Delivery Hero

1 day ago

Director Engineering, Platform

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Job Summary

Lead Delivery Hero’s Global Developer Engineering platform within Tech Foundations, aligning strategy, budgets, and ROI to accelerate product delivery. Oversee the unified developer platform and core infrastructure used by 4,000+ engineers globally to build, deploy, and operate resilient software. Drive a platform-as-a-product mindset, mentor engineering leaders, and architect secure multi-cloud infrastructure using AWS/GCP and microservices tooling, optimizing stability and cloud-native cost efficiency.

Location: Berlin

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time · Permanent

Job Function: Executive & General Management

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Define and execute a comprehensive platform and infrastructure strategy aligned to business objectives, managing budgets and driving group-wide cost optimization with ROI to C-level executives.
•Champion a platform-as-a-product approach, delivering robust self-service capabilities and developer “golden paths” to reduce cognitive load and accelerate workflows.
•Lead, scale, and mentor a global engineering organization (50+ platform engineers) across major hubs, fostering accountability and continuous learning.
•Guide and coach engineering managers while aligning embedded platform teams across global subsidiaries to maintain unified engineering standards.
•Oversee the architecture, design, and reliable rollout of automated, secure multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) and microservices tooling aligned with the tech radar.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Learning BudgetPensionEquitySabbaticalGym Membership

Key Requirements

•10+ years of Software Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering, with at least 5+ years in web-scale platform engineering.
•Experience building and scaling a unified developer platform across highly complex, distributed organizations.
•Deep familiarity with cloud-native microservices, event-driven architectures, and containerization/observability frameworks.
•Strong technical proficiency in modern coding languages (such as Go) and AWS/GCP infrastructure ecosystems.
•5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles (Director level or above) with experience managing multiple teams and internal customers.

Experience:10+ yearsWeb-scale platform engineeringCloud-native microservicesDevOpsSite reliability engineeringPlatform engineering

Education:Master's in Computer Science

Skills:Strategic leadershipMentorshipCommunicationInfluencingBusiness acumen

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GoAWSGCPMicroservicesEvent-driven architectureContainerizationObservability

Company Brief

Delivery Hero

Global online food-ordering and local delivery platform operating multiple regional brands (e.g., Foodpanda, Glovo, Talabat) across 50–70+ countries, supplying food and quick-commerce deliveries via marketplace and logistics services.

Industry: Online Marketplaces

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Berlin, Germany

Founded: 2011

Glassdoor: 3.4

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Delivery Hero

1 day ago

Director Engineering, Platform

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Berlin

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time · Permanent

Job Function: Executive & General Management

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Define and execute a comprehensive platform and infrastructure strategy aligned to business objectives, managing budgets and driving group-wide cost optimization with ROI to C-level executives.
•Champion a platform-as-a-product approach, delivering robust self-service capabilities and developer “golden paths” to reduce cognitive load and accelerate workflows.
•Lead, scale, and mentor a global engineering organization (50+ platform engineers) across major hubs, fostering accountability and continuous learning.
•Guide and coach engineering managers while aligning embedded platform teams across global subsidiaries to maintain unified engineering standards.
•Oversee the architecture, design, and reliable rollout of automated, secure multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) and microservices tooling aligned with the tech radar.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Perks:Learning BudgetPensionEquitySabbaticalGym Membership

Key Requirements

•10+ years of Software Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering, with at least 5+ years in web-scale platform engineering.
•Experience building and scaling a unified developer platform across highly complex, distributed organizations.
•Deep familiarity with cloud-native microservices, event-driven architectures, and containerization/observability frameworks.
•Strong technical proficiency in modern coding languages (such as Go) and AWS/GCP infrastructure ecosystems.
•5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles (Director level or above) with experience managing multiple teams and internal customers.

Experience:10+ yearsWeb-scale platform engineeringCloud-native microservicesDevOpsSite reliability engineeringPlatform engineering

Education:Master's in Computer Science

Skills:Strategic leadershipMentorshipCommunicationInfluencingBusiness acumen

Languages:English

Tech Stack:GoAWSGCPMicroservicesEvent-driven architectureContainerizationObservability

Company Brief

Delivery Hero

Industry: Online Marketplaces

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Berlin, Germany

Founded: 2011

Glassdoor: 3.4

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor