Ritchie Bros, the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles, is now in a rapid growth phase and on the path to transforming and modernizing their Rbauction website and its technical architecture. Therefore, they are now looking for three Engineering Leads to join their forces in Helsinki, and this is where your input and skills will be needed!
In this key role, you will build and lead a team of approximately 5 tech professionals, consisting of software and QA engineers. You will have a responsibility for one or more functional areas in the e-commerce website and your main task is to create a joyful and productive creative environment for the team to deliver high-quality software. More specifically, your role will include the following tasks:
- Hiring and retaining a group of talented software engineers and QA engineers, motivating and mentoring them to achieve maximum productivity
- Creating a productive, enabling environment and assuring resilient, self-healing software products with maximum quality
- Focusing on understanding the full team lean value stream and managing and monitoring performance and waste within that value stream
- Partnering with Staff Engineers and Product Management to come up with realistic design proposals and development schedules. Breaking down a large body of work into multiple phases of development tasks, and allocating development and testing resources to hit project milestones
- Building skillsets within the team through partnership with Engineering Enablement teams and assuring team members have the skills and tools necessary to achieve their targets
The main emphasis of the role is on leading, mentoring, and coaching, but to achieve the team’s technical milestones, a suitable background in software development and a thorough understanding of the relevant technologies are necessary. The auction software is built with the following technologies and frameworks, but we don’t expect you to have experience with all of them: CircleCI, Helm, Kubernetes (EKS), CodeClimate, Snyk, Github, Spotbugs, Vault, Java Spring Boot, Jacoco, Next.js, Nx, Jest, AWS, Java, OpenSearch, DynamoDB.
This could be a perfect opportunity for a software professional now wanting to take the next step into a leading role, as we do not require prior experience in managerial or lead roles. However, experience in positions is considered an advantage. Most importantly, we are looking for a person with the capability to manage and coach software development projects and lead a team of engineers for the entire cycle of product development, from requirements gathering to producing software specifications, developing and testing software, until the successful release of the projects.
Ritchie Bros offers you:
- Possibility to join a global and stable organization that has the benefits of a smaller company, while providing stability and career development opportunities
- A key role in the transformation and modernization of the auction website, supported by experienced colleagues – in this role, you’ll have an actual impact on the result
- Company culture that fosters coaching and mentoring, and emphasizes the importance of well-led development teams
- Comfortable working community – People at Ritchie Bros are highly engaged and long careers speak for themselves
- Great office location in the heart of Helsinki, but flexibility for remote work too
- Fringe benefits such as lunch and sports & culture benefit
- An annual bonus of up to 15% of the yearly salary
We hope you have:
- Relevant degree in computer science or equivalent
- 6+ years of experience in software development, ideally focusing on modern frontend development and technologies
- Solid technical understanding of AWS cloud, frontend frameworks and advanced deployments with Kubernetes
- Supportive approach to leadership with a willingness to coach and mentor others
- Strong communication and team-leading skills combined with an ability to work in a multicultural team
- Ability to take responsibility and make decisions independently
- Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English.
We consider as an advantage:
- Prior experience in tech management or lead roles
Practicalities:
In this full-time and permanent position, you will be employed directly by Ritchie Bros. The start time in the role is as soon as possible. Ritchie Bros has an office in the heart of Helsinki, but you can work either remotely or at the office. However, we hope you are willing to visit the Helsinki office upon agreement to meet your team and colleagues. As you will be working with the US-based teams and projects, we hope you have flexibility to participate meetings at about 5-6 pm Finnish time when needed. The base salary in this position is approximately 7000 €/month depending on your experience and will be negotiated individually
Excited about this opportunity? Let’s get things going!
Please submit your CV in PDF format or share your LinkedIn profile by the latest on Sunday 25th of August via aTalent’s application system. A motivation letter is optional, but with a role-specific motivation letter, you can stand out by providing more information about your relevant skills and why this would be the next career step for you. You are welcome to mention your salary request and preferred starting date in your application documents. Please note that we do not process applications by email.
For more information about Ritchie Bros please visit their website https://rbglobal.com/ ; For more information about the position and the recruitment process please contact aTalent’s Senior Recruitment Manager Kiira Ojala (+358 50 553 7760, kiira.ojala[at]atalent.fi).
RB Global is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value-added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes, including automotive, commercial transportation, construction, government surplus, lifting and material handling, energy, mining and agriculture.
The company’s marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding, and IAA, a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers. RB Global’s portfolio of brands also includes Rouse Services, which provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; Xcira, a leader in live simulcast auction technologies; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport.