Play a key leadership role in our engineering organization

You play a key leadership role in our engineering organization. You will lead one or more engineering teams responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality software products or platforms. This role requires you to balance technical leadership, people management, and strategic planning---ensuring your teams are aligned with business goals and committed to engineering excellence.

You contribute to the vision and execution of your product, operating within the company’s broader product strategy and collaborating closely with Software Product Development and Product Management leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of software engineers and technical leads and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Conduct performance reviews, set goals, and support career growth.

• Guide architectural decisions, design reviews, and code quality standards.

• Drive technical roadmap in alignment with product and business strategy.

• Stay hands-on as needed, especially for complex system designs or troubleshooting.

• Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to plan and prioritize software deliverables.

• Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure software.

• Use Agile or other methodologies and tools (Scrum, Kanban, Jira) to track progress and evolve software organization with continuous improvement.

• Experience working in a global organization with geographically distributed teams, and flexibility to engage across time zones as needed.

• Work closely with DevOps, QA, UX, and Security teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Represent engineering in product planning, release readiness, and customer discussions.

• Communicate effectively with executive leadership on team performance, risks, and timelines.

Education, Skills & Experience we are looking for:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 8--12+ years of experience in software development with 3--5+ years in a leadership or managerial role.

• Minimum 2 to 3 years of warehouse logistics expertise and subject understanding. While not necessary, this experience is preferred.

• Strong knowledge of modern programming languages in one of more of full stack: C++, C#, QT, Database: SQL or others, Front End Technologies.

• Familiarity with microservices, distributed systems, and modern software architectures.

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and CI/CD pipelines is a plus.

• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills. Comfortable communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Strategic thinking with a bias toward action and results and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Skilled in balancing technical depth with big-picture thinking to guide teams through architectural decisions, trade-offs, and scaling challenges.

• Experience representing engineering in planning, quarterly business reviews, or strategy sessions.

We Offer:

• A Collaborative and Inclusive Culture where we celebrate and value everyone’s contributions, encouraging diverse perspectives in decision-making.

• Work-Life Balance & Well-being: We offer 1 hour per week of paid exercise, health insurance, and a generous pension plan, prioritizing your mental and physical well-being.

• A Creative and Safe Workplace by joining a company experiencing rapid growth, with the stability of being Norway’s first unicorn listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

• International and Supportive Environment within a Norwegian multinational that values collaboration and innovation.

Location for this role is in our offices in Lysaker, Oslo

Application deadline: 30 May, 2025. Please note that we review applications continuously---if this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply as early as possible! All inquiries are treated confidentially

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