WHO WE ARE

At Wire, we're on a mission to revolutionize secure collaboration, making privacy the foundation of modern communication. Join us to play an important role in our dynamic team.

Wire is the leading end-to-end encrypted communication platform, trusted by businesses, critical infrastructure providers, and governments worldwide. We prioritize privacy as a fundamental right, delivering the most secure communication experience across various industries. Our cutting-edge encryption technology and robust security measures have made us a trusted partner in the technology, finance, healthcare, and government sectors. If you're passionate about redefining secure communication and want to be part of an innovative team, join us as a Director of Engineering. Together, let's build a world where privacy and security shape the future of communication.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Employment Type: Permanent
Previous working experience: 10+ years, with 3+ years managing managers
Working hours: 40hrs/week
Working Location: Berlin, Germany (hybrid)
Reports to: Senior Vice President Engineering
Desired start date: As soon as possible

YOUR CHALLENGE AT WIRE

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead and grow our engineering teams, ensuring technical excellence and a high-performing culture. This role demands strategic technical leadership as well as effective project, delivery and people management, overseeing three dedicated engineering teams.

Backend Team: Responsible for developing and maintaining our communication platform’s backend, written in Haskell.
Platform Team: Ensuring our platform is reliable, highly available and performant, and a pleasure for developers to work on.
Integrations Team: Focused on creating bots, SDKs, and integrations that extend the functionality of our messaging platform.

You will manage the Engineering Managers of these teams, align engineering efforts with company objectives, and champion best practices in software development, infrastructure, and team collaboration, ensuring the timely delivery of roadmap items. You will work closely with the Director of Engineering responsible for the client teams, as well as product and engineering leadership.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AT WIRE

Directly oversee and mentor the engineering managers for the Backend, Platform, and Integrations teams, growing their skills to maximize their and their teams impact on the company KPIs
Establish clear goals, metrics, and priorities for each team, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across engineering teams and other departments.
Work closely with the product organization to define high-level delivery strategies and iterative specifications, focusing on providing incremental value
Monitor the progress of development projects, ensuring alignment with company objectives and adherence to high-quality standards.
Manage budgets, timelines, and resources efficiently.
Implement best practices in software development and ensure thorough documentation.
Ensure alignment between business objectives and technical initiatives by building a technical roadmap that contains the appropriate items and priorities.
Master your teams scopes to drive what needs to be done and guide how to do it, to both fulfill today’s needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges
Promote innovation and stay updated with industry trends and technological advancements.

YOUR PROFILE

Proven experience managing and scaling engineering teams, including leading team leads or engineering managers.
Deep understanding of backend development principles and practices; experience with functional programming (e.g., Haskell, Scala) is a strong plus.
Familiarity with SRE principles and expertise in developer tooling improvements, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, advanced monitoring tools, and automation frameworks that enhance productivity and reliability.
Proven leadership experience as a Senior Engineering Manager or Director (or in a similar senior-level position) focused on Backend and Cloud Platforms
Strong project management skills, with experience in a high-paced environment organising and managing deliverables within a given timeline.
Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders.
Experience working on secure or privacy-focused applications, SaaS or messaging platforms is a plus
Experience with Open Source business models is a big plus
Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform etc. is a plus

WHY WIRE?

Join a market-proven (>1,000 customers) company and drive Wire to become the worldwide market leader.
Enjoy a yearly education budget of 1000 EUR to strengthen personal capabilities.
With an Urban Sports Club subscription, stay balanced and mentally and physically healthy!
Work from a beautiful office in the heart of Berlin or choose a mix of working from anywhere vs. spending selected days together in our office to connect on a personal level
Enjoy fresh breakfast in the office, daily fruits, snacks, free soft drinks, and the world's best Barista coffee machine.
Wire is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability or race.

If you are an experienced professional in Engineering with a proven track record of driving quality and excellence, we encourage you to apply and join our dedicated team at WIre.

CONTACT

Have we caught your interest? Please apply or send your questions to [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you!

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