Swile
Engineering
EngineeringDirector
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“Engineering Director at Swile. Skills: Technical strategy, People leadership, Organizational scaling. Define technical strategy. Execute technical strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver business impact at scale; Improve engineering standards; Achieve company goals; Ensure scalability; Improve company performance; Improve company culture; Improve company scalability
Industry & Context.
Solve problems across teams
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Software engineering background, Senior engineering leadership role, Define and execute technical strategy, Build and scale engineering organizations, Cross-functional leadership, Influence without authority, Deep understanding engineering culture
Nice to Have
Entrepreneurial backgrounds, Familiarity with tech stack
What You'll Do.
Define technical strategy
Execute technical strategy
Translate strategy into roadmap
Drive architectural decisions
Enforce engineering best practices
Lead engineering managers
Coach engineering managers
Grow engineering managers
Build high-performing teams
Organize high-performing teams
Participate in recruiting
Foster collaboration culture
Foster continuous improvement
Foster high performance culture
Develop customer understanding
Develop user understanding
Align technology decisions
Manage strategic projects
Manage complex projects
Ensure risk management
Ensure timeline adherence
Allocate resources effectively
Solve problems across teams
Remove organizational bottlenecks
Drive alignment at company level
Champion sustainable tech practices
Champion responsible tech practices
Represent engineering teams
Support tech-led organization
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with Directors; Partner with Product Director; Work cross-functionally; Solve problems across teams; Remove organizational bottlenecks; Drive alignment at company level
Communication Scope
Influence without authority
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Timeline adherence, Resource allocation
Full Job Description
## Description At Swile, we believe that good products can help reduce friction in daily professional life and boost employee satisfaction. Today, we provide innovative solutions in various areas such as Fintech, Travel, HR, and Employee Benefits to more than 5.5 million users in 85,000 companies in France and Brazil. As an Engineering Director, your role is to shape the engineering organization required to deliver business impact at scale. You combine technical strategy, people leadership and operational excellence to create the conditions for teams to make strong decisions, execute with clarity and continuously improve their engineering standards. Working closely with other Directors, the CTO and business leaders, you align technology, organization and priorities so that engineering becomes a durable lever for company performance, culture and long-term scalability. ## Your missions 🔥 Define and execute a technical strategy aligned with company goals, and translate it into a clear, actionable roadmap with your teams. Drive large-scale architectural decisions that balance innovation with scalability, and ensure engineering best practices are known and enforced. Lead, coach and grow your engineering managers, supporting them in building high-performing, well-organized teams. Actively participate in recruiting top engineering talent, and foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and high performance. Develop a strong understanding of customer and user needs, and maintain a close partnership with the Product Director to align technology decisions with business impact. Manage multiple complex and strategic projects simultaneously, ensuring risk management, timeline adherence, and effective resource allocation. Work cross-functionally to solve problems across teams and tribes, remove organizational bottlenecks, and drive alignment at company level. Champion sustainable and responsible tech practices, and represent engineering teams across departments to
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