We are looking for an Engineering Lead Marketplace to lead and evolve the engineering organisation within our product domain Marketplace at our location in Porto.
This role will be responsible for leading three engineering teams and driving engineering excellence, organisational scalability, delivery effectiveness and people development across the product domain Marketplace.
The Engineering Lead Marketplace will lead software engineers, architects and QA professionals while working closely with the Product Lead Marketplace, stakeholders and leadership to ensure strong engineering execution, operational clarity and cross-functional collaboration across multiple Marketplace development teams.
This is a leadership-focused role combining people management, engineering operations and organisational development within a collaborative and international environment.
Engineering leadership and team development
- You lead and develop software engineers and QA professionals across multiple development teams.
- You collaborate closely with architects and contribute to the technical direction within the Marketplace domain.
- You foster a high-performing engineering culture focused on collaboration, accountability, ownership, continuous improvement and technical excellence.
- You drive performance management and team development initiatives across Marketplace engineering teams.
- You establish clear expectations, create growth opportunities and support progression for engineering teams.
- You own engineering hiring, onboarding and organisational scaling initiatives.
- You ensure teams are structured and supported to operate effectively as the organization grows.
Delivery and engineering operations
- You ensure engineering teams deliver high-quality software in a scalable, sustainable and efficient way.
- You drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, delivery effectiveness and operational clarity.
- You own engineering capacity planning and organisational scalability across teams.
- You work closely with product leadership to align priorities, delivery expectations and roadmap execution.
- You ensure engineering risks, identify and manage dependencies and operational challenges proactively.
- You establish clearer ownership, escalation paths and decision‑making practices across the engineering organization.
Technical and organizational alignment
- You collaborate closely with architects and senior engineers on technical direction, engineering standards and platform evolution.
- You drive cross‑team engineering alignment and collaboration.
- You ensure engineering best practices, development workflows and quality standards continue evolving consistently.
- You contribute to the evolution of the engineering operating model while maintaining team autonomy and collaboration.
- You support the continued scalability and maturity of the Porto technology organisation.
Tech environment
- You work in a product‑driven and cloud‑based (Azure) Marketplace platform environment with agile and cross‑functional development teams.
- You benefit from modern web architecture and third‑party integrations.
- You collaborate with multiple international business and technology stakeholders.
Your Profile
- You have experience leading and developing engineering teams in a modern software development environment.
- You demonstrate strong people leadership, coaching and team development capabilities.
- You have previous experience managing multiple teams or larger engineering groups.
- You posses a solid understanding of software engineering practices, agile environments and modern product organisations.
- You are able to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
- You excel in communication, stakeholder management and organizational alignment.
- You have experience operating in collaborative and cross‑functional environments.
- You are comfortable working in scaling and evolving organizations.
- You have a strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive organizational clarity and execution.
Contact
Markant Services International GmbH
Florian Schader
Geschäftsbereichsleiter Personal und Außenstandorte
Telefon: +49 781 616-5202