Head of Platform Engineering, Stuart
2-3 days a week in office
Last mile delivery service
Job no longer available
Last mile delivery service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect businesses, customers and couriers to revolutionise the way goods are transported in cities.
Role
Who you are
- A strong technical background in cloud computing (we use AWS) & SRE
- Experience leading Platform Engineering, āDevOpsā or SRE teams
- Good knowledge and experience with software development
- Experience with directly managing technical Engineering Managers
- Capacity to run a department with several teams, composed of both hybrid and remote team members
- A product mindset to build an internal developer platform
- Ideally, some solid knowledge of Data Platform Engineering
- Comfortable presenting to ExCo and interacting with other senior leaders
- Excellent verbal and written skills in the English language
What the job involves
- The Head of Platform Engineering (HoPE) reports directly to the CTO and will directly manage other managers in the platform engineering department
- This department is composed of several independent teams working together to build a modern and self-serviced cloud platform that runs all of Stuartās services
- Each team is led by a technical manager and it's the responsibility of the HoPE to ensure alignment among them, drive roadmap direction, elevate engineering quality, deliver continuous improvements and provide a healthy working environment for all team members
- Define the Platform Engineering (PE) vision and strategy
- Work with your teams and stakeholders to create the PE roadmap and commit to its delivery
- Add value to our developersā lives by growing the Platformās features
- Engage with your peers in other engineering units under the CTO to promote adoption of the new features in the common platform
- Provide the tools that increase Stuartās reliability, availability and scalability
- Build on the existing FinOps strategy to continue to deliver cloud efficiencies
- Manage remote teams in European and near-shore locations
- Create a healthy and cooperative environment within your teams
- Execute performance reviews and create growth opportunities for your people
- Attend the Barcelona office (prime central location) 2/3 days a week
- Be part of the Engineering Leadership Team driving our engineering function
Application process
- We kindly ask you to please submit your CV and application in English so that it can be reviewed correctly
Our take
Founded in 2015, Stuart Delivery is one of many companies operating in Europeās competitive rapid delivery and logistics market. However, where startups such as Getir aim to deliver groceries within 15 minutes, Stuart connects businesses with its fleet of independent couriers to deliver a range of cargo.
It empowers thousands of companies across Europe by providing same-day delivery, next-day delivery and returns solutions. It works across verticals with retailers, grocery stores, restaurants and e-commerce merchants to enable smarter transportation models. Couriers on the platform complete tens of millions of deliveries annually for the biggest brands across retail, e-commerce, grocery and food. The company operates in more than 120 cities across 6 countries.
The company is focusing on establishing relationships with charging infrastructure providers and financial partners to incentivise and support couriersā transition to electric vehicles. It continues to expand its market presence by partnering with leading brands such as Tesco and Co-op and has recently added several major UK cities to its Hub to Home service, allowing same-day delivery across much of England.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2015
$24.3m
SERIES A
Feb 2015
$1.7m
SEED
Total funding: $26m
Company benefits
- Work-life balance - hybrid working model and flexible hours š”
- 2 volunteer days per year to have a positive impact on our communities and the environment
- Work-from-Abroad policy (enjoy 30 days per year working from anywhere!) š
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Company values
- Continuous Innovation: Think & design with a limitless mind - We stay at the forefront of innovation because we never stop stretching the limits of whatās technologically ā or humanly ā possible
- Flexibility: Adapt easily to whatever life throws your way - We empower this fast-changing world and its diverse people with an attitude of absolute flexibility
- Efficiency: What ever you do, do it efficiently - This applies to everything we do as a company, from our technology designed to maximize efficiency, to our swift courier fleet and our reliable bulletproof processes
- Simplicity: Make things as simple as possible for everyone - Simplicity is integral to our product design, our work methodology and our service delivery model
- Customer-Centrism: Put yourself in the other person's shoes - From service to communication to design, everything we do, we do it with the end-user in mind
Company HQ
Ćpinettes, Paris, France
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Leadership
Cornelia Raportaru
(CEO)Over 20 years of experience managing teams and multi-million-pound budgets across tech scale-ups, Telco, and FMCG.
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