We are establishing a Global Technology Center in China to serve as a strategic R&D and innovation center for next-generation retail and commercial platforms. As Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for building, leading, and scaling this hub, owning the end-to-end engineering strategy, execution, and talent agenda.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams (ICs and Engineering Managers) within complex, fast-moving, product-driven organizations operating at global scale.
- A strong technical foundation with hands-on experience designing and evolving large-scale e-commerce platforms, including customer-facing, transactional, and backend commerce systems.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, platform architecture, and integration patterns, with systems operating across regions and regulatory environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills—you translate technical complexity into clarity, influence decision-making, and create alignment across engineering, product, and business leadership.
- A consistent track record of delivering high-impact platforms and products with predictability, quality, and measurable outcomes.
- Experience shaping system architecture, influencing engineering principles and technical standards, and driving strong governance without slowing teams down.
- A genuine passion for coaching, mentoring, and growing engineering leaders, and for building a healthy, high-performing engineering culture.
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, making high-judgment calls, and aligning distributed, cross-regional teams around a shared mission and technical vision.
- A builder’s mindset—resourceful, pragmatic, and execution-oriented, with a bias toward learning fast and iterating intelligently.
- An entrepreneurial spirit—you think in terms of platform leverage, long-term value, and ownership, and you act like a true steward of the technology and the organization.
- Collaborative, grounded, and energized by building platforms and teams that deliver real global business impact.
- Fluent in English and Mandarin and able to operate confidently in cross-cultural environments.
Benefits
- Dynamic, challenging and sportive environment
- International team
- Active environment where each individual thrives for excellence and can achieve their full potential
- Opportunity to be part of a growing team
