Verisure, operating under two brand names (Securitas Direct & Verisure) is seeking a talented, innovative, passionate Platform Technical Lead. The role will part of a growing and talented Technology team and will report directly to the Manager of Technical Platform.
In Verisure, we’re constantly developing new technology to better protect our customers. Our highly skilled and experienced product teams work with urgency and passion when researching and developing new ways to keep our customers safe.

Strategic context and Value proposition

• Technology plays an important role in our value creation. Our team is responsible for providing the Technical Platform that our developers use to build, deploy, release, and run their software
• This is a critical role that will help the Technology organization in the evolution of our current technology platform, fostering our developer’s autonomy, keeping scalability, security, quality, and reliability in mind
• As the Platform Technical Lead, you will be responsible, in collaboration with the Global Product Owner of the team, of defining the technical vision and roadmap of the platform. At the same time, you’ll lead a team of Technical Leads working on different technical domains

Responsibilities will include

• Support Global Product Owner and Solution Architects in how to evolve the platform from a technical perspective
• Architect, design and implement the platform as a service (PaaS) evolution, taking into account legacy platforms, and getting a better experience for our developers
• Lead, support and guide technical leads of the technical platform, ensuring best practices and solutions are considered
• Train and teach in the best ways of building software and platforms, following devops principles, and operating them, following a SRE approach

Location
Working under a Hybrid Model, you’ll work from home and at our Madrid offices.

Reports and organization structure
Direct reporting line into the Manager of Technical Platform

Candidate profile
Experiences and Qualifications

• We see this role as critical for the achievement of Verisure’s growth and organizational transformation goals
• As result, we are looking for a high potential / top performer individual who will combine great time management skills as well as an analytical mind-set. The ideal candidate will be a strategic solution provider as well as operational enabler

Required Qualifications

• Master/ B.A in Computer Engineering
• Fluent level of English
• 10 years of probable experience on IT
• Experience working with Platform as a Service solutions, Microservices, and Events & Services oriented architectures
• Solid understanding of design practices and system architecture, considering implications and trade-offs of reliability, scalability, security, operation costs, adoption path recruitments
• Knowledge of development methodologies and best practices, control version tools, integration and continuous delivery, and Infrastructure as Code approach
• Take end-to-end ownership of shaping solutions, making proofs of concept, and defining right architectural approach based on the needs of the organization

Will be a plus

• Public/private cloud experience
• Infrastructure as a Service knowledge
• Experience in Agile Frameworks

Competencies

• Strong analytical skills, with focus on making things happen
• Team player, Organized, methodical and responsible
• Good communication skills to explain in detail complex solutions to both management, teammates, and team members, being a trusted technology adviser for them
• Proactive and with initiative
• Self-organized, focused on objectives
• A match to our culture – high energy and flex, fantastic at communication and huge amounts of drive. Collaborative working is key
• High capacity setting up and AS-IS assessment, and being able to move forward into a new TO-BE way of working

Strong fit with our Company DNA

• Passionate in Everything We Do: Our people have a sense of energy that is unmistakable, one that drives us to delight our customers and focus on creating impact quickly
• Committed to Making a Difference: When we say we will do something; we deliver with excellence. We are accountable, focused and operate with discipline
• Always Innovating: We believe that Innovation can be big or small; it’s a continuous state of mind that inspires us to think differently and always make things better. We are risk takers and we learn continuously
• Winning as a Team: Our people know that by leveraging one another’s strengths, investing in and developing our team’s capability and by collaborating well, we will win
• With Trust & Responsibility: Operating with integrity is core to our success. We are humble, honest and value deep mastery and expertise. We do the right thing, always