Engineering Director - Infrastructure \u0026 Security

Engineering Director - Infrastructure & Security

This role has strategic and operational responsibilities for the engineering function. Engineering works side-by-side with our product colleagues in the product operating model. This role has a domain focus on infrastructure, security, and compliance. You will collaborate closely with your peer director in with a product domain focus. You are laying the secure, golden path. They are using that path to build and operate the products we deliver to our customers.

This role reports to the Chief Technology Office (CTO).

Who you are

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience with hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, security, and compliance.
• You are an effective communicator and motivator at all levels of an organisation.
• You have demonstrated experience operating as an effective leader in a remote first environment. We have engineers in Sweden, America, and India today.
• You are resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on change.
• You communicate clearly and confidently with technical and non-technical audiences, adapting your message to the audience and context.
• You can explain technical priorities, trade-offs, risks and decisions in terms of that support business decisions.
• You have a track record of building capable, high-performing teams and helping people grow through clear expectations, feedback and coaching.
  
  The role
  You will build and maintain a capable engineering organisation to deliver on business goals.
  
  Strategic Planning. You maintain a roadmap that keeps our infrastructure modern and security posture strong.
  
  Security & Compliance. You develop strategies to meet security goals and implement them. You are the engineering lead for compliance initiatives, including annual audits.
  
  Operational Oversight. You have operational oversight of infrastructure and security based on metrics and KPIs. You embrace continuous improvement and use this as opportunities to inform your strategic roadmap.
  
  Team Leadership. You lead the infrastructure teams. Your mission is to make them high performing and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence.
  
  Staffing. Develop and maintain talent acquisition partners and strategies to meet staffing objectives.
  
  Leadership & organisational development. Lead, coach and develop engineering. Set clear expectations and accountability, support career development, and build the capability needed for the organisation to always be improving.
  
  Communication. Make sure teams understand the strategy, priorities, decisions, and expected outcomes. Communicate changes and decisions clearly, explain the rationale, and create opportunities for questions and feedback. Establish communication practices that keep remote teams informed and connected across location and time zones. Represent Product Engineering in leadership discussions, clearly explain progress, capacity, risks, trade-offs and recommendations.
  
  What do we offer you?
  We are proud to offer you a workplace where we have high engagement and where creativity and curiosity is always much appreciated. Your ideas will be heard.
  
  • Ability to schedule your calendar with flexible work locations.
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • Synergy events where all Noders across meet each other to collaborate on a professional level as well as having fun which is equally as important.
  • Great opportunities to develop certain skill or to learn new things with trainings. We want to support your development and dreams.
  
  Want to join our crew?
  Sounds like a great fit for you? You'll find more fun facts about our Noders (that's what we call ourselves) and our culture on our website . Kindly apply for this position through the "apply" button with your CV and cover letter in English as soon as possible. We are not able to accept applications via email. Please note that selections will be running continuously so don't wait to apply!