Director of Platform Engineering
December 3
Description
• Do you have a passion for Platform Engineering? Do you get your kick from enabling teams to efficiently deliver complex distributed systems in a secure, observable and cost-efficient way? • As Director of Platform Engineering, you will be responsible for a team of SREs and focus on several areas. • As a technical leader, you will define our Platform Engineering vision to ensure that we have an observable, scalable, secure platform to run all our products and services. • As team leader, you will set the goals for your team members and help them achieve their goals. You will support your engineers to solve difficult issues and assist them in growing their skills. • You will focus on collaboration at multiple levels. Smooth collaboration with the rest of the tech teams is essential. You will team up with our Senior Director of Technology and collaborate with all other tech directors to ensure that we have a unified vision and everyone is onboard with it. • We have 4 software teams working in 5 countries taking care of the continuous development of our platform. We strongly believe in building our own tech so we can deliver the best solutions for our customers. • You will work closely with the other 5 tech directors and report to our Senior Director of Technology.
Requirements
• Public cloud (we use Azure & GCP) • Cloud networking & distributed networking (servicemesh etc) • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) • CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps) • Modern software development processes (Trunk-based development, shift-left testing, CI/CD, …) • Observability (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Elastic, …) • FinOps & cost optimization • Proven experience with leading, motivating and engaging an international, distributed team of smart engineers • You stand out as a trusted leader and respected mentor in your team • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills • Strong experience attracting and retaining top talent • You love solving complex puzzles with engineers from different areas and different backgrounds • You’re eager to understand how the different areas of the ecosystem connect to create the complete value chain • Excellent presentation and data visualization skills • Fluent English (reading, writing, speaking)
Benefits
• Enjoy flat hierarchies, responsibility and freedom, direct feedback, and room to stand up for your own ideas • Internal development opportunities, ongoing support from your People Partner, and an inclusive and fun company culture • International company with over 400 employees. Offices in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Stockholm, Varberg, London, Leuven, Lille, Paris, Munich, Hamburg, Zurich, Kiev, Gdansk, Atlanta, Finland and Valencia • We offer flexible work options tailored to how you work best. Depending on your team, you may have the option to work full-time from the office as an "Office Bee," part-time from the office as a "Nomad," or full-time from home as a "Homey." • We take care of our people and initiate many social get-togethers from Friday Bars a to Summer or Christmas parties. We have fun! • 200 great colleagues in the Valencia office belonging to different business departments • Excellent location in cool and modern offices in the city center, with a great rooftop terrace and a view over the Town Hall Square • Private health insurance • Working in an international environment—more than 20 different nationalities • A dog friendly atmosphere • Big kitchen with access to organic fruits, nuts and biscuits and coffee. • Social area and game room (foosball table, darts, and board games) • Bike and car parking
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