Director Engineering

EG; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 1,700,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

EG is seeking an Engineering Director to own a platform spanning three verticals—leading managers through change, not just individual contributors. You will drive modernisation of ASPECT4, the IBM i foundation, and build new modules in a modern stack while preserving value delivery to customers.

Based in Aarhus, you will lead teams across Denmark and India, set the technology strategy, and own the full platform with a seat on the engineering management team.

Qualifications

• Leads and develops managers rather than individual contributors.
• Experience delivering both SaaS and on-premises software to customers.
• Fluent in English; Danish not required.

Responsibilities

• Own the ongoing modernisation of the tech stack while maintaining live delivery.
• Define and communicate the technology strategy across three verticals (Transport, Manufacturing, Fashion).
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to align technical direction with business needs.

Skills

People leadership

SaaS delivery

On-prem delivery

Technical direction

English fluency

AI/automation familiarity

Industry software knowledge

Job description

Join EG as our next Engineering Director and take ownership of a platform spanning three verticals — leading managers through change, not just individual contributors.

ASPECT4 is EG's core platform for Transport, Manufacturing, Timber and Fashion, built on a mature, proven foundation and now entering its next evolutionary step. As Engineering Director, you'll lead the shift from a stable RPG core toward more up-to-date, highly automated development - built with coding agents - without ever slowing delivery to our customers. You and your team will set the technology strategy that keeps ASPECT4 delivering great customer experiences as AI reshapes how software is built and used, and you'll do it with real ownership: the full platform, three verticals, and a seat on the engineering management team.

The organisation is around 60 people spread across Denmark and India with all roles in all locations. The team consists of developers, QA, PO and managers. You'll own the foundation platform together with three of the verticals built on top of it - Transport, Manufacturing and Fashion.

You'll report directly to Morten the VP of Engineering for the Retail & Supply Chain division and join the engineering management team responsible for a portfolio of supplemental products across the division.

Your Tasks: Leading Teams, Driving Modernisation, and Engaging Stakeholders

The Role Splits Roughly Into

• 40% people leadership – designing and leading your teams and, through them, the wider organisation across Denmark and India.
• 40% technology strategy – 3 main themes:
• How we work: Modernising our SDLC to increase efficiency and effectiveness by using agentic development for all tech stacks.
• In place modernisation: Modernising the IBM i based ASPECT4 platform bringing MACH principles wherever possible to a platform that was not build for it, incrementally and while we deliver value to customers.
• Building next generation integrated modules: Building new modules in a modern tech stack supporting our customers by integrating and enhancing our core systems.
• 20% customer and stakeholder engagement - representing ASPECT4's technical direction to customers and internal stakeholders.

Concretely, you'll own the ongoing modernisation of the tech stack as a continuous part of live delivery - not a side project or a stop-the-world rewrite - while shaping where ASPECT4 goes next technologically.

You Are the Ideal Candidate If

Firm Requirements

We're hiring for leadership judgment over specific platform expertise. Our teams hold deep ASPECT4 and IBM i knowledge; your job is to lead them well and set the technical direction. So, the requirements below are about how you lead and think, not a technology checklist.

• You have a proven track record leading managers, not only individual contributors - but this is also a senior organisation and first‑time people managers won't have the base to succeed here.
• You have experience delivering both SaaS and on-premises software to customers as well as interacting with customers.
• You are fluent in English (Danish is not required).
• You are comfortable setting technical direction across both a well proven business‑critical platform and modern development practices.
• You have set the direction in areas where your team knows more than you did and earned their trust while doing it.
• Location: Central Jutland, with main office in Aarhus, but people in Kolding & Ikast.

Nice To Have

• Experience modernising and maintaining platforms such as RPG / IBM i.
• Exposure to AI-assisted or highly automated development practices.
• Experience in one or more of transport, manufacturing, or fashion industry software.

Our Values

• Lead the Industry — We bring deep industry expertise and help our customers lead their industry.
• Make it Happen — We take ownership, move fast and deliver real impact.
• Stronger Together — We collaborate across borders with high standards, trust, openness and no politics.

At EG, we build software that makes a difference.

Our industry‑specific software helps people and businesses work smarter every day. From doctors spending more time with patients to builders running safer, more efficient projects.

Our software is built by peers from the industry and backed by EG's scale for stability, innovation, and security. If you're ambitious, curious, and take pride in ownership, you'll thrive here.

Join us in creating software that works for people - not software that makes people work.

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