Senior Director, Engineering

GroupM; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Director of Engineering, where you will lead a talented team to develop cutting-edge tools and systems. This role emphasizes innovation and efficiency in business operations, making a significant impact in the AdTech industry. You will oversee a dynamic team, manage the software development lifecycle, and ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions. If you're passionate about technology and eager to shape the future of marketing through data, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software development and leading teams across various industries.
• Strong background in designing scalable cloud systems with APIs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a tech team focusing on business processes and agile development.
• Manage software engineers and oversee the entire SDLC.

Skills

Software Development

Team Leadership

Cloud-based Systems Design

API Development

Python

Java

C#

Agile Development

Workflow Orchestration

Tools

FastAPI

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Google Cloud Platform

BigQuery

Cloud SQL

Google Kubernetes Engine

Job description

WHO WE ARE

Choreograph is WPP’s global data products and technology company. We’re on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest, most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation.

We work with agencies and clients to transform the value of data by bringing together technology, data and analytics capabilities. We deliver this through the Open Media Studio, an AI-enabled media and data platform for the next era of advertising.

We’re endlessly curious. Our team of thinkers, builders, creators and problem solvers are over 1,000 strong, across 20 markets around the world.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a Senior Director of Engineering, you will lead the development of state-of-the-art tools and systems and manage a team of highly talented software engineers. You will take our technological capabilities in business operations to the level of world-class thought leadership and efficiency.

The role has broad scope and is of high visibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee a technology development team focused on business processes, workflows, integrations, and efficiencies in a highly dynamic agile development environment.
• Hire, train, manage, and mentor software engineers. Identify appropriate goals and development opportunities for team members.
• Build and maintain proprietary AI solutions that are integrated with DSPs like Xandr, Trade Desk, Amazon, Google DV360.
• Manage the license agreements needed for the team to run in terms of tools and infrastructure.
• Attend interdepartmental meetings, and provide technical guidance to Product/Business colleagues and relay business needs to engineering.
• Able to remove any blockers for engineers in terms of code, resources, clarification, etc.
• Able to chime in for code reviews and design discussions on general coding practices and futureproofing.
• Deliver sustainable, performant, and cost-efficient software components fulfilling product requirements on time, within budget, and to appropriate quality standards.
• Be a champion of agile development, fostering the culture and pushing your people to rise to the occasion and deliver products on time.
• Provide estimates for planned tasks – identify project dependencies/anticipate and resolve conflicts that may pose a risk to successful completion.
• Responsible for the entire SDLC (Planning, Engineering design, Development, QA, CI/CD, and Production Support).
• Provide 2nd-level support for production systems.
• Collaborate with other engineering managers, architects, and operations to develop overall standards, process documentation, impact assessments, and operability.
• Manage and resolve escalations.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Experienced in hands-on software development and team leadership, ideally in more than one industry.
• A strong track record of designing, implementing, and documenting scalable cloud-based systems with extensive use of APIs.
• Experience designing and implementing stateful workflow orchestration systems in an M2M (Machine to Machine) context.
• Experienced with Python, Java, or C# and at least one web application framework, such as FastAPI, Spring Boot, or Blazor, in conjunction with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or another open-source RDBMS.
• Comfortable working online with globally distributed teams, interacting with business colleagues and coordinating with external API publishers (mainly advertising platforms such as Meta, Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, etc).

DESIRED SKILLS

• Familiar with C# .NET Core running on Debian, Typescript, and React.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies such as BigQuery, Cloud MemoryStore, Cloud SQL, and Google Kubernetes Engine.
• Experience implementing OAuth2 and Open ID Connect workflows and associated session/token handling semantics.
• Knowledge of the core principles of data management, such as the relational model and the CAP theorem, including eventual consistency and tombstone-based concurrency management.

You have a passion for

• Working with users and an ability to normalize user requirements.
• Looking for novel and creative solutions to complex problems.
• Coding not only of a formal spec but also a problem statement.
• Effective delegation, recognizing gaps in knowledge or experience, and pursuing proper training.
• You can communicate well with business users, product managers, and senior leadership.

If you are ready to be at the forefront of the AdTech industry, shaping its future, and driving success for both Choreograph and our clients, we encourage you to apply and join our team.

Choreograph is the beating heart of data inside WPP’s media investment group, GroupM, the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment. Discover more about Choreograph at www.choreograph.com.

GroupM and all its affiliates embrace and celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide media agency network that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the more great work we can create together.

(Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location).

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