Director, Engineering – R&D

What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 14 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

The Director of Engineering Role

As the Director of Engineering – Qlik Talend Cloud Management Console, you will be instrumental in leading a high-performing engineering team focused on delivering world-class cloud solutions. Your mission will be to align the engineering strategy with global business objectives, ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of Qlik Talend Cloud Management Console.

In this pivotal leadership role, you’ll partner with globally distributed teams to drive technical excellence, operational efficiency, and innovation. You will be a leader of leaders, fostering collaboration across regions, and shaping the engineering culture to achieve exceptional results.

What makes this role interesting?

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the engineering roadmap for Qlik Talend Cloud Management Console, with the opportunity to influence global strategies and priorities.
• Scalable Impact: Lead a distributed engineering organization that powers cutting-edge cloud products used by businesses worldwide.
• Innovative Challenges: Drive complex, cross-functional projects focused on automation, performance optimization, and customer-centric enhancements.
• Cultural Influence: Shape the engineering culture, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment where teams can thrive.

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

• Driving Cloud Product Excellence: Lead the development and delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions, ensuring they meet customer needs and exceed market expectations.
• Aligning Engineering with Business Goals: Collaborate with product management, design, and executive stakeholders to ensure engineering efforts align with broader business objectives and deliver measurable impact.
• Building and Nurturing High-Performing Teams: Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering talent across geographically distributed teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Promoting Automation and Efficiency: Champion automation initiatives to streamline workflows, minimize technical debt, and improve development speed while maintaining quality.
• Leading Strategic Initiatives: Spearheaded cross-functional projects to deliver transformative improvements in the product’s architecture, reliability, and user experience.
• Fostering a Global Collaborative Culture: Build strong bridges between teams across regions (Nantes, Europe, Ukraine, and China), ensuring alignment on goals, processes, and best practices.
• Advocating for Security and Compliance: Ensure the cloud platform adheres to the highest standards of data security, regulatory compliance, and customer trust.

We’re looking for a teammate with:

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud development, or a similar field.
• 5+ years in a senior leadership role, managing managers or leading large, geographically distributed teams.
• Proven success in building and scaling cloud-based SaaS products in a complex, distributed environment.

Skills:

• Leadership and Team Development: Strong ability to build, mentor, and inspire high-performing teams while fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture.
• Strategic and Operational Vision: Exceptional planning and execution skills with a focus on delivering complex projects in alignment with business goals.
• Cross-Regional Collaboration: Skilled in managing distributed teams and working across multiple regions and time zones.

Technical Competency:

• Expertise in designing, building, and managing cloud-based systems (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), with a focus on scalability, high availability, and security.
• Deep understanding of reliability, performance, and scalability challenges in large-scale systems.
• Proficiency in implementing DevOps practices, with a track record of reducing manual intervention through automation and improving operational efficiency.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse teams and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Adept at bridging technical and business discussions to ensure alignment on objectives.

The location for this role is:

On-Site / Hybrid based in Nantes, France

This role is your opportunity to shape the future of Engineering at scale, making a lasting impact on a global organization while driving continuous improvements and innovation – apply now!

More about Qlik and who we are:

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What else do we offer?

• Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programs
• Culture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and openness
• Flexible, diverse, and international work environment

Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world” day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs

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