Chapter Lead, Software Eng — AI-Driven Leader

Kommunikationsforum; København; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

DFDS is seeking a Software Engineer Chapter Lead to guide a 5–9 person chapter within our Logistics Tribe. You will lead engineering practices, mentor engineers and balance coding work with leadership duties.

You’ll drive technical excellence, explore AI-assisted development, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to deliver meaningful outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role in Copenhagen.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience coaching and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong software engineering expertise with modern development practices.
• Hands-on mindset balancing technical contribution with leadership responsibilities.
• Excellent communication with engineers, product teams, stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a chapter of 5–9 software engineers.
• Drive engineering excellence, coding standards, architecture and quality.
• Contribute hands-on to agile teams, champion AI-assisted development and tooling.
• Partner with Tribe Leadership, Product and stakeholders to align delivery plans.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

AI-assisted development

Communication skills

Team coaching

Tools

.NET (C#)

Kafka

SQL

Azure DevOps

AWS

Kubernetes

Grafana Cloud

IaC

Job description

DFDS is seeking a Software Engineer Chapter Lead to guide a 5–9 person chapter within our Logistics Tribe. You will lead engineering practices, mentor engineers and balance coding work with leadership duties.

You’ll drive technical excellence, explore AI-assisted development, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to deliver meaningful outcomes. This is a hands-on leadership role in Copenhagen.