Engineering Site Lead at Iterable

We are building an Engineering Center of Excellence in Portugal and need an experienced leader to guide its growth. As Iterable’s Engineering Site Lead, you will shape a high-performing team that delivers scalable customer-engagement technology used by nearly 1,200 companies worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire onsite engineering teams across multiple product areas while aligning with global engineering and product leadership.
• Guide the design, delivery, and scaling of several products, setting KPIs that turn data into clear business outcomes.
• Recruit top engineering talent and grow the Portugal site toward a headcount of 100+ engineers.
• Champion a productive, inclusive work environment that reflects Iterable’s values of Trust, Growth Mindset, Balance, and Humility.
• Represent engineering in customer calls, deal-closing meetings, and incident handling.
• Build Iterable’s local brand by hosting community events, attending university programs, and staying active in the broader tech scene.
• Travel to the United States two to three times a year for technical leadership meetings.

Must-haves

• At least ten years of experience managing the full software-delivery lifecycle in enterprise or consumer SaaS and mobile environments.
• Proven success leading a mid-sized engineering organization of 30 or more people, with a track record of scaling a site to 100+ engineers.
• Hands-on familiarity with Scala, Elasticsearch, Postgres, Redis, Terraform, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, plus the ability to coach teams on these technologies.
• Extensive experience running SaaS workloads on AWS infrastructure.
• Strong history of working with US-based technology companies and ideally some prior tenure in the United States.
• Experience serving as the engineering voice in sales calls and customer-incident situations.
• Highly analytical, data-driven approach to setting goals and measuring progress.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluency in English; Portuguese fluency is a plus.
• Legally authorized to work in the EU.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior involvement in local tech-community events or university recruiting programs.
• Experience establishing engineering culture at a newly launched site.

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life and risk assurance coverage.
• Daily meal allowance of 8.55 €.
• 22 days of paid annual leave plus 14 public holidays.
• Additional paid “Balance Days.”
• Paid sabbatical leave.
• Fully equipped laptop workstation.