Engineering Director - Internal Tooling
Monta, Spain
Job Description
About Us:
Monta's powerful EV platform connects the dots in the entire EV charging industry.
Our mission is to pioneer an electric, sustainable era built on proactive technology by helping people and businesses go (and stay!) electric.
Our expertise allows us to truly tackle the complexities of the EV ecosystem in a truly technological way, offering a highly reliable and comprehensive product suite. At the end of the day, all we want is to give and provides all our users the best and most successful EV charging experiences. Whether they’re drivers, businesses, solution providers, utility companiesyou name it.
Monta is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and has offices in London, Berlin, Paris and Barcelona. Our platform isn’t only powered by cutting-edge software, but the passion and expertise of our 200+ team members (and counting). Some of our partners include Siemens, Norlys, Copenhagen Airport, Vestas, and more!
Join us in powering progress, one charge at a time!
We are looking for a talented Engineering Director for our new Internal Tooling team in our new Barcelona office! The internal tooling team is a new team and they are responsible for building internal tooling and integration between core systems and services used by employees of Monta. It's an exciting place to be as the challenges evolve daily across many systems and technologies. There is always room for improvement and increased efficiency! If this sounds like something you'd be a great fit for, apply, apply, apply!
Our tech stack
To keep it short and sweet, we work with a fairly modern stack that includes:
- Kotlin / Micronaut, Ktor (Java 17 and following the update schedule as closely as possible)
- PHP / Laravel
- Javascript with Forest admin
- Docker
- GitOps
- Kubernetes
- MySQL/Redis (Database)
- Prometheus (monitoring system)
- Grafana (Dashboard/Metrics)
- Loki (Logging)
- ... and much more!
While we don't expect you to be an expert in all aspects of this stack, we do expect you to be comfortable learning new technologies.
Requirements
Your strengths, among others, will be:
- Hiring and managing a team of 4+ engineers
- Prioritizing tasks and maintaining a transparent roadmap that impacts all departments
- Scoping out requirements and planning the necessary features to turn ideas into real-world implementations
- Evaluating existing processes and procedures to identify areas that require optimization
- Maintaining relationships and fostering a positive team culture, including mentoring and providing constructive feedback
- Providing engineering expertise to assist executives in making informed decisions about company goals
- Communicating clearly and comfortably with various stakeholders within the company
- Being a natural and efficient problem-solver in new technologies and topics
- Demonstrating analytical and strategic thinking
- Possessing a strong background in software engineering
- Contributing to solutions alongside your team
Benefits
We care deeply about the health, happiness, and well-being of all our employees. Here is what we offer:
- Our engineering team has a monthly meetup where they discuss their practices and get to learn a lot from each other.
- Friday Tech Innovation: Engineers can use their time every Friday after lunch to work on innovative things.
- A chance to play a vital role in shaping the future of Monta by connecting talent with an opportunity to do their best work yet
- Fast-paced and dynamic work environment, offering excellent opportunities for personal and professional growth
- Collaborative and supportive team culture, where your ideas and contributions are valued
- Flexible Work From Home policy
- Shared company car + electric bikes in our bigger offices
- Stay fit with a subsidized gym membership
- Free snacks amp; beverages at the offices
- Subsidized plant-based lunch
- 3 annual company-wide events (including 3 day Summit) plus team events - both in-person and virtually
- Educational budget + time off for personal/professional development
- Warrant program - share Monta’s success!
- Pension + Health insurance
- Paid Maternity/Paternity/Parental leave
Life at Monta
We are a tightly-knit, diverse, yet cohesive team with an ambitious mission and a strong set of core values, which define our approach to business:
Fuel trust, through transparency: We value openness, clarity, and transparency. We share our successes, failures, and lessons learned to build tru