Director, Engineering – Retail Media & Marketplace

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Netherlands, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Establish the engineering vision across Retail Media and Marketplace sectors

• Determine where platforms should integrate or maintain their separation

• Lead and expand an engineering team of approximately 40 engineers across 5–7 groups

• Mentor Engineering Managers and their respective teams

• Shape the organization as the domains progress while fostering clear ownership and autonomy

• Take responsibility for delivery, reliability, architecture, and technical debt

• Enhance engineering maturity and empower teams to operate swiftly without sacrificing quality

• Collaborate on roadmaps with Product and Commercial leadership

• Link engineering priorities to take rate, advertiser ROAS, seller economics, and contribution margin

• Cultivate engineering partnerships with external platforms, integrators, and agencies

• Make decisions regarding build/buy/partner strategies

• Oversee integrations, SLAs, and vendor performance

• Report directly to the Executive Director of Engineering / VP of Engineering

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience leading multiple engineering teams through managers or leads

• Proven track record of guiding organizations through significant transformations, such as domain mergers, introducing new scopes, or platform replacements

• Experience in developing commercial B2B platforms like marketplaces, retail media, ad tech, payments, or seller/partner platforms

• Familiarity with high-traffic and transactional systems

• Strong technical judgment complemented by commercial insight

• Ability to align engineering decisions with business outcomes

• Proven experience in confidently partnering with senior Product and Commercial stakeholders

• Demonstrated measurable advancements in engineering excellence

• Comfort in navigating ambiguity, managing external partners, and balancing competing priorities

• Proficient English communication skills are essential

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees have the option to work remotely

• Work from Home: personalized work location arrangements, including up to 20 days a year anywhere in the EU

• Membership in Urban Sports Club (M) package

• Access to various internal and external training opportunities

• 30 days of paid vacation annually plus an additional day on Rosenmontag

• Option to take up to 10 days of unpaid vacation after one year of employment

• Company pension scheme available

• Dedicated external consultant for pension guidance and advice