Engineering Manager (Data & Platform) Country: Spain Santander Auto Software is building a brand-new, 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 organisation is comprised of skilled software builders distributed across Europe. The leadership team is made up of experienced individuals with accomplished backgrounds working with integral tech players .
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Data & Platform engineering teams. Join us if you are looking for an opportunity to work with a Tech company mindset and lead software development in Product Line s building impactful technology solutions that serve thousands of international customers. This role is likely to be a good fit if you relish a large scope of ownership and the opportunity to build high performing software teams in partnership with experienced product managers , technical program managers and software developers.
You will manage a world-class team of typically 14 Engineers across Data & Platforms to define, drive and execute on the business vision. Working as a part of a team of engineering leaders, you will run and help to evolve our engineering practices . You facilitate the design,
build and support of software features and capabilities that empower and delight our customers .
Be responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom line impact Work with senior engineers to assess feasibility and develop the best technical design and approach for new product development Instil best practices for software development and documentation, assure delivery meet requirements, and delivers the intended quality of work on tight schedules Monitor and improve team performance using metric s, feedback and continuous learning Running agile and/or lean software delivery processes with consistency . Project management experience as useful plus. D elivering software in a fast-paced working culture S oftware engineer ing experience as a programmer , preferably up to a senior level Reactive frontend , Java and Kotlin micro services with RESTful APIs, Containerisation with Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, event-driven architecture with Kafka , Cloud infrastructure (AWS) Communicating concisely and effectively both verbally and in writing to different audiences (in English) T hinking about the importance of delivering business value and using data to inform your decisions Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science , Information Systems, or another related field.