work of Yubo teams more efficient, reliable, and enjoyable
- You will manage a distributed team of platform-minded engineers embedded across multiple squads, supporting them with clear scope, strong alignment, and a shared identity
- Together, you'll drive the development of internal tools and automation that empower not just engineering, but also QA, Product, Safety, and other teams across Yubo to scale with efficiency and impact
- As a people manager, you’ll coach your 3 team members through regular feedback, tailored development plans, and opportunities for growth, while fostering a high-trust environment where engagement and psychological safety are top priorities
- You’ll also play a key role in recruiting and onboarding new team members, contributing to the team’s strength, diversity, and cohesion
- Finally, you will represent your team's topics in key technical discussions with Infra, Mobile, other Backend teams, and Product stakeholders, making sure Backend Foundations members always have a common strategy when acting in their squads
Application process
- Phone screen with a TAM
- First interview with Head of Backend
- Technical test and debrief
- Culture Fit interviews
Our take
Founded in 2015, Yubo is a social platform mostly aimed at Generation Z users. They hang out in live streaming rooms to socialise, play games and make new friends. There aren’t creators on the platform broadcasting to fans like nearly all other major social platforms; instead, the app focuses on helping users communicate naturally.
So far, the company has seen 60 million sign-ups - up from 40 million in 2020 - 99% of which are Gen Z users, ages 13 to 25. It also sees rapidly increasing revenue, more than tripling from 2019 to 2023.
Yubo has been thinking about the future of social networking for the next generation of younger users, not just from a product standpoint, but also from a safety perspective. Most recently, it has been focused on implementing unique safety features such as face-scanning age verification. These features are likely to help the company retain and protect its users, and therefore grow its user base to reach new markets and stay ahead of the competition.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2020
$46.4m
SERIES C
Dec 2019
$12.8m
SERIES B
Total funding: $65.1m
Company benefits
- Cool Workplace: enjoy our amazing Parisian office and our many hybrid work options
- Team Activities: participate in get-togethers, events, and team-building activities
- Family-Friendly: we support parents with childcare options and family-friendly policies
- Wellness Programs: benefit from comprehensive health insurance, wellness programs, sports classes, and mental well-being initiatives
Company HQ
Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France
Leadership
Sacha Lazimi
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previous co-founder & CEO of social companies Saloon and Twelve.
Jérémie Aouate
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously co-founded Saloon and Twelve with Sacha.
Arthur Patora
(Co-Founder & CTO)Co-founded Yubo in 2015 and has worked as CTO ever since.
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