About the Role
This leadership position drives technical excellence, fosters a product-first mindset, and aligns engineering initiatives with strategic goals.
Responsibilities
* Define and drive the company's technical vision and roadmap aligned with business objectives.
* Balance short-term priorities with long-term initiatives to support sustainable growth and innovation.
* Represent the engineering organization within the leadership team, ensuring technical perspectives influence company-wide decisions.
* Foster collaboration across departments such as product, design, marketing, and others to align priorities and deliverables.
* Support autonomous teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality architectures.
* Oversee development stages from brainstorming to validation, testing, and production, maintaining a product-first approach.
* Manage the engineering team budget.
Key Deliverables
* Drive agile product delivery, enabling teams to deliver value frequently.
* Collaborate with product and external stakeholders to define strategy and roadmap.
* Translate product roadmap into technical solutions with engineering teams.
Leadership Qualities
* Foster a culture of high performance, collaboration, and growth.
* Improve workflows, tools, and processes to boost productivity.
* Set clear goals, create career development plans, and manage performance and growth.
* Address performance issues and resolve conflicts proactively.
Security & Compliance
* Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and industry standards.
* Implement best practices in data protection, security, and risk management.
Requirements
* 8+ years of engineering experience, with at least 4+ years in leadership or management in a scaleup environment.
* Experience scaling engineering teams from 30 to 60+ engineers, fostering innovation and high performance.
* Strategic mindset balancing tactical needs with innovation goals.
* Strong expertise in backend systems, architecture, and design.
* Deep understanding of agile methodologies and modern software practices.
* Product-first mindset, aligning engineering with business strategy.
* Adaptability to fast-paced, dynamic environments.
Benefits
We offer an empowering workplace, hybrid setup, home office stipend, internet allowance, flexible working time, learning budget, well-being support, team events, travel coverage, paid vacation, wellness budget, and parental leave.
Our Recruitment Process
1. Motivation Interview: A 30-minute session with Talent Acquisition.
2. Technical & Collaboration Assessment: An interview with engineering leads.
3. Role Fit: A discussion with your Hiring Manager.
4. Case Study: For technical roles, a problem-solving assessment.
5. Culture Connect: A final discussion to explore values and fit.