Job Description
A leading audio entertainment company is seeking a Director, Software Engineering to join their Platform Services Engineering organization in Dublin, Ireland.
The successful candidate will lead a geographically dispersed team and be responsible for designing, rolling out, and supporting a highly performant, scalable, and available personalization platform.
This is a critical role that will require expertise in Scala, Java, and functional programming paradigms, as well as a strong understanding of engineering software processes and distributed systems.
The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software engineering experience, 5+ years of leading software engineering teams, and a proven track record of building resilient multi-region microservices at scale.
The company offers a dynamic work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism, and cooperation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of highly collaborative engineers
- Design, roll out, and support a highly performant, scalable, and available personalization platform
- Work closely with Science/ML team, Data Engineers, and Data Analytics teams to stay on top of Personalization roadmap and deliverables
- Innovate to build performant solutions that continue to scale to increasing business demands
- Exhibit accountability at both a personal and team level
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field
- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years leading software engineering teams
- Expertise in Scala, Java, and functional programming paradigms
- Strong understanding of engineering software processes and distributed systems
About the Company:
This company is a leading audio entertainment company that delivers the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices.
They offer a dynamic work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism, and cooperation.