Director of Engineering

Are you looking for the next step in your career? Do you want to work in a rapidly growing company and form the digital future for the world's largest hobby? Then we could be just what you fished for!
Did you know that fishing is the world’s most popular hobby? We do! And here at Fishbrain we have created the world’s largest social network dedicated to people who love fishing. We want to make sure that we can give them the greatest experience possible and make their fishing dreams come true, today and tomorrow.
We have over 13 million users all over the world who have logged over 12 million catches in our app. We’re growing fast, both in our social network and in the company, which is why we’re looking for a Director of Engineering to join our pond. We hope that it’s you.
We’re growing rapidly and have high trust in our passionate employees. In this role, working closely with our CTO and Engineering Managers, you will have a big impact on creating the environment where our culture can flourish and drive our technology forward.
In the position as a Director of Engineering you report to our CTO.
Please submit applications in ENGLISH, those that are not will not be reviewed.


Location:
This position is based in Stockholm, as our headquarter is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Your work will involve:
People Manager to Engineering Managers - You are the reporting manager to our team of engineering managers.
High-performing teams - Coaching and mentoring our Engineering Managers to drive improvements in our product teams towards high-performance. You will also make sure our technical teams, we call them guilds, are thriving and swimming in the right direction.
Agile culture - We strive to continuously improve and test new waters so you will lead the quest towards fast learnings and high quality delivery using modern methodologies.
Recruitment - We are going to grow a lot and need to expand our pond and you are a key contributor in this process. Along with our People and Culture team and our excellent engineering managers you will help define hiring goals, drive team engagement and optimize the process.
Planning and execution - Work closely with the cross-functional product teams to support the prioritization and alignment of our development across the teams.

What we are fishing for:
Solid leadership experience with a proven record of managing managers.
Experience growing an organization while ensuring alignment through transparent and honest conversations.
Have a background as a developer or a good understanding of technology and development processes.
Very good understanding of Lean/Agile methodologies and a demonstrable ability to drive innovation and improvements through your team.
Ability to set clear processes and targets that energize and increase the effectiveness of the team.
A servant leader with experience managing and influencing engineering teams to work aligned with the company and its goals.
Leadership experience with the ability to clearly communicate and delegate, while staying humble, and enabling the teams to win.

Our Bait We have trust in our employees which means that 1. you will be given a lot of responsibility from day one and 2. we value your opinions and ideas. No matter the team, everything we do has an impact on our users and on Fishbrain as a company. Our culture is very important to us. If you have a “win as a team” mentality, are passionate and like to have fun, then Fishbrain is the place for you!
Feeling hooked? Throw us a line!