Engineering Team Lead

Overview

Lead Our Tech Frontier : Shape the Future of Automotive through AI & Innovation

MotorK is accelerating into its AI-native future. Since 2010, we’ve grown into a publicly traded force, partnering with leading car brands across Europe. Our strength? A fully integrated suite of products - CRM, lead generation, digital reputation, dynamic website tools - driven by one of Europe’s largest automotive R&D team.

Responsibilities

• Helps build and scale LeadSpark, one of our core product offerings.
• Leads a high-performing engineering team, fostering clarity, ownership, and growth.
• Solves complex technical challenges, while ensuring system reliability and scalability.
• Works closely with Product, AI, Cloud, and Engineering teams to define technical roadmaps that deliver business value.
• Promotes an AI-native mindset - contribute to integrating AI tools and thinking into our software delivery lifecycle.
• Embeds best practices from DevOps / CI-CD, automated testing, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure reliability.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of leadership experience in engineering teams (preferably in fast-paced, SaaS or cloud-based environments).
• Deep expertise in PHP and Node.Js, plus familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (Vue.Js, React, Angular etc.).
• Solid experience with both relational and non-relational databases.
• Strong grasp of architecture patterns, code quality, scalable systems.
• DevOps : CI / CD pipelines, deployment automation, infrastructure as code.
• Passion for tech excellence and skill development : you enjoy mentoring, giving feedback, growing people.
• Bonus if you’ve worked in AI-adjacent environments or led teams through technical transformations.

How We Work

• Our engineering culture is rooted in collaboration, ownership, and flexibility. Most of our team is based around Milan and we embrace a hybrid working model that balances focus with in-person connection.
• We welcome candidates from across Italy, and we’ve designed our approach so that everyone can contribute meaningfully regardless of location. For those not based in Milan, we ask for a monthly presence at the office - a chance to strengthen team bonds, align on big goals, and enjoy the energy of being together.

Why MotorK

• Competitive compensation package
• Individual training paths and professional growth opportunities
• Meal vouchers, discounts on services
• Strong company culture and chance to make real impact in vehicle digitalization across Europe

MotorK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any kind. Our company is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at MotorK are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, age, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.