Director, Platform Engineering - EU
BetterUp
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Posted:
August 1, 2023
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Remote
About the position
In this critical leadership role as a director of engineering, you will be responsible for growing and investing in our world-class talent. You will work closely with product, design, people insights, data, and our coaches to build the next iteration of our products. The company is on a path to $1B in revenue and is looking for someone passionate about technology and behavioral science to help people achieve their goals.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, hire, and develop a world-class remote-first engineering team.
- Build strong organizational cultures focused on growth, innovation, and fostering creativity.
- Work directly with product, design, and operations functions to define and refine product and engineering roadmap.
- Optimize and evolve engineering best practices and processes.
- Balance investments in new initiatives and scale existing offerings.
- Develop the technical roadmap and architecture for focus areas.
- Drive technical alignment with other engineering leaders.
- Have a passion for impacting human performance and well-being at the intersection of technology and behavioral science.
- Have a minimum of 12 years software development experience, with 5 years of management experience.
- Possess proven leadership skills and strong oral and written communication.
- Experience managing managers is a plus.
- Have expertise in agile software development processes.
- Demonstrate ruthless prioritization and ability to deliver maximum impact with minimal effort.
- Have a deep understanding of SaaS/PaaS cloud architectures (AWS).
- Experience growing and learning in other rapid growth environments is a plus.
- Have a strong technical background with cloud or application engineering.
- Prior experience with coaching is a plus.
Requirements
- Passion for impacting human performance and well-being at the intersection of technology and behavioral science
- 12 years minimum software development experience, with 5 years of management experience
- Proven leadership skills and strong oral and written communication
- Experience managing managers is a plus
- Expertise in agile software development processes (Kanban/SCRUM/Lean principles)
- Ruthless prioritization and ability to deliver maximum impact with minimal effort
- Deep understanding of SaaS/PaaS cloud architectures (AWS)
- Experience growing and learning in other rapid growth environments is a plus
- Strong technical background with cloud or application engineering
- Prior experience with coaching is a plus
Benefits
- Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member
- Competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
- Flexible paid time off
- All federal/statutory holidays observed
- 4 BetterUp Inner Work days
- 5 Volunteer Days to give back
- Learning and Development stipend
- Company wide Summer & Winter breaks
- Year-round charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp