Director of Engineering

Overview

Talon.

One is the most powerful incentives engine that unifies loyalty, promotions and gamification into one holistic platform. Backed by enterprise-grade security and scalability, Talon.

One empowers companies to build personalized, profitable promotions and loyalty programs using any data.

Today, over 250 of the world’s most-loved brands including Adidas, Sephora and Carlsberg work with Talon.

One to drive deeper engagement and lasting loyalty with their customers.

As Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for a domain consisting of ~10 cross-functional squads with dozens of engineers and several Engineering Managers. You will oversee and mature the general operations of this domain, drive engineering innovation, engage in firefighting when necessary, set year-long goals in collaboration with Product Leadership, and make success measurable across all levels of your domain.

You will be the final point of responsibility for anything new that arises in your domain, ensuring that opportunities are seized and threats handled, before delegating or setting up processes for the future.

• Manage, coach, and grow up to 10 Engineering Managers, enabling them to expertly lead their squads
• Manage, coach, and utilize senior engineering talent as needed by company requirements
• Oversee the productivity of all squads in your domain, debugging people and processes while de-siloing successes and knowledge
• Stay on top of industry trends and look years into the future, setting up plans for growth and adaptation of the RnD Department
• Jump into exceptions and emergencies, while setting up processes to make such cases routine
• Make measurable both the developer experience and general output of the squads

• Strong experience managing managers, and coordinating numerous different squads as they achieve business goals
• Several years of hands-on work as an engineer
• Several years of hands-on work in the SaaS industry
• A history of re-working and iterating on organizational setups with a mind toward successful change management
• A passion for translating the big picture into achievable engineering goals

• Kubernetes running on Google Cloud
• We use Go for our API, core logic, and internal tooling
• Type Script, React, Redux, and CSS modules for our web application
• Cypress for automated end-to-end testing
• PostgreSQL

• A Research and Development Department of 90+ engineers, product managers and product designers in Berlin
• Leaders with 8+ years of experience building our promotions engine
• €1,000 annual learning budget, full Linked In Learning access, and free German language courses to boost your skills
• 30 days of annual leave, plus extra paid days for your birthday and moving day
• Home office setup budget, a monthly home office allowance
• Freedom to work from abroad for up to 90 days worldwide
• Mental health support with nilo.health and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership
• 20% company subsidy on your pension contributions
• Subsidised BVG public transport ticket and a dog-friendly Berlin office where your furry friend is welcome
• Lease your ideal bike through Business Bike

• Director

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• Software Development

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