Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager

Country: Spain

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

You will be part of Santander Auto Software , an exciting new greenfield programme currently at early stages, where we are building a brand-new, state of the art software platform and product suite that will be rolled out in 13 countries.

The business is 100% tech focused, comprised of skilled cross-border software builders, and with a leadership team made up of esteemed individual's with accomplished backgrounds from the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, and other major global tech tech players.

If you are looking for an opportunity to lead multiple dev teams and build creative technology solutions that positively impact hundreds of thousands of international customers, and relish large ownership and diverse technologies, join our team today!

As an Engineering Manager , you will identify, hire and build a world-class team of Development Engineers to define, drive and execute on this vision. You will initiate processes that allow the team to collaborate with local as well as global teams with a high degree of efficiency. You will develop a team of highly motivated and talented individuals that can collaborate with Product Managers Technical Program Managers, and SDEs across the company on this high impact initiative. You will design, build and own mobile-first features and programs that will delight our customers.

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom line impact
• Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities that helps them succeed in their business goals
• Work closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
• Project management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, Stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
• Operational Excellence - monitoring & operation of production services
• Career management and development of direct reports.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related field. Or equivalent work experience.

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

• Fluency in English.
• Be a good team player, passionate about what you do with great listening and communication skills - you will be interacting with everyone - team members to leadership.
• Self-motivation, and comfort with working in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Ability to take ownership of technical problems and driving solutions.
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OTHERS

• The vacancies will be based on Madrid, London or Monchengladbach. In the short term there will be new locations in other European countries.
• This role is remote working first.

#LI-DNI

Applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of computer software. Transcribes technical requirements to the programming languages and parameters required to generate the software solution designed.

Idiomas :

• Spanish