Head of engineering

We have a fantastic opportunity for an individual looking to join an international company. We offer consulting, development and advisory services to help our clients define their strategy, solution architecture and deliver outcomes that provide tangible business benefits. The Head of engineering is a core position for our business and we expect that this individual examines our short- and long-term needs and will help the company reach our objectives.

Requirements

• Successful experience of Head of engineering / CTO or similar leadership role
• Strong background of working on Cloud/SaaS products with a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and operations
• Strong technical acumen, with fundamental knowledge of key cloud technologies and tools. This knowledge doesn’t need to be practical, but at a level of understanding needed to lead development or release tasks.
• Good understanding of all aspects of quality assurance, customer advocacy, automation tools, software development in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Have excellent knowledge of technological trends, constantly trying to improve/ implement them to benefit customer
• Strong understanding of budget and business-planning
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to present your ideas/ thoughts/plans with senior stakeholders with clarity & confidence (verbal and writing skills)
• Excellent facilitation skills and ability to effectively facilitate requirement gathering/elicitation sessions with senior business leaders/ clients
• Great prioritization & decision making skills by making accurate decisions/ judgements around business priorities & resource allocation
• Positive attitude and skilled leadership ability

Key responsibilities

• Bring a high level of technical expertise that advances the existing ways of working
• Сreate an innovative solution for our customers
• Manage client's expectations within the responsibility area (solution architect)
• Lead a team of Software engineers to drive company strategy and direction, key contribution to creating company standards, procedures and processes
• Set high standards for the organization through operational leadership goals and strategic direction, and drive team to deliver high quality products, services, and processes
• Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals
• Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage
• Help Project Managers/Service Lead use technology profitably
• Participate in preparing core content for proposal presentation (technology evangelist)
• Collaborate with industry experts and externally to drive overall design
• Building relationships with the client on different Management levels

Our benefits

• Working with an international team on exciting and challenging projects
• Regular business trips to Europe;
• Competitive salary (to be discussed on the results of the interviews)
• Relocation package
• Nice office in the heart of Saint Petersburg (10 minutes from Gostiny Dvor)