Head of Engineering

Sportadmin; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

SportAdmin in Malmö, Sweden, seeks a Head of Engineering to own the technical direction and contribute commercially as a member of the local management team. You will lead the engineering organisation, shape the team, and drive the roadmap with a 60/40 technical-to-commercial balance.

We value culture, transparency, and AI-native development, and expect you to recruit and retain top engineers, collaborating with product, sales and customer success to deliver real customer value.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software engineering with proven leadership of engineering teams.
• Shipped and operated production systems, understanding the lifecycle beyond coding.
• Default to AI-assisted workflows and possess opinions on AI-driven development.
• Clear and strong English communication; Swedish language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap and architecture decisions.
• Lead, coach, and grow a team of 14 engineers and foster a high-trust culture.
• Collaborate with product, sales and customer success to ensure engineering delivers real customer value.
• Join the management team and translate business priorities into technical execution.

Skills

Leadership experience

Engineering management

AI-enabled development

English communication

Job description

Making it easier for kids and young people to thrive in association life by reducing administrative burdens for organizations. We help clubs focus on what matters – creating meaningful activities and experiences.

SportAdmin is looking for a Head of Engineering to own and drive the technical direction of the company while contributing commercially as a member of the local management team. This is not a pure process role — we want someone who leads through culture, earns trust from engineers, and can hold their own in a business conversation.

You will be responsible for the engineering organisation, the technical roadmap, and for making sure we build the right things the right way. You will have line responsibility and be expected to shape how the team works, hires, and grows. The balance is roughly 60/40 technical-to-commercial, but we care more about judgment than job descriptions.

What You Will Do

• Own the technical roadmap and architecture decisions
• Set engineering standards, development practices, and quality expectations
• Be hands‑on enough to evaluate trade‑offs, review critical designs, and unblock the team when needed
• Drive an AI‑native development culture — AI‑assisted coding, automated testing, and intelligent tooling should be the default, not an experiment
• Make pragmatic build‑vs‑buy decisions and manage technical debt deliberately

People & Culture

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of 14 engineers
• Build a high‑trust engineering culture where ownership, autonomy, and craftsmanship matter more than process for its own sake
• Recruit and retain strong engineers — you are the reason people join and stay
• Handle the hard conversations: performance, direction, and priorities

Commercial & Strategic

• Join SportAdmin management team and contribute to company‑wide strategy, not just engineering topics
• Translate business priorities into technical execution and vice versa
• Collaborate closely with product, sales, and customer success to ensure engineering delivers real customer value
• Participate in customer and partner conversations where technical depth matters

Who You Are

We are looking for someone with a strong technical foundation who has grown into leadership without losing their edge. You should recognise yourself in most of the following:

• Significant experience in software engineering, with several years leading engineering teams
• You have shipped and operated production systems — you understand what it takes beyond writing code
• You default to AI‑assisted workflows in your own work and have opinions on how AI changes how teams build software
• You build culture through example: transparency, directness, high standards, and genuine care for people
• You are comfortable in commercial conversations and can represent engineering credibly to customers, partners, and the broader management team
• You think in outcomes, not activity — you would rather remove a process than add one
• You communicate clearly in English; Swedish is a strong plus

What We Value

This is a culture‑first organisation. A few things that matter to us:

• Culture over process — we trust people to do the right thing and build systems that reinforce that trust, not bureaucracy
• AI‑native development — we expect our engineering leaders to actively shape how AI is integrated into our development workflow, not treat it as a side project
• Pragmatism — we want leaders who make decisions with incomplete information and course‑correct, not ones who wait for certainty
• Ownership — you own outcomes, not just your function

Practicalities

• Location: Malmö, Sweden. Presence in the office matters — culture is built in person
• Competitive compensation package
• This is a senior leadership role with real influence on company direction