Engineering Manager

Saxo Bank; København; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Saxo Bank is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the OpenAPI Framework team within Saxo's Platform Technology. You will guide a group of experienced engineers, influence technical strategy, and partner with senior stakeholders to scale Saxo's API platform and developer experience.

You will balance people leadership, technical credibility, and operational excellence while driving platform modernization and cross-team collaboration across Saxo's global engineering network.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams in a complex environment.
• Strong people leadership and coaching skills.
• Experience with platform engineering, APIs, cloud technologies, or distributed systems.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience working across organizational boundaries and building trusted partnerships with both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of highly skilled engineers.
• Drive recruitment, retention, and career development.
• Define and execute the technology strategy for the OpenAPI Framework domain.
• Partner with architects, principal engineers, and engineering leaders on platform evolution.
• Lead the successful execution of OpenAPI projects from planning through delivery.
• Effectively evaluate and prioritize technical enhancements, technical debt, reliability, and business priorities. This includes strong alignment with several stakeholders and within the team.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and operational excellence.
• Help teams across Saxo successfully adopt and leverage platform capabilities.

Job description

About the job

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the OpenAPI Framework team and help shape the future of Saxo's platform engineering landscape. This is a leadership role for someone who enjoys working with high-performing teams, influencing technical strategy, and partnering with senior stakeholders across the organisation. You will lead a group of highly skilled, domain expert engineers while ensuring the components continue to evolve in line with Saxo's growing scale and business needs. Success in this role requires a balance of people leadership, technical credibility, strategic thinking, and operational excellence. The OpenAPI Framework team is a core platform engineering team within Saxo's Platform Technology organization. The team consists of five experienced engineers. The team owns the API platform and framework capabilities that enable engineering teams across Saxo to build and operate secure, scalable services. The team's APIs, framework, and shared services underpin both internal and customer-facing solutions and play a key role in supporting Saxo’s trading, investing, and banking products. The team balances platform innovation, modernization, operational excellence, and developer productivity. The team serves as both a technology provider and strategic partner to engineering teams across Saxo. As an Engineering Manager, you will have the opportunity to lead one of Saxo's strategic platform teams and have a significant impact on how software is built across the organization. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers and technology leaders while helping shape the future of our engineering platform and developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of highly skilled engineers.
• Drive recruitment, retention, and career development.
• Define and execute the technology strategy for the OpenAPI Framework domain.
• Partner with architects, principal engineers, and engineering leaders on platform evolution.
• Lead the successful execution of OpenAPI projects from planning through delivery
• Effectively evaluate and prioritize technical enhancements, technical debt, reliability, and business priorities. This includes strong alignment with several stakeholders and within the team.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and operational excellence.
• Help teams across Saxo successfully adopt and leverage platform capabilities.

Your profile

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams in a complex environment.
• Strong people leadership and coaching skills.
• Experience with platform engineering, APIs, cloud technologies, or distributed systems.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience working across organizational boundaries and building trusted partnerships with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Ability to translate technical strategy into clear business value.
• Passion for fostering high performing teams, enhancing the developer experience, and empowering each team member to achieve their full potential.

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When you work at Saxo, you become a Saxonian and part of a purpose-driven organisation, where good ideas are always taken seriously, and where you can make a true impact. We are invested in your development, and you can expect a robust career from day one when you join Saxo – no matter which role you take on. You will join 2,500 other ambitious colleagues across 11 countries and become part of an international organisation. Working in Saxo, you will get to meet colleagues from many different cultures and backgrounds, and you should know that we value diversity and inclusion and see it as a genuine source of strength to drive growth, foster innovation and position us for long‑term success. We encourage an open feedback culture and supportive team environments enabling employees to grow and fulfil their career aspirations. When you bring passion, curiosity, drive and team spirit, your learning journey will be dynamic and your career opportunities in Saxo will be immense. At Saxo we don’t just offer a job – we offer an opportunity to invest in your future!