Director – Engineering
About OLX
OLX Group is a global product and tech company. 18 brands. 40 countries. 4500 people. One mindset – customer first. Every month 330 million customers use our market-leading trading platforms such as Avito, AutoDom, AutoMoto, Letgo, dubizzle, OLX and a dozen other local brands to buy and sell pre-owned goods including houses, cars, televisions and smartphones, to services including short term rentals and connecting employers with qualified job seekers.
OLX Group is proud to be different, and work differently too. We combine the spirit and agility of a startup with the maturity that comes from being part of a 100-year-old company. At times it can feel like organized chaos, and that’s the way we like it. OLX Group is allergic to corporate interference and loves to operate in exotic and challenging markets. OLX Group improvises, experiments and pushes each other further. We embrace uncertainty, drive change and stay brave.
OLX Group is also part of the Naspers family, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest investors in the world. In addition to the OLX Group, the Naspers portfolio spans 120 countries and includes nearly 70 brands including Tencent, PayU, Swiggy, MakeMyTrip and many others.
Opportunity Reporting to the VP- Engineering (OLX Markets)
You will be responsible for managing one of our largest consumer platform engineering team. This platform/product is focusing on Emerging Markets in Asia, LATAM and Middle East. The current team will be around 80-100 engineers based in Delhi and Berlin.
You will have responsibility for forming the technical strategy of the platform, as well as the dayto-day delivery of your teams, supporting and enhancing the OLX engineering culture, growing the team and its capabilities and working with your peers to ensure business success. You will work closely with peers in product and design and we expect you to influence our product direction in particular via insights about global technology trends e.g. AI. You will be responsible for both large step-change product innovation efforts and continued, high-velocity incremental feature development, helping to further grow our user base.
Your experience should include leading a relevant, able engineering organisation within a hyper growth environment. Strong leadership skills evidenced by an ability to inspire engineering teams by clear communication and technical excellence. Your will need to be up to date with current technologies and tools and feel comfortable with making difficult technical decisions to improve major aspects of the platform from architecture to the end user experience.
Our culture encourages collaboration, transparency, passion, innovation and having fun by continuous self-improvement, learning and actively sharing feedback to constantly improve performance. You will move fast and are used to drive yourself and your teams in a fastchanging environment. You will challenge the norms and address innovation at pace and at global scale. You will be comfortable with ambiguity and address challenges in a systematic, proactive manner to find solutions that increase customer value and happiness.
Key responsibilities
About OLX
OLX Group is a global product and tech company. 18 brands. 40 countries. 4500 people. One mindset – customer first. Every month 330 million customers use our market-leading trading platforms such as Avito, AutoDom, AutoMoto, Letgo, dubizzle, OLX and a dozen other local brands to buy and sell pre-owned goods including houses, cars, televisions and smartphones, to services including short term rentals and connecting employers with qualified job seekers.
OLX Group is proud to be different, and work differently too. We combine the spirit and agility of a startup with the maturity that comes from being part of a 100-year-old company. At times it can feel like organized chaos, and that’s the way we like it. OLX Group is allergic to corporate interference and loves to operate in exotic and challenging markets. OLX Group improvises, experiments and pushes each other further. We embrace uncertainty, drive change and stay brave.
OLX Group is also part of the Naspers family, a global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest investors in the world. In addition to the OLX Group, the Naspers portfolio spans 120 countries and includes nearly 70 brands including Tencent, PayU, Swiggy, MakeMyTrip and many others.
Opportunity Reporting to the VP- Engineering (OLX Markets)
You will be responsible for managing one of our largest consumer platform engineering team. This platform/product is focusing on Emerging Markets in Asia, LATAM and Middle East. The current team will be around 80-100 engineers based in Delhi and Berlin.
You will have responsibility for forming the technical strategy of the platform, as well as the dayto-day delivery of your teams, supporting and enhancing the OLX engineering culture, growing the team and its capabilities and working with your peers to ensure business success. You will work closely with peers in product and design and we expect you to influence our product direction in particular via insights about global technology trends e.g. AI. You will be responsible for both large step-change product innovation efforts and continued, high-velocity incremental feature development, helping to further grow our user base.
Your experience should include leading a relevant, able engineering organisation within a hyper growth environment. Strong leadership skills evidenced by an ability to inspire engineering teams by clear communication and technical excellence. Your will need to be up to date with current technologies and tools and feel comfortable with making difficult technical decisions to improve major aspects of the platform from architecture to the end user experience.
Our culture encourages collaboration, transparency, passion, innovation and having fun by continuous self-improvement, learning and actively sharing feedback to constantly improve performance. You will move fast and are used to drive yourself and your teams in a fastchanging environment. You will challenge the norms and address innovation at pace and at global scale. You will be comfortable with ambiguity and address challenges in a systematic, proactive manner to find solutions that increase customer value and happiness.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and inspire a team of 80+ engineers
- Contribute to the wider R&D and Technology Leadership team in OLX
- Drive the technology strategy making sure modern techniques and technologies are applied properly
- Be actively involved in leading product innovation and vertical expansion driven by technology trends
- Be an active member of our Global Tech Council, a team of our most senior technology leaders from all around the globe
- Take responsibility for the roadmap and deliverables together with product to drive user growth, engagement, conversion and retention.
- Lead architectural and system design initiatives incl. buy vs. build and strategic partnerships
- Manage our on-going transformation towards microservices
- Improve team velocity by putting high focus on test and release automation (continuous delivery)
- Grow your team both personal and professional and create an environment that enables to attract world class talent
- Define challenging objectives and key results together with the team and monitor and report progress
Key Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science
- 10+ years of work experience in a hyper growth environment
- Experience in building and leading large engineering organisations (+100 engineers)
- Deep understanding in building high-traffic, large-scale internet applications
- Strong technical background and good understanding of current technology trends
- Experience with microservice architectures in a cloud-based environment (AWS)
- Deep understanding and ideally successful application of latest AI/ML trends
- Experience in building an engineering culture in an agile, lean &Devops environment
- Good understanding of lean and agile principles (Kanban, Scrum, Lean Startup)
- Deep understanding of product management and how to partner with product, design and user research
- Experience with continuous delivery focusing on fast release cycles while maintaining quality and measuring technical health
- Ability to build productive relationships with peers and C-level colleges
- Strong business acumen
- Experience in working in an international environment and leading teams across multiple locations
- Proven track record of hiring, inspiring and retaining top performing engineers
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