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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Engineering Lead

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading engineering teams and developing engineering leaders, with the ability to create impact through others and operate effectively across multiple teams.
  • Broad software engineering and architectural expertise, with the ability to reason about complex systems, technical trade-offs, and architecture across frontend, backend, data, and cloud technologies.
  • A product and business mindset, with the ability to translate business priorities into technical direction and drive execution across teams.
  • Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
  • Demonstrated AI fluency, with the ability to translate AI opportunities into engineering practice and lead the organisational change required for effective adoption.
  • Ability to create alignment in a complex, international environment, navigating different perspectives and enabling effective decision-making across organisational boundaries.

Responsibilities

  • Shape and own the technical direction across multiple teams, translating the architectural vision and business strategy into clear priority guidelines.
  • Lead, develop, and grow a team of Engineering Leads, strengthening their leadership capabilities and enabling them to build high-performing teams.
  • Drive engineering and delivery excellence at scale by establishing consistent standards for quality, security, maintainability, and modern engineering practices while ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Balance delivery with long-term technical sustainability, partnering with Product and Tech Leadership to prioritise technical debt and structural improvements alongside business priorities and customer needs.
  • Drive alignment and continuous improvement across teams, resolving dependencies and systemic challenges, improving engineering effectiveness, and enabling teams to operate with appropriate autonomy.
  • Accelerate AI-enabled engineering and lead the related change by identifying high-value use cases, fostering adoption, and scaling successful practices across teams.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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