Director of Engineering

Bauer Media Audio is Europe’s biggest commercial audio broadcaster, connecting audiences to the music, stories and experiences they love.

With operations across nine markets, we’re investing heavily in digital transformation and redefining what the future of audio looks like.

Our technology teams sit at the centre of that evolution, creating high-quality products used by millions. It’s an exciting environment for anyone who wants to build at scale and drive meaningful change.

The focus of the role

As Engineering Director, you will define and drive the technical direction for Bauer Media Audio, leading multiple engineering teams that deliver the platforms powering our digital and broadcast products across nine markets.

This role is specifically focused on our B2B products and services that are critical to our advertisers, agency partners, and internal commercial and operational teams. You will shape engineering strategy, elevate delivery standards, and build a high-performing department that is capable of delivering at scale.

You will:
Set the strategy

• Define and execute the long-term engineering vision and roadmap.
• Provide technical leadership and partner with Product and business stakeholders.

Lead the teams

• Inspire and develop engineering managers and senior engineers.
• Drive recruitment, talent development and team performance.

Own technical decisions

• Guide architecture and core technical direction.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, performance and security.
• Optimise delivery practices including Agile, CI/CD and Dev Ops.
• Introduce tools and technologies that improve productivity.

Drive operational excellence

• Establish and track engineering KPIs.
• Manage budgets, headcount planning and vendor relationships.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, security and industry standards.

What we are looking for:
Leadership & People Skills

• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong communicator able to influence, clarify and guide under pressure.
• High emotional intelligence with a collaborative, empathetic approach.
• Skilled at prioritisation and decision-making in fast-moving environments.

Technical Capability

• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS) and distributed system design.
• Strong knowledge of APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures and backend systems.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD, Dev Ops practices, containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, reliability engineering and performance optimisation.
• Experience running 24/7 services with on-call ownership and incident management.
• Ability to assess, adopt and scale modern engineering tools, frameworks and platforms.

Industry & Delivery Experience

• Experience leading software development in complex or scaled organisations.
• Media or audio streaming experience is a plus.

What Success Looks Like in Your First 90 Days / 6 Months

• You will help the team deliver tangible progress on the platform’s capability and clear technical direction that will build confidence across the organisation.
• You will demonstrate working components that show deep understanding of business needs and reinforce trust in engineering-led delivery.
• You will establish sustained momentum, setting a delivery rhythm that enables the business to make decisions quickly and move forward with clarity and conviction.
• You will establish clarity and confidence across teams, strengthening engineering culture and raising delivery discipline.
• You will build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring engineering has influence in strategic decision‑making.

Why Join us?

• The chance to shape the future of audio for millions of listeners across Europe.
• A strategic leadership role with real autonomy to modernise platforms and engineering practices.
• A tech organisation investing heavily in digital transformation, with strong executive backing.
• A collaborative, product‑led environment where engineering has a clear voice in shaping business outcomes.
• An environment that values autonomy, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Interview Process

• Intro call with Talent Acquisition
• Remote interview with technical stakeholders
• Remote interview with…