Engineering Manager (Data & Platform)

Banco Santander Sa; Málaga; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Santander Auto Software is building a brand-new global software platform across Europe. We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Data & Platform engineering teams and drive the development of high-impact software solutions for thousands of international customers.

You will manage a world-class team, work with product managers and tech peers, and foster growth and excellence in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience leading agile/lean software delivery teams.
• Experience with modern software tech stack and cloud infra.

Responsabilidades

• Manage a world-class team of Engineers across Data & Platforms to define, drive and execute the business vision.
• Develop and evolve engineering practices and delivery processes.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Tech Leaders to design scalable software solutions.
• Ensure timely delivery and high quality of software through best practices.

Conocimientos

Self-motivated

Team leadership

English

Agile delivery

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems

Herramientas

Kubernetes

Kafka

PostgreSQL

AWS

Java

Kotlin

Descripción del empleo

Engineering Manager (Data & Platform) Country: Spain

Santander Auto Software is building a brand-new, state of the art global software platform and product suite that is being rolled out across Europe. The business is 100% enabled by modern software technology and the organisation is comprised of skilled software builders distributed across Europe.

The leadership team is made up of experienced individuals with accomplished backgrounds working with global tech players .

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Data & Platform engineering teams. Join us if you are looking for an opportunity to work with a Tech company mindset and lead software development in Product Line s building impactful technology solutions that serve thousands of international customers. This role is likely to be a good fit if you relish a large scope of ownership and the opportunity to build high performing software teams in partnership with experienced product managers , technical program managers and software developers.

Santander is proud of being an organisation where there are equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, culture and disability. Our mission is to contribute to help more people and business es prosper.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

You will manage a world-class team of typically 14 Engineers across Data & Platforms to define, drive and execute on the business vision. Working as a part of a team of engineering leaders, you will run and help to evolve our engineering practices . As a manager you will develop a team of highly motivated and talented individuals that can collaborate effectively with people in a variety of roles across the organisation. You facilitate the design, build and support of software features and capabilities that empower and delight our customers .

We need someone like you to help us achieve excellence in different ways :

Be responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom line impact

Partner with Product Managers in developing a road map to provide compelling capabilities that helps us succeed in our business goals

Work with senior engineers to assess feasibility and develop the best technical design and approach for new product development

Instil best practices for software development and documentation, assure delivery meet requirements, and delivers the intended quality of work on tight schedules

Facilitate growth and progression of direct reports

Monitor and improve team performance using metric s, feedback and continuous learning

Partner with HR and technology peers to ensure our ways of working are aligned with the key needs of the wider Santander organisation.

EXPER I ENCE

Running agile and/or lean software delivery processes with consistency . Project management experience as useful plus.

Disambiguating and assessing technological feasibility of product and technological priorities

D elivering software in a fast-paced working culture

Determining the minimum appropriate scope of work to meet a business need and delivering

S oftware engineer ing experience as a programmer , preferably up to a senior level

Experience working with the fundamentals of our tech stack: Reactive frontend , Java and Kotlin micro services with RESTful APIs, Containerisation with Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, event-driven architecture with Kafka , Cloud infrastructure (AWS)

Fintech / B2B2C experience useful

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

We expect you to be competent and confident with the following:

B e ing s elf-motivated, self-accountable and comfortable working in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment

Communicating concisely and effectively both verbally and in writing to different audiences (in English)

B uildi ng a driven, collaborative and trusting team culture that st r ives for excellence and learning from mistakes

T ak ing ownership of technical problems and driving solutions in partnership with your engineers

T hinking about the importance of delivering business value and using data to inform your decisions

B uilding a team culture with a focus on collaboration rather than autonomy

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science , Information Systems, or another related field. Orequivalent work experience.