Platform Technical Lead – IT Field Services
About Verisure
Verisure is a global leading provider of professionally monitored security solutions. We are an international company with a start-up mindset, fast, agile, and lean, high performance and value driven.
Operating under two brand names (Securitas Direct & Verisure) we are seeking an experienced Platform Technical Lead.
As a Tech Lead at Verisure, you will play a pivotal role in leading a team of engineers and guiding the technical direction of our projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deliver high-quality software solutions, ensuring they align with our business objectives and meet the highest industry standards. You will be responsible for not only your own technical contributions but also for mentoring and coaching your team members to foster their growth and development.
Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, and maintenance of software applications. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
- Architecture and Design: Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to define technical requirements and design scalable and robust software solutions. Ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
- Development: Take an active role in software development, contributing to the codebase, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
- Project Management: Oversee project planning, task allocation, and timeline management to ensure project milestones are met. Identify and mitigate technical risks.
- Code Reviews: Conduct and participate in code reviews to maintain code quality, identify potential improvements, and ensure codebase consistency.
- Technical Problem Solving: Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide innovative solutions. Collaborate with the team to address challenges and bottlenecks.
- Team Collaboration: Foster a collaborative and productive team environment. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, QA engineers, and designers, to deliver feature-rich software.
- Documentation: Ensure proper documentation of technical designs, procedures, and best practices for knowledge sharing and future reference.
- Innovation: Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends. Identify opportunities to introduce new technologies and methodologies to enhance product development.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a software engineer with at least 4 of hands-on coding experience.
- Strong leadership skills with experience leading or mentoring a development team.
- In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, Microservices, Java, REST, SOAP, Kafka
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and innovatively.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with agile development methodologies is a plus.
Location
The role will be located in Madrid.
Verisure will offer you
- Hybrid model 🏢 💻 Work from home and at our great Madrid offices in Pozuelo de Alarcón (El Barrial- Centro Comercial)
- Lunch included at our canteen 🍽️ You won’t need to pay for your daily meal when you are at the office! :)
- Dynamic and vibrant environment 💥Our office is an open-plan space in which you will be able to interact with the best professional from different teams at all levels.
- International stakeholder projects 🌍
- Periodic team buildings! 💪 Because it’s important to have fun!
- Learning and training programs
Top Skills
What We Do
Verisure is the leading provider of peace of mind and protection to residential and small business customers across Europe and Latin America. We deliver professionally-monitored security services to over 5.5 million customers in 17 countries across Europe and Latin America, with a team of more than 28,000 colleagues.
Verisure’s brand family includes: Securitas Direct in Spain and Portugal (*), AlertAlarm, Dansikring Direct, Falck Alarms, Mediaveil, TeleAtlantic and NorAlarm to name a few!
Our alarms are the most widely installed home security systems in Europe. A strong focus on quality and service means our customers are among the most satisfied in the industry!
GROWTH
Verisure enjoyed consistent growth over the past 35 years as a result of its highly entrepreneurial and innovative approach to business. We also continue to expand internationally.
- Strong and visionary Management Team and a robust business plan for value creation.
- We are a big company with a start-up mindset, fast, agile and lean, merit based, high-performance and value-driven
INNOVATION
- We continuously invest more in new innovation to provide effective, intelligent and reliable security solutions.
- Offer a breakthrough product & service proposition: identify, research, develop, test & refine advanced security solutions.
- Develop exclusive hardware and software features.
- Research & Development centers in Madrid and Malmö.
- +600 R&D and IT experts… and growing!
PEOPLE
Our successful growth is dependent on our talent pipeline. Our People are our business! We are:
- Passionate in everything we do
- Committed to making a difference
- Always Innovating
- Winning as a Team
- With Trust & Responsibility