As an Engineering Director at Algolia, you lead multiple teams or a critical product area that powers real-time search and discovery for thousands of customers worldwide. Working closely with Engineering Managers, Product, and Design, you deliver scalable, reliable, high-impact solutions. You translate company strategy into execution while building strong, autonomous teams and fostering engineering excellence.
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Responsibilities
- ▹Lead a group of engineering teams via Engineering Managers and Senior ICs, ensuring alignment with priorities
- ▹Own delivery, execution, and operational excellence for a defined product or platform area
- ▹Partner with Product, Design and cross-functional stakeholders to shape roadmaps
- ▹Drive engineering best practices across system design, scalability, reliability and performance
- ▹Support and coach Engineering Managers to grow as leaders
- ▹Foster AI leadership, evaluating and applying emerging AI technologies to improve productivity
Requirements
- ▹8-12+ years of engineering experience, including 3-5+ years managing multiple teams or managing through managers
- ▹Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- ▹Strong technical background with distributed systems, APIs, and scalable infrastructure
- ▹Demonstrated ability to lead through others, empowering managers and senior engineers
- ▹Excellent communication skills
Soft skills
Leadership and people coachingStrategic thinking and translating strategy into executionCross-functional collaborationOwnership, accountability and continuous improvementExcellent communication
Languages: angol