SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MANAGER - SANTANDER AUTO SOFTWARE

Who are we?Santander Auto Software is a greenfield programme, where we are building a brand-new, state of the art software platform and product suite for the auto finance industry, that will be rolled out in 13 countries across Europe and the UK.The business is 100% tech focused, remote first, and comprised of skilled cross-border software builders, and with a leadership team with accomplished backgrounds from major global tech tech players.You will be partners with, not providers to, colleagues in product and the business. There will be no order takers and no order givers. Together with your partners in product and business, you will share equally in decisions about features, dates, and priority. More importantly, you will share equally in the results produced by the software you partnered to build and evolve. That’s a lot of responsibility, but we know that’s the new role of technology in every part of our lives and as software builders we’re excited to co-own the results, not just the effort.What are we looking for?As an Engineering Manager, you will identify, hire and build a world-class team of Development Engineers to define, drive and execute on this vision. You will initiate processes that allow the team to collaborate with local as well as global teams with a high degree of efficiency. You will develop a team of highly motivated and talented individuals that can collaborate with Product Managers Technical Program Managers, and SDEs across the company on this high impact initiative. You will design, build and own mobile-first features and programs that will delight our customers.Responsibilities:Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom line impactWork with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities that helps them succeed in their business goalsWork closely with senior engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product developmentInstill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedulesProject management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, Stakeholder management and tracking of external commitmentsTranslate business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutionsOperational Excellence - monitoring & operation of production servicesCareer management and development of direct reports.Key technical experience:Be a good team player, passionate about what you do with great listening and communication skills – you will be interacting with everyone – team members to leadership.Self-motivation, and comfort with working in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment.Ability to take ownership of technical problems and driving solutions.Experience across our tech stack: Spring Boot micro services, Java 17/18, Kotlin, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Kafka, REST APIs, event-driven architecture, AWSLocationsThe vacancies will be fully remote based out of either the UK, Spain, Portugal or the Netherlands.#LI-DNI