Director of Software Engineering

Do you want to work to make Power for Good? We are the world's largest independent renewable energy company, driven by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy. We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset, so that is why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally. Our competitive package offers rewards and benefits including pension schemes, flexible working, and top-down emphasis on better work‑life balance. We also offer private healthcare, discounted green travel, 25 days holiday with options to buy/sell days, enhanced family leave and four volunteering days per year, so you can make a difference elsewhere.

The Director of Software Engineering reports to the Senior Vice President of Product. This role drives technical strategy, fosters cross‑functional collaboration, and delivers secure, scalable SaaS B2B industrial data analytics solutions. Embracing our vision of a zero‑carbon future and our mission to innovate for cost reduction, value creation, and sustainable growth, this role ensures engineering efforts align with our core values of passion, accountability, collaboration, and excellence. Our culture encourages doing what is right for all stakeholders, turning challenges into opportunities, measuring impact pragmatically, and championing inclusivity for both teams and products. We value leaders who create balanced, equitable environments and are committed to supporting the growth and success of women in engineering roles. We strongly encourage women and under‑represented individuals to apply, and we seek a director who will champion an inclusive hiring strategy across our globally diverse teams. The engineering team is distributed across Spain, the UK and Canada, and thus would require a suitable candidate to work with teams across these regions both remotely and via travel.

Key Accountabilities

• Strategic Technology: Establish and communicate a clear, forward‑looking vision for engineering activities, aligned with business goals and evolving industry trends. Shape the long‑term software engineering strategy, enabling the adoption of innovative technologies (e.g., AI/ML, edge computing, GenAI) while empowering the team to execute detailed technical architecture.
• Engineering Excellence: Foster a culture of technical excellence, ensuring high standards in secure, reliable, and scalable engineering practices. Enable the team to deliver high‑quality solutions by promoting agile practices, data‑driven decision‑making, and continuous improvement.
• Customer‑Centric Leadership: Set the direction for delivering innovative and scalable solutions that address customer challenges and align with Product Management priorities. Guide teams in embedding customer‑centric principles into the engineering processes and deliverables so the products align with design and customer needs.
• Team Leadership and Growth: Build, inspire, and grow a globally distributed, high‑performing engineering team. Oversee recruitment, mentoring, and professional development across key engineering disciplines (e.g., platform engineering, data engineering, ML engineering). Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative culture that supports team growth and development. Support the inclusion of new teams into the organisation.
• Collaboration: Partner closely with product and design teams to align strategic goals, balancing user needs, market opportunities, and technical feasibility. Provide teams with the tools, infrastructure, and operational support needed for cross‑functional collaboration and delivery, including facilitating rapid decision making.
• Resource Allocation: Oversee the effective allocation of engineering resources to align with organisational priorities and cross‑functional objectives. Ensure the right balance of skills, expertise, and capacity across projects and teams to meet delivery timelines and business goals. Continuously assess team capacity and forecast future resource needs based on project pipelines, scaling plans, and evolving organisational objectives. Reallocate resources dynamically to address shifting priorities, bottlenecks, or critical business needs, ensuring engineering efforts remain efficient and focused.
• Design Alignment: Ensure design principles are embedded in engineering workflows to enhance product usability and user experience. Promote seamless collaboration between engineering and design teams to deliver user‑centered solutions.