Zinio/Naviga is looking for a Backend Director of Software Engineering for their Barcelona office.
Zinio is the leader in the digital media eCommerce industry and expanding into B2B Software-as-a-Service, as the premier digital platform for magazines.
Naviga, our parent company, is the leading provider of software and services powering the global media industry.
Our content management, advertising management, subscription management, OTT and mobile solutions help companies drive profitability and accelerate digital business models.
With regional offices throughout the world, Naviga is a trusted partner serving over 10,000 news media, broadcast, magazine, financial services and corporate clients in 45 countries.The Director of Software Engineering is responsible for overseeing software engineers.
This is a hands-on role where you will be using your experience in software engineering to lead the engineering functions and mentor the staff.
In addition, you will use your experience to solve significant and complex technical problems and to partner closely with the rest of our executive team.
The Director of Software Engineering must possess strong leadership, management and communication skills as well as the ability to coach and transform a diverse and talented team into a high-performing delivery machine.
The desired individual is someone who will bring knowledge and creativity to the position as well as have the discipline to drive results and follow established fundamental processes.ResponsibilitiesProvide long-term direction and technology leadership.Have overall responsibility and ownership for the design, development, delivery and ongoing maintenance and enhancements of major software components of Zinio platforms.Accountable for driving the company's engineering and product development organization working on front and backend projects.Manage multiple complex projects and support efforts with a "hands on" style that affords a high degree of interaction with the process and team.Anticipate and identify project risks and make recommendations to reduce said risks.Proactively identify and resolve resource conflicts, balance resources to accommodate demand, and set resource priorities.Recruit, attract and retain top engineering talent.Optimize modern software design/development techniques to yield significant productivity gains in managing development costs handling sequences of large projects quickly.Participate in team-based, collaborative development processes ranging from in-depth high-level design to code review.Actively contribute to new feature development and bug fixing.Implement continuous improvement of software development processes, procedures and best practices.Manage all Quality Assurance and develop automated testing related to platform development.Collaborate and coordinate with other senior leaders to ensure the delivery of required projects and software.Oversee day-to-day technical operations of all reporting staff.Perform other related duties as assigned.Required ExperienceHas demonstrable success as a software engineering manager in a rapidly growing environment with the ability to lead and grow an engineering team.Must possess a history of strong leadership, deep practical engineering knowledge and a proven track record for timely project delivery, project management and cost control.Full project lifecycle experience including analysis, design, development and implementation of large-scale web-based systems.Experience as a team leader and technical mentor.Experience with modern source control, build and test systems.Experience with PHP (DDD knowledge is desired).Experience with microservices.Experience with asynchronous job processing.Experience advising on the construction of risk assessment frameworks and organizational structure.5+ years' experience developing web-based technologies.Experience managing team dynamics, building team relationships, mentoring team members, and delivering feedback.Providing design and quality review on technology projects.Strong communicator within all levels of the organization.Familiarity with software development methodologies such as Scrum or XP.What we offer:The opportunity to work in a multicultural environment and manage a world-class team.Amazing office (and views!
).Training budget.Flexible schedule and working from home.Flexible salary plan (health insurance, meal and public transportation cards).Fresh fruit, tea good (unlimited) coffee.
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