Head of Engineering Team - Cloud solutions

At Nexus, we secure the new society that emerges in the ever-expanding world of digital transformation. By constantly challenging ourselves to go further and do better, we’re developing cutting-edge technology for high demanding global clients. Nexus’ Smart ID solutions and IoT platforms are revolutionizing how we perceive trusted identities. Do you want to be a part of our journey?

Nexus, a part of the French IN Groupe, is a European leader and innovative identity management company. We secure society by enabling trusted identities for people and things. With 300 employees, some would consider us a smaller company, but we have the privilege to protect the workforce and IoT solutions for world class customers.

We are offering you a chance to be part of a product/service company, just when the tech is starting to take off. Even though PKI has been around for decades, during the recent times the market has really started to understand the need for it. Billions of IoT devices, Zero Trust and working from home put pressure on society to evolve the next generation of secure identities, and we are in the midst of it. And you can be in the middle of Nexus, furthering our core service portfolio.

Henrik Hjelm,  our  Development Director, is looking to strengthen the team with an experienced leader within DevOps oriented software development, to take on the very honorary task of leading a newly formed team. This is a permanent position open to all applicants intending to relocate as soon as possible. The location can be either in our Stockholm office or in Ettlingen, near Karlsruhe in Germany.

About the team

You will join a team of enthusiastic engineers based in Stockholm, Malmö and Ettlingen. The team is part of the engineering department whose mission is to provide a modern and future proof SaaS environment for Nexus customers for IoT, Workplace and Workforce solutions.

In the team, we help each other a lot, both to enable learning, but also to spread knowledge about Nexus specific topics. We try to enable time to read and learn new things, so that we can have the ability to implement new solutions that support our platforms in the best way.

What would you be doing at Nexus

As Software engineer manager, you will manage a team of currently 8 people and will be the driver of workflow standardization for the SaaS services. You will provide key skills and know-how in the areas of automation and Cloud solutions.

This is a multi-function role; your prime objective will be to be a great leader for a great team. This includes day-to-day stuff like stand-ups, supporting the team in making sure they have the right foundation to deliver during the sprints and with other tasks. You will be a problem solver within and outside your team.

As a manager at Nexus, you will be fully responsible for all people management tasks, this includes continuous dialog with the team members in 1on1´s and performance reviews. You will also do recruitment, coaching and coordination for the team. You will always have support from the organization, of course!

We want all our leaders to take part in the hands-on work as well. This part depends on who you are. We are a company in transformation, and you will be able to contribute to many different areas. This could be as an Agile coach, Java developer, DevOps engineer driving the Azure DevOps journey, working with Change- and IT management. Your profile and passions will guide this part.

Who are you?

You can have acquired your greatness in many ways. The team you will be leading is using Java and for that reason we want you to have a background as a Java developer. We also think you have relevant manager experience and that you enjoy being a leader with full personnel responsibility.

As stated above, we also want you to work hands-on as well as being a leader. Therefore, we want you to be really good in an area other than Management. We also want you to have experience in cloud services and maybe even with the transformation from on-prem to cloud.

You must have experience in automation, Basic Docker / K8S experience understanding of development culture and methodologies. If you also happen to have BPMN design experience, it’s a big plus, but not a dealbreaker.

The most important thing is who you are. To enjoy your stay at Nexus, we think you should be passionate about development as a craft. This will give you the persistence and the drive to always work toward best practices, take pride in the solution you and your team provide for our amazing customers and it will keep you curious and open-minded to new ways of working.

Nexus Group’s main language is English and you will be able to do a great job with only fluency in English. But for your comfort, it will be good if you know some German or Swedish for the lunch-room.

Life at Nexus

The road to success is usually not straight forward and there are many alternative routes to get there. At Nexus, we have some guiding principles. Here we do things together as a team and, no matter where at Nexus you work, we expect you to collaborate. We never assume and do our best to be open-minded, to listen to understand. “Own it!” is always in our mindset. We take ownership of what we do and of Nexus as a whole. We value initiatives to get things out. We always seek for constant improvement. In an environment that’s filled with skilled and creative colleagues, and a culture that encourages people to make their ideas happen, you can have an impact like nowhere else. We all help each other to build new skills and best practices through the diversity of our backgrounds and opinions - while having a lot of fun in the process.

Diversity

Nexus is an equal opportunity employer. We truly believe in being ONE Nexus. You are welcomed at Nexus for who you are, no matter where you come from or what you look like. Our technology is for everyone, and so is our workplace. So, bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background to thrive, collaborate, and be forward-thinking! It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep innovating the way we secure the world.