Engineering Lead, Porsche Digital
Porsche Digital Barcelona
1-5 days a week in office
Automotive digital innovation studio
Be an early applicant
Automotive digital innovation studio
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
1-5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To discover and scale new digital business models, as well as to optimize existing products.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and advanced technologies
- 5+ years of leadership experience, including team leadership and delegation
- Proven ability to lead in dynamic environments such as startups or advisory firms
- Strong understanding of the digital services industries
- Experience building and scaling engineering teams and organizations
- Deep knowledge of cloud-native development (preferably AWS), DevOps, and modern software architecture
- Passion for mentoring, coaching, and developing others
- Excellent communication skills in English
What the job involves
- You will join a vibrant, international, and cross-functional product organization in Barcelona, where we build digital experiences that reflect the premium quality and innovation of the Porsche brand
- As an Engineering Lead, you’ll play a dual role: driving engineering excellence across teams and serving as a People Lead, nurturing talent and fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and purpose
- You’ll work closely with Tech Leads, Engineers, Product Managers, Designers, and other stakeholders to shape our technical strategy, team structure, and engineering culture
- Build and scale high-performing engineering teams through hiring, onboarding, and talent retention
- Promote and establish best practices in Software Engineering (CI/CD, Architecture, Security etc.)
- Lead strategic engineering initiatives and foster a strong product engineering culture
- Represent engineering in executive and cross-functional leadership forums
- Monitor team performance, delivery, and satisfaction, ensuring alignment with business goals
- Remove organizational impediments and enable teams to deliver value efficiently
- Facilitate cross-team and cross-location collaboration for knowledge sharing and technical alignment
- You will focus on guiding, supporting, and developing team members so they can perform and grow, rather than managing tasks or projects
- Support team members in connecting their work to broader company and product goals
- Mentor and coach, guiding personal development and fostering ownership
- Lead hiring processes, ensuring strong cultural and technical fit
- Ensure smooth onboarding/offboarding and cultivate a sense of belonging
- Promote psychological safety, open feedback, and strong team spirit
- Conduct fair and transparent performance reviews, development talks, and compensation discussions
- Collaborate with other People Leads to evolve leadership practices and support co-worker satisfaction
- Apply key labor laws and company policies with the support of People Partners
Application process
- Most of the hiring process takes place online, but one of the final steps is an in-person meeting at our office with some of our team members. It’s a great chance to connect face to face, see where we work, and get a feel for our culture
Our take
The automobile industry has long since been dominated by vehicles powered by petrol or diesel with no bells and whistles, but as technological innovation changes the rest of the world, the automobile industry has been similarly affected. Electric cars are becoming commonplace, charging points are becoming increasingly common and the way we purchase and interact with our cars is becoming digital, and it is important for car producers to recognise this and future-proof their brand.
Porsche Digital provides a digital innovation studio for Porsche automobiles, working to future-proof the brand with technology for environmental sustainability, sales optimisation, electric vehicle charging, and VR experiences. In addition to innovating on Porsche cars, the studio also provides advanced industry solutions for IoT, blockchain, AI, and quantum computing, inviting brands outside of Porsche to future-proof their brand.
Whilst digital innovation studios are nothing new, the automobile industry is developing rapidly and older sports car brands are being replaced with newer brands, so Porsche Digital has been smart to find its niche in Porsche vehicle innovation. Through its studio, the company aims to future-proof the Porsche brand for the future of automobiles, whilst ensuring that customer experiences become more interactive and engaging than ever before.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
48% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Dog-friendly office
- Personal development budget
- Permanent employment contract
- 30 days vacation
- Attractive salary & bonus
- Christmas and vacation pay
- Pension benefits
- Subsidy for your BVG ticket
- Access to our corporate benefits
- Possibility of mobility leasing (e.g. Job Rad , VW Leasing)
- Referral bonuses for recruiting new talent
Company HQ
Ludwigsburg, Germany
Leadership
Stefan Zerweck
(CEO)Stefan initially joined Porsche Digital in 2019 as the COO before becoming CEo in 2024. Prior to this, they worked at Porsche AG as a Director of Digital Ecosystem. They also worked as a Managing Director at Mercedes-Benz.io and as a Senior Manager of Digital Experience at Daimler AG.
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