Head of IT Software Engineering

SUMMERY OF POSITION

The head of software engineering leads all engineering teams (software architects, developers, testers), ensuring technical delivery in time & quality and aligned with business goals. He/She manages hiring, set & controls standards (e.g. Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, unit test coverage, coding standards), oversees architecture, and ensure on-time delivery across multiple teams or projects.

Key responsibilities include mentoring software engineers and testers, defining technical strategy, coordinating with product and leadership teams, and guiding decisions around tooling, scalability, and performance. As well close collaboration with the product management on one side and the operations & support teams on the other side. Certain parts of our services are developed & operated in a DevOps manner with a streamlined CI/CD platform. You need to contribute to this and evaluate which services should be operated in which manner. 

With a focus on people leadership, he sets long-term platform evolution, aligning engineering with company strategy.

The Head of Software Engineering reports to the IT Solution Program Director.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

The head of software engineering leads the development functions and ensures code quality, delivery velocity, and team performance. His/Her responsibilities include:

• Working with product and design to align engineering priorities with business strategy, clients needs and regulatory requirements: Eurofins laboratories are accredited and audited against several norms like ISO 17025, GxP practices among others.

• Managing and mentoring the community of technical leads, software architects, software engineers and testers, fostering a culture of strong ownership, result orientation, and innovation.

• Review and define our standards for software development, coding standards, CI/CD etc. as a member of respective Steering Committees defining this standards for Eurofins

• Define teststrategy to detect defects early, to automate unit testing, integration testing and performance/stress testing.

• Overseeing technical architecture and long-term platform evolution

• Leading hiring, performance management, and team growth

• Setting goals for delivery timelines, quality benchmarks, and system reliability

• Defining efficient and modern pipelines for fast delivery, relying on state-of-the-art infrastructure technologies.

• Implementing efficient production monitoring and alerting for proactive maintenance, using cost efficient solutions

• Leading engineering ceremonies, including retrospectives and planning

• Reporting on delivery velocity, technical risk, and progress to leadership

This role blends technical leadership with team development and delivery oversight.

The performance of the software engineering team is assessed through:

• Quality of the code: defects density, leakage rate, coverage of automation testing

• Individual and Team performance of development to increase the velocity and output

• Lead time between specifications and delivery in production

• Ability of the management team to audit the team delivery, to anticipate deviations and to suggest improved processes.