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Engineering Manager – QA
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The Engineering Manager — Quality Assurance will lead Valencia’s QA function and drive a standardized, shift-left QA mindset across DKB Code Factory’s teams in Spain and Germany, increasing release confidence and reducing defect leakage. You will combine people leadership with pragmatic enablement—shaping QA standards, coaching engineers, and embedding measurable quality practices into everyday delivery.
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- Lead, coach, and develop QA engineers while coordinating QA practices and standards across Spain and Germany.
- Conduct QA maturity assessments, publish baseline KPIs (defect leakage, automated coverage, cycle time), and deliver a prioritized 12‑month QA roadmap.
- Design, publish, and drive adoption of a pragmatic QA playbook (test pyramid, automation strategy, DoR/DoD quality gates) across locations.
- Deliver high-impact quick wins (e.g., CI test integrations, updated DoD including QA, test guidelines) and scale successful pilots to other teams.
- Embed shift-left practices by partnering with product and engineering—introduce pairing, refinement participation, and automation-first approaches.
- Launch and oversee larger initiatives (automation framework standardization, contract testing, quality dashboards/observability) and measure their impact on quality KPIs.
- Build and sustain a cross-location QA community (guilds, mentorship, knowledge sharing) and support hiring/onboarding for QA roles.
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- Proven experience leading QA or quality engineering teams with cross-location scope (people leadership + enablement).
- Strong hands-on QA expertise: test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress), API testing (Postman or equivalent), test pyramid and shift-left principles.
- Practical experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD or similar) and working with Git-based workflows.
- Demonstrated ability to assess QA maturity, define KPIs, and convert findings into pragmatic roadmaps and measurable quick wins.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-cultural communication skills (Spain & Germany).
- Fluent English; Spanish desirable.
- Comfortable working hybrid from Valencia with periodic travel to Berlin.
- Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, k6), contract testing tools (Pact), observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus), and cloud environments (AWS) (nice-to-have).
- Prior experience working in regulated environments (banking/finance)(nice-to-have).
- You're passionate about your work, but also know how to enjoy your free time!
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Got the feeling not to match every single requirement? Don’t worry! We encourage you to apply anyways, even if your qualifications do not align perfectly. You might still be just the right candidate for us!
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From Morning Daily to Afterwork Drink, team spirit is essential to us. The heart of our togetherness is that we truly are connected with each other: We not only share fun & laughter, but also honest opinions - because that's how we grow: We exchange ideas, give support in our personal development, and celebrate success together! Besides our great community, we also offer numerous other benefits...
} } ;
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Senior Engineering Manager - Business Banking
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The Senior Engineering Manager will build and scale a manager‑of‑managers layer and a reusable engineering platform across five teams in Valencia and Berlin, enabling rapid, secure, and maintainable delivery of a new business banking product. This role combines people leadership (hiring, coaching, performance calibration) with hands‑on ownership of engineering standards, platform architecture, and delivery practices in a regulated banking context.
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- Lead and grow a manager‑of‑managers layer: hire, coach, and develop founding Engineering Managers and create clear career pathways across the Valencia site.
- Own the engineering operating system: establish and enforce standards for code review, testing, CI/CD, architecture review, observability, and incident handling.
- Drive multi‑team delivery from discovery through MVP and production hardening, resolving cross‑team dependencies and maintaining release discipline.
- Build a modular, reusable business‑banking platform that accelerates future use cases and reduces duplicated implementation effort.
- Ensure service reliability, performance, security, auditability, and operational readiness for customer‑facing mobile and backend systems.
- Partner with Product, Design, Security, Architecture, and Compliance to align priorities and deliver customer value.
- Represent Valencia engineering in site‑building, talent planning, and leadership alignment with the Head of Valencia.
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{ following_qualifications_would_be_in_line_with_our_desired_profile_for_this_position: [
- Proven experience as a manager of managers, directly leading and developing multiple Engineering Managers across teams.
- Demonstrable track record of multi‑team product engineering leadership (not only project/delivery management).
- Concrete examples of hiring, performance management, and building quality systems (scorecards, calibration, promotion decisions).
- Credible engineering depth: experience making technical trade‑offs, influencing architecture, and explaining technical decisions to engineers and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Hands‑on experience with engineering standards and platforms: CI/CD rollout, automated testing, observability, and incident response processes.
- Experience operating within regulated environments (security, compliance, audit readiness) or equivalent domain experience.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to create psychological safety and coach managers.
- Fluent in English; Spanish language skills are a plus.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), Kubernetes, and containerised deployments (nice-to-have).
- Familiarity with CI tooling (GitLab/GitHub Actions, Jenkins), observability stacks (Prometheus/Grafana, tracing), and mobile stacks (Kotlin/Swift or React Native) (nice-to-have).
- You're passionate about your work, but also know how to enjoy your free time!
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Got the feeling not to match every single requirement? Don’t worry! We encourage you to apply anyways, even if your qualifications do not align perfectly. You might still be just the right candidate for us!
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From Morning Daily to Afterwork Drink, team spirit is essential to us. The heart of our togetherness is that we truly are connected with each other: We not only share fun & laughter, but also honest opinions - because that's how we grow: We exchange ideas, give support in our personal development, and celebrate success together! Besides our great community, we also offer numerous other benefits...
} } ;
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Engineering Manager DevOps
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Lead and grow a dynamic DevOps team within DKB Code Factory, the tech hub of one of Germany’s largest direct banks. As Engineering Manager DevOps, you will drive scalable, reliable deployment processes and mentor engineers, enabling cross-location teams to deliver innovative digital banking solutions faster and with confidence.
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- Lead and develop the Valencia-based DevOps engineers, fostering collaboration with teams in Germany.
- Standardize deployment patterns, including rollback strategies, and drive adoption of best practices across product and business teams.
- Own and enhance shared DevOps assets like Helm charts, ensuring quality, documentation, and test coverage.
- Introduce and scale major DevOps improvements such as preview environments, progressive delivery, and observability enhancements.
- Support skill development and career growth within the team, maintaining sustainable delivery pace and strong engagement.
- Collaborate closely with product owners, platform teams, and other stakeholders to align DevOps initiatives with business needs.
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{ following_qualifications_would_be_in_line_with_our_desired_profile_for_this_position: [
- Proven experience managing and mentoring DevOps or infrastructure engineering teams.
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes, Helm (chart design, templating, versioning), CI/CD systems (e.g., GitLab CI/CD), containerization, and Git workflows.
- Familiarity with cloud providers (e.g., AWS), observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), and security-aware CI/CD practices is a plus.
- Excellent leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills.
- Ability to foster a collaborative, growth-oriented, and empathetic team culture.
- Experience standardizing deployment processes and driving cross-team adoption of best practices.
- You're passionate about your work, but also know how to enjoy your free time!
] } ;
Got the feeling not to match every single requirement? Don’t worry! We encourage you to apply anyways, even if your qualifications do not align perfectly. You might still be just the right candidate for us!
{ { … a_place_to_stay_together:
From Morning Daily to Afterwork Drink, team spirit is essential to us. The heart of our togetherness is that we truly are connected with each other: We not only share fun & laughter, but also honest opinions - because that's how we grow: We exchange ideas, give support in our personal development, and celebrate success together! Besides our great community, we also offer numerous other benefits...
} } ;
Ready to apply?
Apply to DKB Code Factory