GLOVO — a Barcelona-based startup and the fastest-growing delivery player in Europe, Hispanic America and Africa. With food at the core of the business, Glovo delivers any product within your city at any time of day.
YOUR WORK-LIFE OPPORTUNITY:
Glovo is a global player in the on demand delivery space operating in 22+ countries and growing. Our ambition is to build a super app that will enable anyone to get pretty much anything their city has to offer. To be able to fulfill that mission, we are looking for an experienced engineering leader to join our team in Barcelona and play a key role in building one of Europe’s top tech organizations. As Chief Technology Officer, you will guide our Glovo development teams as we scale from a few hundreds to many more. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders to ensure rapid delivery and platform scalability while influencing product direction through technical insights.
BE A PART OF A TEAM WHERE YOU WILL:
Inherit an extremely talented team of +150 engineers with a budget to expand to 300+. The team has grown quickly from 2018, so is in need of strong leadership and direction, in particular around: the vision of the business, priorities and deliverables; process and discipline; driving collaboration and innovation; and overarching architecture. Efficiency as an outcome of orchestrating all of this is particularly relevant.
Drive a close strategic relationship with Product and the business (management team and board). The business has grown at extraordinary speed so there needs to be more focus on communication and collaboration.
Scalability, reliability, and security: The business is growing exponentially and the platform already supports tens of millions of users. Scalability, reliability, and up-time are critical. Additionally, not only is the amount of data being generated huge, it is highly sensitive (eg: courier, partner and customer data). Data security is paramount.
From product to platform: Built originally as a product, we are evolving into a fully fledged platform that can connect to disparate partners. As a result, the technology also needs to continue to evolve to leverage microservices and APIs.
Technical vision : As technology advances, user preferences change, the CTO will need to bring vision and innovative thinking to ensure the platform remains ahead of the curve — making judgement calls around “buy vs build” is a constant question.
Culture: the engineering culture is taking shape, impacting how the team behaves in terms of building product, paying down debt, investing in infrastructure, but also on hiring and other important aspects of how the team interact on a daily basis such as daily routines, development philosophy, knowledge management. Keeping that evolving in a professional, performance driven manner is key.
A brand ambassador: The CTO will be a key spokesperson for the business. S/he will represent Glovo on a number of forums, groups, events and will be responsible for showcasing Glovo as being in the forefront of technology and overall a high profile company.
YOU HAVE:
Minimum of 5+ years in senior technology leadership role (VP or C-level), experienced in managing and scaling technology teams
5+ years running and scaling data-centric systems ideally in a B2B/B2C environment
Proven experience scaling and leading high performance distributed teams of 100+ whilst retaining and growing careers within the team. Managing a blend of internal employees and external temporary (but still long term) consultants is highly desirable
Strong operations experience: truly understands operational challenges and converts that understanding into visionary technology solutions
Proven technical background with a strong understanding of architecture complimented with experience of managing technical debt and driving the appropriate strategy balance pragmatic choices along the way
Proven experience developing data-led products, using AI / ML
Highly analytical, strong on data and extracting valuable insights from multiple data sources
Confident and inspirational leader, combined with a proper level of emotional intelligence
Strong, structured thinker and communicator at all levels
Experience in high growth environments
EXPERIENCE OUR GLOVO LIFE BENEFITS:
Enticing Phantom Shares plan
Attractive Relocation package (if applicable)
Comprehensive Private Health Insurance
Cobee discounts on kindergarten, transportation, and food
Free monthly Glovo credits to spend on our restaurant products (and zero Glovo delivery fee on all Glovo orders!)
Cool perks such as fresh fruit and healthy snacks every day, beers on Fridays, Culture Days every 2 months!
Discounted Gym memberships
Flexible working environment
WHAT YOU’LL FIND WHEN WORKING AT GLOVO:
Gas: We work hard with energy and passion for what we do.
Care: We act in the best interest of a sustainable future.
Good vibes: We always see the positive side in every situation and act with fairness and honesty with everyone.
Stay Humble: We embrace mistakes and feedback to learn from them.
Glownership: We roll up our sleeves and get work done no matter our position and level.
