Descripción de la oferta
Country: Spain Role Overview You will lead the activation and scaling of engineering excellence across Santander by building a vibrant, community-driven ecosystem of software engineering practices. Rather than focusing solely on defining standards, you will ensure their adoption, evolution, and continuous improvement through a federated “inner source” model, inspired by leading open‑source communities. You will orchestrate a global network of engineers, champions, and communities of practice to co‑create and evolve “The Santander Way” of building software—embedding modern SDLC practices, developer experience, and AI‑enabled engineering into the daily work of teams. In close collaboration with Domains and Platforms, you will turn engineering excellence into a living system—a community‑led, data‑informed, and continuously improving model where best practices are shared, reused, and scaled organically across the Group. Key Responsibilities Adoption & Scaling of Engineering Practices: Drive the adoption of SDLC standards, quality, DevSecOps, and AI‑assisted development through community mechanisms (champions, COE, showcases) rather than top‑down enforcement; ensure practices are embedded in day‑to‑day engineering workflows. Community‑Driven Standards Evolution: Partner with Domains and Platforms to evolve standards into living assets that are continuously improved by the community based on real usage, feedback, and data. Engineering Insights: Establish a “Data‑Driven Agentic Engineering” framework and build/supervise analytics platforms that track DORA metrics, cycle time, and deployment frequency to provide leadership with visibility into the health of the SDLC. Developer Experience & Enablement: Promote reusable platforms, inner‑source assets, and self‑service capabilities to create a frictionless developer experience; act as a catalyst for the adoption of developer tools through community engagement and feedback loops. What You’ll Bring Strong background in software engineering with experience in large‑scale, distributed systems. Proven experience in software development analytics—using data to identify opportunities for improvement. Technical leadership: ability to speak the language of both developers and business stakeholders. Experience leading organizational shifts in complex, regulated environments such as Tier 1 banking. History of breaking down silos between business and engineering teams. Acts as an enabler and coach rather than a directive authority. Promotes a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and experimentation. Encourages autonomy, accountability, and cross‑functional collaboration. Builds trust across Domains, Platforms, and leadership teams. Champions engineering craftsmanship and an Agile mindset at all levels. Reporting Line Reports to: Head of Engineering Excellence & Enablement Benefits Global career opportunities and broad career paths. Hybrid working model with flexibility for remote and onsite days as well as flexible hours. Access to hundreds of courses via the Santander Open Academy and internal learning platforms. Competitive salary with performance‑based bonuses. Preferential banking terms, special interest rates on loans, life insurance, and more. Holistic wellbeing support through BeHealthy, the global wellness programme. Childcare support and family‑friendly programmes tailored to life stages. Legal, emotional, and administrative advisory services via Santander Contigo. Gym/WellHub membership, medical centres at select facilities, meal subsidies, parking, shuttle service in Madrid, and exclusive discounts for employees. Local Compliance Santander is proud of being an organization that offers equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible application process for all candidates. #J-18808-Ljbffr
