[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Santander

Role Description

Santander Auto Software is looking for a remote Engineering Manager for Data and Platform teams. Working with ownership and autonomy, we’ve built from scratch a state-of-the-art global software platform and product suite that is being rolled out across Europe. The business is 100% enabled by modern software technology and the organization is comprised of skilled software builders distributed across Europe.

To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:

• Overall development life cycle of the solution and managing complex projects with significant bottom line impact.
• Partnering with Product Managers in developing a road map to provide compelling capabilities that help us succeed in our business goals.
• Working with senior engineers to assess feasibility and develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Instilling best practices for software development and documentation, assuring delivery meets requirements, and delivers the intended quality of work on tight schedules.
• Facilitating growth and progression of direct reports.
• Monitoring and improving team performance using metrics, feedback, and continuous learning.
• Partnering with HR and technology peers to ensure our ways of working are aligned with the key needs of the wider Santander organization.

Qualifications

• Running agile and/or lean software delivery processes with consistency.
• Disambiguating and assessing technological feasibility of product and technological priorities.
• Delivering software in a fast-paced working culture.
• Determining the minimum appropriate scope of work required to meet a business need and delivering.
• Software engineering experience as a programmer, preferably up to a senior level.
• Experience working with the fundamentals of our tech stack: Reactive frontend, Java and Kotlin microservices with RESTful APIs, Containerisation with Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, event-driven architecture with Kafka, Cloud infrastructure (AWS).
• Fintech / B2B2C experience useful.

Requirements

• Being self-motivated, self-accountable and comfortable working in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Communicating concisely and effectively both verbally and in writing to different audiences (in English).
• Building a driven, collaborative and trusting team culture that strives for excellence and learning from mistakes.
• Taking ownership of technical problems and driving solutions in partnership with your engineers.
• Thinking about the importance of delivering business value and using data to inform your decisions.
• Building a team culture with a focus on collaboration rather than autonomy.

Education

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