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FIFinanzen.net Group

Director of Engineering – Group Platform(m/w/x)

Karlsruhe
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML

Evolving internal platform and driving 'platform as a product' mindset for FinTech investor support. Proven platform leadership in fintech or high-scale digital environments required. 15 days of workation within EU.

Requirements

  • Proven platform/infrastructure leadership experience in fintech, banking, or high-scale digital environments
  • Strong cloud operations understanding (AWS/Azure)
  • Strong DevOps/DevSecOps understanding
  • Strong mobile engineering understanding
  • Strong QA understanding
  • Strong modern SRE practices understanding
  • Hands-on security and regulatory compliance knowledge (DORA, GDPR/DSGVO, BaFin)
  • Track record scaling platform/shared teams for efficient engineering org enablement
  • Multiplier mindset focused on enabling product teams and driving outcomes
  • Excellent cross-functional influence with Engineering, Security, Finance, and Executive leadership
  • Operational rigor: establishes SLAs, incident management, on-call, and data-driven metrics
  • Advocacy for AI adoption to improve engineering productivity and automation
  • Skilled in change management: introducing standards and tools through enablement
  • Deep technical expertise in cloud-native architectures
  • Deep technical expertise in infrastructure-as-code
  • Deep technical expertise in containers
  • Deep technical expertise in cost optimization
  • Deep technical expertise in security engineering (zero-trust, secrets management, secure SDLC)
  • Strong observability knowledge
  • Strong reliability knowledge: SLOs, error budgets, incident response, post-mortem culture, and resilient system design

Tasks

  • Define and evolve the internal platform
  • Drive a 'platform as a product' mindset
  • Own the group-wide QA strategy
  • Set QA standards
  • Set standards for automated testing
  • Set standards for quality gates
  • Set standards for cross-team release confidence frameworks
  • Elevate quality to a continuous practice
  • Ensure robust IT support
  • Ensure business continuity management
  • Own tech BCM planning
  • Own IT resilience
  • Ensure operational readiness of internal systems
  • Translate security strategy into engineering execution
  • Ensure ICT risk management
  • Ensure security engineering
  • Ensure regulatory obligations
  • Champion AI use for internal productivity
  • Own AI Internal App Support function
  • Establish a roadmap for AI tooling

Work Experience

  • approx. 4 - 6 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishBusiness Fluent

Tools & Technologies

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • DORA
  • GDPR
  • DSGVO
  • BaFin
  • AI

Benefits

Workation & Sabbatical

  • 15 days of workation within EU

Learning & Development

  • Training and development opportunities
  • Financial markets/investing training

Modern Office

  • Modern office hubs

Flexible Working

  • Hybrid working

Team Events

  • Regular team events

Informal Culture

  • Strong company culture

Healthcare & Fitness

  • Health benefits

Parking & Commuter Benefits

  • Mobility benefits

Company Bike

  • Bike leasing

Public Transport Subsidies

  • Public transport subsidy

Competitive Pay

  • Attractive financial benefits

Other Benefits

  • Additional perks
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