Sovendus connects Europe’s leading brands with customers who buy. We’ve been doing it for 17 years, with one clear focus: turning general checkout traffic into a source of new customers and incremental revenue. More than 3,000 brands across Europe are already growing with Sovendus through long-term partnerships and real European transaction data. That’s how growth becomes predictable. And scalable. Now, we’re looking for a

Head of Engineering

based in

Spain

who wants to lead engineering teams, drive technical transformation, and help shape the future of our engineering organization. As a Head of Engineering, you will:

Lead and support multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Act as a key point of contact for engineers, providing guidance, support, and direction to enable successful delivery and team effectiveness. Create clarity around priorities, goals, and responsibilities, empowering teams to make decisions and execute independently. Partner closely with Product Managers, Architects, and the CTO to balance product delivery with long-term technical evolution. Drive cloud-native engineering practices across the organization, including AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation, and modern development workflows. Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development tools and identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity and effectiveness. Support teams through technical transformation initiatives, platform modernization efforts, and cloud-related projects. Contribute to architecture discussions and strategic technology decisions together with engineering and architecture stakeholders. Help establish scalable engineering processes, observability practices,



incident management procedures, and operational excellence across teams. Your profile:

You have several years of experience leading software engineering teams in a fast-paced environment. You bring strong experience working in cloud-native environments, ideally with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automation practices. You have led technical transformation initiatives such as cloud migrations, platform modernization, or large-scale engineering changes. You are comfortable collaborating with engineers, architects, product teams, and senior stakeholders. You have hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and are excited about driving their adoption within engineering teams. You combine technical understanding with strong leadership and organizational skills. You communicate confidently in English and thrive in an international environment. It's a plus if you have:

Experience in product-led organizations. Experience working with PHP/Laravel, Angular, MySQL, or similar environments. Exposure to Rust or other modern programming languages. Knowledge of security, compliance, and modern software engineering practices. Experience scaling distributed engineering teams. You’ll join an international, fast-growing company where you’ll have the opportunity to influence how engineering teams work, support technical transformation initiatives, and help drive the adoption of modern technologies and AI-powered development practices. Your work will directly contribute to the continued growth and scalability of our business across Europe. Please note: This is a remote role, but we are only considering candidates who are already based in Spain and have valid work authorization.

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📌 Head of Engineering (Madrid)
🏢 Sovendus
📍 Madrid