Director of Engineering (They/She/He)
Director of Engineering (They/She/He)
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If youre here its because youre looking for anexciting ride.
A ride that will fuel up your ambitions to take on a new challenge and stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone.
Well deliver a nonvanilla culture built on talent where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people paving the way forward together.
Not your usual app. We are the fastestgrowing multicategory app connecting millions of users with businesses and couriers offering ondemand services from more than 170000 local restaurants grocers and supermarkets and high street retail stores. We operate in more than 1500 cities across 23 countries.
Together we revolutionise the way people connect with their everyday needs from delivering essentials to connecting our ecosystem of users through innovative solutions powered by technology. For us every day is filled with purpose.
What makes our ride unique
Our culture and strong values.
Our career development philosophy.
Our commitment to being a force for good.
We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.
YOUR MISSION
As a Director of Engineeringat Glovo you will take full ownership of a cluster which is a complex technical domain consisting of at least 40 engineers with a direct reporting line of 36 Engineering Managers and up to 2 Principal Engineers. You will have significant impact at the cluster level as well as influence across Glovo and Delivery Heros broader tech organization working closely with Product Data Business Operations and Clevel stakeholders.
You are a strategic peoplefirst leader who combines deep technical understanding business acumen and a strong leadership philosophy to drive impact at scale.
THE JOURNEY
Leadership & People Management
Lead a cluster with 40 engineers through 36 direct EMs fostering highperforming teams.
Build and adapt your leadership framework to suit organizational needs as they evolve.
Provide continuous performance management and meaningful 360 feedback.
Ensure clarity of managerial expectations across your teams and alignment with company OKRs.
Create an inclusive engaging and purposedriven culture within your cluster.
Business Awareness & Strategic Goal Setting
Partner closely with Operations and Product leaders to drive business outcomes.
Use datadriven approaches to identify issues assess impact and define strategic responses.
Maintain transparency with your teams providing rich context around priorities and decisions.
Understand core business and financial concepts to align engineering investments with business value.
Build communicate and execute your clusters strategy and OKRs in alignment with company goals.
Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement
Own communication and alignment with global and local stakeholders including Clevel representation of your Clusters objectives and achievements.
Govern clusterlevel budgeting and resource allocation effectively.
Ensure visibility and synchronization across initiatives within and beyond your cluster.
Technical Strategy & Operational Excellence
Drive architectural direction technical quality and operational maturity in your area.
Lead the implementation of best practices for incident handling system design security and performance.
Build futureready infrastructure and application architecture that balances scalability maintainability and cost efficiency.
Establish and enforce engineering excellence standards across your domain.
Global Collaboration & Engineering Citizenship
Champion initiatives that drive collaboration across Glovo and the broader Delivery Hero ecosystem.
Helping harmonize practices between Glovo and DH tech teams.
Foster a culture of transparency open communication and learning from both success and failure.
- Proactively identify crossdomain gaps and lead initiatives that elevate engineering practices globally.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE
- 10 years of professional software engineering experience including 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
- Proven track record in leading multiteam organizations (40 engineers) in complex technical domains.
- Deep understanding of engineering and product strategy architecture operational excellence and crossfunctional execution.
- Strong command of cloud infrastructure scalable system design and cost optimization techniques.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience in highgrowth environments ideally within B2C platforms or marketplaces.
- Solid understanding of business fundamentals and financial frameworks.
- Experience working in a global/multicultural tech organization is a strong plus.
Individuals representing diverse profiles and abilities encompassing various genders ethnicities and backgrounds are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas. Even if it seems you dont meet our musts dont let it stop you we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned and embracing diversity is invaluable.
We believe driven talent deserves:
- An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
- Topnotch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
- Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
- Discounts on transportation food and even kindergarten expenses.
- Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
- Extra time off the freedom to work from home two days a week and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
- Enhanced parental leave and officebased nursery.
- Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental wellbeing.
Here at Glovo we thrive on diversity we believe it enhances our teams products and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds all genders racial/diverse backgrounds abilities ages sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.
Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g. she/her/hers he/him/his they/them/theirs etc).
So ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life
Delve into our culture by taking a peek at our Instagram and check out our Linkedin and website!
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
