VP of Engineering - Core Services

Epidemic Sound AB / Datajobb / Stockholm
2024-02-20


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At Epidemic Sound, we make soundtracking content simple and inspiring with unlimited access to music and sound effects. Headquartered in Stockholm, with offices all over the world, we are a force of over 500 on a mission to soundtrack the world. Our innovative licensing model paves the way for creators - from YouTubers to small businesses to the world's most recognizable brands such as Netflix, Red bull and BBC - to use sound to enhance their content while simultaneously supporting artists both financially and creatively. Epidemic Sound music is heard 2 billion times a day on YouTube alone and is recognized as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies by the Financial Times. Epidemic Sound is backed by EQT, Blackstone, Creandum, Atwater Capital to name a few.

We are now looking for a VP of Engineering to lead the teams within our core services area.

Job Summary:
In this role you will play a key role in envisioning and setting the future for our core services teams. These teams focus on areas ranging from our core music offering, with how music is being brought into our platform and how it's being distributed, to royalty management, digital rights management and the core infrastructure and reliability of our platform. We are growing in terms of engineers, clients and complexity - and we're excited to see you come in and hit the ground running with technical expertise, leadership and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

Strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration: You can expect to set technical roadmaps for the four teams within Core Services, lead change, and execute strategic initiatives with the teams and other stakeholders. Lead the design and implementation of scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure and core services that support the entire organization, enabling agile development and the seamless delivery of features to our customer base.

Comprehensive team and talent management: You will take part in hiring, mentoring, coaching and developing a diverse team of high-caliber engineering talent.

Agile development and execution: We expect you to ensure the engineering teams are delivering high-quality products on time by setting clear goals and timelines.

Stakeholder engagement: You'll collaborate with product development teams to architect solutions that are optimized for speed of iteration, performance and cost, leveraging the latest in cloud technologies.

Key Qualifications

A proven technical leader capable of the technical roadmap: You have extensive progressive technology leadership experience and demonstrated leadership in a dynamic, growth-oriented company. We think you have previously held roles like director, VP, CTO or similar roles where you have managed technical managers.

Exceptional people leadership and talent management: Extensive experience as a manager with teams of 50+ engineers and a proven track record of success in leading and developing engineering teams to achieve outsized gains/improvements. We believe that you're used to fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Proven experience in leading infrastructure teams within a SaaS environment: Demonstrated successful development and deployment of high-availability systems at scale. Deep understanding of cloud computing services (e.g. Google Cloud), container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), and modern infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g. Terraform, ArgoCD). Strong background in software development and architecture, preferably with proficiency in Python, Go and Java or Kotlin.

Drive for results/execution: We will count on you to exceed goals successfully, to be bottom-line oriented, to steadfastly push yourself and others for results.

Communication and stakeholder management: You're confident in your outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills. You have proven experience of navigating diverse stakeholders in a complex web of collaboration.

Desirable Qualifications/ Bonus Skills:

Experience in transitioning infrastructure from monolithic architectures to microservices.

Knowledge of DevOps and SRE methodologies, including reliability and performance metrics.

Previous involvement in building infrastructure for product-led growth strategies and understanding of how infrastructure impacts product development and customer experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
We believe that bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives makes for a healthy workplace, a more successful business and a better world. We value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world with us.

Application
Do you want to be a part of our fantastic team? Please apply, in English, by clicking the link below.

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Sista dag att ansöka är 2024-08-08
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Omfattning
Detta är ett heltidsjobb.

Arbetsgivare
Epidemic Sound AB (org.nr 556781-0899), http://www.epidemicsound.com

Arbetsplats
Epidemic Sound

Jobbnummer
8482404


                   

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