Head of Backend

Join Our Vision: We are building the next generation of Spatial Media - a new way people experience videos through interaction, multi-user presence, haptics, AI, and immersive storytelling.

DeoVR is the leading immersive streaming technology serving multiple enterprise customers and millions of users globally.

We are now expanding the boundaries of what video can be - moving from passive watching to active, interactive, multi-user journeys.

If this excites you more than it scares you, you are in the right place.

We are looking for a Head of Backend to lead our backend engineering organization. You will own team structure and hiring, drive performance management and career development for backend engineers, and define the engineering processes that ensure reliable, high-quality delivery. This is a leadership-first role with strong technical depth and architectural ownership expectations.

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  Lead and grow backend engineering teams (25+ engineers); own headcount planning, hiring, performance management, and career development for engineers across the organization

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  Own delivery commitments (sprint and quarterly goals) and ensure predictable execution against roadmap

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  Partner with Product Managers and Tech Leads to translate product goals into realistic technical roadmaps; balance feature delivery with technical debt, reliability, and operational needs

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  Design, evolve, and enforce engineering processes including planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, code review standards, incident response, and post-mortems

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  Track delivery health using key metrics (throughput, lead time, predictability rate, incident rate, MTTR) and drive continuous improvement initiatives

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  In collaboration with DevOps engineers, ensure teams meet agreed SLOs and reliability targets; own monitoring, alerting, and on-call accountability models

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  Build a culture of constructive feedback, psychological safety, and high engineering standards across backend teams

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  Report progress, risks, and staffing needs to Engineering Leadership in a structured, data-driven forma

• 3+ years of engineering management experience leading backend teams (5+ engineers)

• Strong technical background in backend software engineering (any stack - you must be able to assess architecture, evaluate trade-offs, and challenge technical decisions credibly)

• Track record of hiring, growing, and retaining strong engineers

• Experience owning delivery commitments and driving predictable execution in a product engineering environment

• Experience with Agile/Scrum processes, sprint planning, retrospectives, and continuous improvement practices

• Strong communication skills - ability to articulate risks, trade-offs, and progress clearly to both engineers and leadership

• English B2+ and above (written and verbal communication)

• Experience managing multiple teams or a unit-level engineering org (20+ engineers)

• Hands-on backend experience with PHP, Go, Python, or Java

• Familiarity with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, ElasticSearch) databases in production

• Experience with delivery metrics (lead time, throughput, DORA metrics) and using data to drive process improvements

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices

• Languages: PHP, Go, Java, Python

• Databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse

• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD

• Messaging & Caching: Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka

• HR screening (30 min)

• Team Interview (1 hour)

• Tech Interview (1 hour)

• CEO Interview (45 min)

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