Director of Engineering - Europe
Smartcat
- Lisboa
- Permanente
- Horário completo
- Drive the delivery of a high-quality product, exceeding customer expectations.
- Collaborate with the product team to create and execute comprehensive roadmaps, ensuring top-quality implementation.
- Proactively collaborate with customer-facing teams to reduce the number of customer-reported bugs
- Partner with architects to transform and scale the product for 100x growth.
- Optimise and measure engineering processes to double the team's output within the first year, while simultaneously halving the number of bugs.
- Recruit, build, and lead a top-tier engineering team across various regions and time zones, enhancing the hiring process, offering expert technical guidance, and fostering career development.
- Minimum of 10 years in software development, with 5+ years in leadership managing teams of 20+ engineers.
- 5+ years of .NET experience.
- Proven leadership and management skills, capable of motivating and guiding teams to achieve objectives.
- A meticulous and data-driven approach to problem-solving.
- Experience in scaling products and engineering teams during rapid growth phases.
- Expertise in managing high-load, secure, and scalable systems, ensuring robust performance under peak demands.
- Familiarity with performance optimization and system resilience strategies.
- Adaptability to thrive in a high-intensity startup environment, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Receptiveness to feedback and diverse viewpoints.
- Based in an EU-friendly timezone.
- Demonstrated experience in working within international environments.
- Able to cooperate with US-based teams during US morning hours.
- Fluency in English.
- Experience with Vue.js, and MongoDB.
- Background in AI-focused product development.
- Proficiency with public-cloud platforms and services.
- Fully remote team
At Smartcat, we are committed to building a culture that highlights respect and appreciation for each individual's unique background and perspective, while maintaining a strong focus on results and clear, honest and direct communication. We believe in welcoming everyone and fostering an inclusive environment where team members can be their authentic selves at work. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is steadfast, and we stand firmly against discrimination and harassment.