We're looking for a hands?on, strategicVP of Engineeringto lead our engineering organization from our Madrid office.
You will be responsible for defining thetechnical visionand ensuringexecution excellenceof our Edge Management Platform.
Why Barbara?
We're not just another SaaS company.
We operate at the intersection ofIndustrial Edge, AI, and Cybersecurity.
With 9 years of stability and backing from industry leaders likeIberdrolaandCaixa, we provide the brains behind Industry 4.0.
You'll beleading the evolution of our complete Edge Computing platform, spanning cloud SaaS, distributed microservices, edge agents, and embedded Linux systems — powering critical infrastructure where reliability, security, and scalability aren't optional, they're fundamental.
The Role
We're looking for a hands?on, strategicVP of Engineeringto lead our engineering organization from our Madrid office.
You will be responsible for defining thetechnical visionand ensuringexecution excellenceof our Edge Management Platform.
This is ahigh?impact leadership role.
You will drive architecture, quality, delivery, and organizational growth while remaining technically involved.
You'll review designs, challenge architectural decisions, unblock teams, and contribute to code when necessary — while primarily focusing on leadership, execution excellence, and platform evolution.
What You'll Do
Engineering, QA & Platform Leadership
Lead and coordinate all technical teams:Frontend: Angular
Backend: TypeScript / Node.js, microservices architecture, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, MQTT
Agent: Golang
OS / Embedded: LFS, Yocto, Linux libraries, system?level components
Quality Assurance: Testing strategy, automation frameworks, and quality processes
Owntechnical executionacross cloud, edge,



and embedded environments.
Build a strong culture ofquality,accountability, andoperational ownership.
Delivery, Agile & Quality Processes
Ownengineeringdelivery in close partnership with Product.
Act asAgile/Scrum leader, ensuring effective sprint planning, execution, and continuous improvement.
Define and evolvetesting strategiesacross unit, integration, system, and end?to?end testing.
Ensure predictable,high?quality releasesacross SaaS, microservices, agents, and OS components.
Balancespeed of executionwithrobustness,maintainability, andreliability.
Lead and contributeto system and architecture design.
Ensurebest practicesaroundmicroservicesarchitecture, service boundaries, and communication patterns.
Guide the use ofDockerandKubernetesfor development, deployment, and operations.
Reviewtechnical designs, critical code paths, infrastructure?related decisions, and testing approaches.
Be able to write and modifycodewhen necessary (prototypes, reviews, unblockers).
DevOps, Cloud & SaaS Operations
Work closely with DevOps toevolve CI/CD pipelines, container workflows, and Kubernetes?based deployments.
Ensure strong quality gates,automated testing, and safe deployment strategies.
Oversee monitoring, reliability, andoperational healthof the SaaS platform.
Driveimprovementsin observability, scalability, performance, and incident response.




PromoteDevOps, Platform Engineering, and SRE best practices across teams.
Product & Cross?Functional Collaboration
Act as the primaryEngineeringcounterpart to the Product team.
Supportproduct discoverywith architectural, scalability, and feasibility insights.
Translate product requirements intoexecution plans, technical designs, and quality strategies.
Collaborate with leadership oncompany strategy, technical roadmap, and hiring plans.
Scale the engineering organizationthoughtfully as the company grows.
What You'll Bring (The Essentials)
12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Proven experienceleading engineering teams, including QA and quality ownership.
Strong background inbackendsystems anddistributedarchitectures.
Solid experience with:Microservicesarchitectures
Dockerandkubernetes
Node.js/TypeScriptecosystems
Messaging systems (RabbitMQ,MQTTor similar)
Linux?based systemsand edge/embedded environments
Hands?on leadershipmindset — comfortable reviewing and writing code when necessary.
Strong understanding ofAgile/Scrum practicesand quality?driven development.
FluentEnglishandSpanish.
Experience instartup or scale?up environments.
Experiencescaling SaaSplatforms.
Nice to Have (Where you can shine)
Background inEdge Computing,IoT, or embedded systems.
Experience building or evolvingQA automation frameworks.
Direct ownership ofSaaS platformsin production environments.
Exposure tocybersecuritybest practices in distributed systems.
Who you are (Soft Skills & Mindset)
Strategic Thinker: You connect architecture decisions with long?term business impact.
Hands?On Leader: You

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