Task information:

The Core Payments Platform Tribe is dedicated to supporting everyday banking needs by providing a seamless and highly efficient payment system for its target markets. This team focuses on delivering exceptional performance while prioritizing compliance, security, and availability. Through standardization and innovation, the Tribe ensures its platform remains at the forefront of modern payment solutions.

The team is seeking new members to contribute to the modernization of its payment systems using a cutting-edge, microservice-based architecture. Technologies like gRPC, Kafka, Kubernetes/OpenShift, ELK, and soon AWS, play a central role in this transformation.

As part of its growth, the Tribe is looking for a Chapter Lead (Engineering Manager) to help lead this journey of modernization at Danske Bank. This position involves managing a group of developers while being actively involved in the development of the new core payments platform and other critical components. The Chapter Lead plays a dual role, combining leadership with hands-on development responsibilities. This "playing coach" model ensures meaningful contributions both in writing high-quality code and guiding team members to excel in their roles.

If you're passionate about driving innovation and fostering growth in a collaborative and impactful environment, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant difference.

Responsibilities:

• Be the HR manager for other skilled software engineers, you being accountable for them growing both on a professional and on a personal level. This includes classical HR responsibilities, performance reviews, trainings and recruitment activities
• Create an encouraging and collaborative environment through inclusive and empowering leadership
• Define engineering guidelines incl. practices to improve the work of chapter
• Work closely together with the IT Tribe Lead, Solution Architects, and the other Chapter Leads to ensure we attract, develop, and retain a team of highly skilled and motivated people with a good team spirit
• Be responsible for your chapter and support chapter members in any need they have related to HR or their area of competence
• Be part of one of the squads in the Core Payments Platform tribe and delivering towards sprint goals together with your team utilizing various tools and according to Software Engineering practices (CI/CD, DevOps, Java as a chosen language, Test automation practices and AWS)

Requirements:

• You are a catalyst leader and embody that in how you approach the work and motivate others
• You have a good understanding of IT architecture and hands-on experience with solution design (frequent deployment strategies, containerization, enterprise monitoring and logging, different types of API strategies)
• You have experience in high-profile software engineering projects built with enterprise languages like Java in containerized or distributed architecture
• You come with strong leadership skills. You have ideally been a leader for some years, with an engineering background
• High quality standards on your previous software engineering projects which included automated Unit, Integration or E2E tests
• You are pragmatic and can take important decisions without getting lost in the details
• You have advanced English language skills and are a good communicator

Company offers:

• Growth Opportunities: Professional team, e-learning, development programs, professional certifications, and internal mobility across 100+ professions.
• Health & Well-being: Inclusive work environment, additional health insurance, mental well-being practices, psychologist counselling compensation, and relaxation zones in the office.
• Hybrid Working: Home office budget after probation, modern Danske Campus, and flexible work arrangements.
• Additional Leave: Paid days off for health, volunteering, education, and seniority.
• Monetary Compensation: Insurance for accidents, critical illness, travel insurance, and IIIrd Pillar Pension Fund contribution.

Additional Perks:

• Gym Access: 24/7 gym services and group training.
• Free Parking: Including charging stations for cars, bicycles, and e-scooters.
• Canteen Services: Healthy meals, free fruits, and tea.
• Financial Support: For unexpected life events.
• Flexible Work & Payout: One-time €700 home office upgrade payment.
• Health Benefits: Private health insurance covering diagnostics, treatment, and rehabilitation.

Work-Life Balance and Emotional Rewards:

• Support for sports, professional, and volunteer activities.
• Additional leave and modern work environment reflecting Nordic values.

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