Lead Engineer Developer Platform

Job Description

Wanted to be that great parent building outstanding models with your kids on the LEGO Baseplate but realized that software development was more their thing

The new Lead Engineer for Developer Baseplate will play a pivotal role in crafting how developers work by providing groundbreaking processes and tools that improve their capabilities.

Core Responsibilities

The Developer Platform team focusses on improving developer efficiency by providing self-service & automated access to everything a developer needs to build outstanding digital products so we in the end can reach even more kids with digital experience.

• Reimagine and innovate developer processes and workflows with AI improving productivity and creativity.
• Collaborate with product leadership to define a roadmap that empowers developers in an AI-first world.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Guide and support the development team in embracing modern AI methodologies and practices.
• Ensure the LEGO Group gets most value from investment in Developer Experience.

Play your part in our team succeeding.

Digital transformation is a key priority for the LEGO Group and we believe that empowering developers with the right processes and tools is crucial for success in an AI-first world.

Working in LEGO Developer Experience (DX) & Cloud Foundation (CF) is a hugely exciting experience and a fantastic opportunity to work with groundbreaking technology in a diverse and upbeat engineering team. We are passionate about delivering our vision of a modern Digital Technology Organization.

The larger DX & CF area provides foundational capabilities for our product teams using or migrating to cloud. We are guides in Cloud & Containerization in the organization. That is why we are the ones that help product teams embrace Cloud and assist them with creation of a DevSecOps experience.

We support hundreds of digital product teams today and are responsible for establishing the foundation of the teams bring mentorship and guardrails for how we build the next generation of digital LEGO services in Cloud. Developers in the LEGO Group are based all over the world with most product teams centered on our Hubs in Billund Copenhagen London and Shanghai.

Our diverse and dynamic team is sitting in our temporary LEGO Hub in Copenhagen soon moving to our official Hub at Postbyen offering an exciting inspiring and flexible work environment and a little fun play as well!

Do you have what it takes

We are looking for an experienced engineering leader with a strategic approach and more years as software engineer and preferably with AI Augmented Development experience (Spec driven development context engineering etc.).

Looking for an individual with proficiency in Cloud native development (Azure AWS or GCP) who has worked in an environment focused on achieving goals. Extensive experience with one or more general purpose programming languages like C# Java Python golang. Also profound experience with one or more CI/CD tools like Github Gitlab or Azure DevOps.

To succeed in this role you preferably have competence within the following:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science Mathematics Statistics or Engineering.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience with value stream mapping or process mapping.
• Understanding of user-centered design principles and experience in conducting user research or usability testing.
• Active participation in developer communities open-source contributions or personal coding projects.
• Great in presentation and communication.

Finally advanced English both written and verbally are needed since we are an international gathered team.

Please note: If you require any reasonable accommodation or adjustments throughout the application process please let us know. We will work with you to meet your needs.

This position is in Senior Manager Specialist Skyline. Relocation support is not offered.

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time including prior to any advertised closing date. So if youre interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Whats in it for you

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount We know youll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible youll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team youll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group where everyone feels safe valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeksto encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex gender identity or expression race/ethnicity national origin sexual orientation disability age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Childrens Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Childrens Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO team today.