Engineering Director & Site Lead in Bucuresti

If you’re a customer of the largest digital bank in the EU, then you’ve probably interacted with our platform and didn't even know it! We are Mambu - SaaS FinTech Unicorn on a mission to revolutionise financial services globally. Your reward if you will join us? A (code) mark on a product used by millions of people!This is your area:“Dev Experience” is a newly formed area with the main purpose of helping other development teams achieve their goals by introducing tools and practices to streamline the software engineering process. This implies working alongside 25+ teams / 150+ developers in order to learn how they do things, analyze their impediments and make their life easier by proposing and implementing solutions based on your experience and expertise. The culture of helping others is very close to the heart of this team, as it represents the key in achieving the team's goals and overall success. Touching a wide range of challenges concerning software development as part of day to day work, technical excellence is also important and acts as a compass and guides the team in taking the standard ways of improving software development to a new and upgraded level.How you contributeYou will build and mature this new, Dev Experience area in our organization, defining its clear vision, objectives and excellent execution in a constantly evolving environment. You will have the challenge of building a greenfield area that addresses key impediments in our current engineering flowYou will act as a liaison between dev teams and infrastructure-as-a-service teams, ensuring bi-directional alignment on their needsDirect people manager of engineering managers, principal engineers and other related roles, accountable for creating a great working environment that enables high autonomy, high alignment and streamlined product engineering processEnsure product area has a clear mission, principles, goals that are aligned to the tribe direction and everyone from the area is committed to themWork closely with stakeholders (developers, principals, platform) to define area delivery roadmap and coordinate on-time execution and in budget Ensure development teams are equipped to focus on their applicationsEnsure that capabilities owned by the area match the highest quality and operability standardsEstablish holistic coaching and mentorship principles and ensure each team member receives fair & just-in-time feedbackFacilitate relevant learning and skills growth for each person (training, conferences, learning materials, mentors etc.)You will also take the role of Site Lead and help build the development centre in Bucharest from ground up. You will be responsible for different administrative tasks for the Bucharest site.What you’re bringing to the tableBackground in engineering and 5+ years of experience in leading modern & distributed engineering teams, with impact over multiple teamsHands on experience on both development teams, as well as infrastructure and operations environmentsStrong leadership skills, in regards to establishing trust, transparency and achieving goalsAble to understand what impedes other teams in doing their work and find solutions to address those needsSolid hands on background in software engineering and operations that enables a smooth streamlined process for delivering valueAbility to identify roles for accomplishing needs, defining talent acquisition practices, hiring plans and acting on itNice to haveHands-on experience in similar teams that address the development needs on infrastructure and processesExperience working in accelerated growth, fast-paced environments Hands on background as developer previous experience as site leadYou’re more than your job descriptionYou can communicate in English as clear as day!You love working in a team, understanding people's ambitions, aligning them to organization needs and offering ongoing constant guidance and feedbackYou’re driven by curiosity, act as a coach and look to get the best out of peopleYour future at Mambu We are a diverse group of Mambuvians, and we are growing fast across 30 countries and 6 continents (not enough banks on Antarctica!). Our eyes are on the future, and we believe we can achieve our mission together by working agile, harnessing the latest technology and having a positive impact for future generations by improving the environment we are in. Mambuvians own their career growth, but we like to celebrate our successes together. We’ve got your back on your health, body and mind. Whether it’s our flexible hours or locations, or our 4-day work week over a 3 month period. You work 4 days a week, but get paid for 5! As a member of the team, you will have access to: - Private health insurance - Wellbeing: therapeutic massage, sports package, eye glasses budget, standup desk - Monthly meal tickets Ticket gifts for: Easter and Christmas - In the office: fruits, coffee, tea, sweets and many others - Training & development personal budget As part of the recruitment (or HR onboarding) process, you will be required to obtain authorized criminal background and credit screening results, and your employment is conditional upon approval of these results.