R&D Director/Manager (QT)

A Headhunting company specialized on finding and delivering excellent candidates for technical positions – mainly IT and management! 
Customized services to our exclusive clients by use of a collaborative approach to understand the company culture in order to provide candidates that share same business values and personal behavior to increase the hiring success rate.
9 specialized IT recruiters located in Bucharest, Iasi and Cluj.
We are focus on details to increase efficiency, saving clients and candidates time providing Quality not Quantity!

Expected experience and knowledge:

Master/Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering
Leader with management experience of at least 5 years, of at least 3 teams (30+ employees)
Experience with build development teams from the beginning
Ability to write high-performance, maintainable, reusable code
Knowledge and experience of more than 5 years with Java/Scala and JS
Experience in Agile and Atlassian suite
Knowledge and understanding of End-2-End systems including, Specs, Dev, QA, DevOps
Knowledge and experience with: BigData, Spark or other
Knowledge and experience with no-SQL DB like Elastichsearch, Mongo
Knowledge and experience with: Docker, Kubernetes
Knowledge and understanding of Cloud systems like AWS
Proficient in a Unix/Linux environment
Advantage – Background in Machine Learning, NLP or related field
Deep understanding of Cyber Security domain

Development management:

Establish from scratch the development teams required
Leads development projects within the Group
Be the Cyber guru of the team
Be the technology ole model with coding hands-on ability that can be example for other team members to accomplish various jobs and to thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced R&D and lab/testing environment.
Cooperates closely with Product Owners to assure development focus and target delivery; co-develops product roadmaps
Encourages “best-practice” sharing through the participation and promotion of meetings, newsletters, knowledge sharing programs and all other initiatives
Ensures proper risk management
Improves the achievements of his group
Promotes a culture of quality (zero defects approach) in his teams
Manages and prioritizes the team’s tasks, while balancing business thinking with the team’s needs
Lead continuous improvement in process and engineering practices on the company level
Support and empower team growth in becoming a Scrum self-organized team, capable of execution according to plan and meeting commitments
Effective collaboration with other groups and departments: TPO, Engineers, Architects, Dev, Stakeholders etc.
Technology leadership – Passion for best practices, re-use, knowledge sharing
Facilitate product technology innovation and improvement of engineering practices
People management:

Defines challenging goals for himself and his group
Helps his/her employees in getting the best out of themselves. Encourages autonomy and independence of the employees
Runs performance management and performance improvement processes within the group
Is Involved in the professional activity and invests in developing the team: Directs, educates, brings about process improvements and specialization
Takes full accountability for the continuous improvement of his group
Committed and accountable for the professional development of his group members
Coaches and supports his employees
Invests in team building and motivation within the group
Help the team to identify and resolve risks and impediments, resolve bottlenecks and conflicts
Set and meet the performances by KPIs

What we offer:

The opportunity to work in creative and dynamic teams.
Great office located on Calea Floreasca, close to Aurel Vlaicu metro station and the Promenada Mall, great benefits and a unique working environment.