Director of Engineering

Our client is one of Europe’s most influential digital media powerhouses, reaching over 25 million monthly users globally through its premium digital platforms. With a strong footprint in publishing, classifieds and digital media, they combine content, technology and distribution at enormous scale. Their infrastructure powers high-traffic platforms embedded into everyday digital life across Europe.

Role Overview: You will join as a Director of Engineering, leading a ~30-person division responsible for a mission-critical product within a large-scale European digital media ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

Define and execute the engineering strategy for a major business-critical tribe serving enterprise and distribution partners.

Lead and mentor multiple engineering managers across a number of specialised teams.

Guide the architectural evolution of distributed systems operating at a continental scale.

Collaborate closely with senior product and commercial leadership to align technology with strategic growth objectives.

Drive organisational design, hiring strategy and engineering excellence across the tribe.

Act as a senior technical leader with substantial autonomy and ownership.

Qualifications:

Background in large-scale digital media ecosystems.

Strong understanding of distributed architectures, reliability engineering and performance optimisation.

Proven leadership experience within complex engineering organisations.

Experience managing managers or overseeing multiple teams is highly valued.

Strategic mindset combined with strong technical credibility.

Familiarity with backend ecosystems and large-scale infrastructure.

Comfortable operating in high-visibility, business-critical environments.

If you’re excited to lead a strong engineering organisation within a European media group reaching tens of millions of users and shaping how digital content is delivered across markets, this is a rare opportunity to combine technical leadership with real strategic influence.

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