Director of Engineering at DeliveryHero

About the Role

We are looking for a Director of Engineering at Glovo to take full ownership of a complex technical domain consisting of at least 40+ engineers. This role involves significant impact at the cluster level and influence across Glovo and Delivery Hero’s broader tech organization.

Key Responsibilities

• →Lead a cluster with ~40+ engineers through 4 direct Engineering Managers, fostering high-performing teams.
• →Build and adapt your leadership framework to suit organizational needs as they evolve.
• →Provide continuous performance management and meaningful 360° feedback.
• →Ensure clarity of managerial expectations across your teams and alignment with company OKRs.
• →Create an inclusive, engaging, and purpose-driven culture within your cluster.
• →Partner closely with Operations and Product leaders to drive business outcomes.
• →Use data-driven approaches to identify issues, assess impact, and define strategic responses.
• →Maintain transparency with your teams, providing rich context around priorities and decisions.
• →Understand core business and financial concepts to align engineering investments with business value.
• →Build, communicate, and execute your cluster’s strategy and OKRs in alignment with company goals.
• →Own communication and alignment with global and local stakeholders, including C-level representation of your Cluster’s objectives and achievements.
• →Govern cluster-level budgeting and resource allocation effectively.
• →Ensure visibility and synchronization across initiatives within and beyond your cluster.
• →Drive architectural direction, technical quality, and operational maturity in your area.
• →Lead the implementation of best practices for incident handling, system design, security, and performance.
• →Build future-ready infrastructure and application architecture that balances scalability, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
• →Establish and enforce engineering excellence standards across your domain.
• →Champion initiatives that drive collaboration across Glovo and the broader Delivery Hero ecosystem.
• →Help harmonize practices between Glovo and DH tech teams.
• →Foster a culture of transparency, open communication, and learning from both success and failure.
• →Proactively identify cross-domain gaps and lead initiatives that elevate engineering practices globally.