Staff Engineer - Billund

Job Description · Be the connector between strategy and execution. As Staff Engineer, you will align teams, shape technical direction, and help create a unified engineering ecosystem that supports innovation across the LEGO Group. · In this role, you will drive the design and evo ...

Jobbeskrivelse

Job Description

Be the connector between strategy and execution. As Staff Engineer, you will align teams, shape technical direction, and help create a unified engineering ecosystem that supports innovation across the LEGO Group.

In this role, you will drive the design and evolution of robust, scalable architectures that empower our colleagues to build with confidence and deliver exceptional experiences to our customers.

In this role, you will be the vital link between product strategy and technical execution, working closely with Lead Engineers and Principal Engineers to ensure scalable and maintainable solutions. You will help coordinate efforts across teams, contributing to a connected, efficient engineering environment.

*Please note that no relocation support is offered for this position*

Core Responsibilities

• Drive discovery and alignment across multiple domains within a cluster to ensure clear partner communication and shared understanding towards key program activities

• Support Engineering, Design and Product leadership by facilitating technical collaboration and decision-making between multiple product managers and engineering leads

• Ensure alignment of technical direction as set by Principal Engineers and drive consistency in execution across product teams and clusters, fostering a unified approach that supports the broader organisational strategy

• Collaborate effectively with multiple digital domains, pointing the right people in the right direction to tackle complex challenges

• Advocate for engineering standards and processes by standardising and paving the way for consistent execution across teams

• Facilitate the adoption of new engineering practices and cultural initiatives that enhance collaboration, innovation, and delivery effectiveness across a cluster of product teams

• Maintain good communication and people skills to influence without authority and foster a culture of continuous improvement

• Develop and share deep technical expertise, including domain knowledge and subject matter expertise

• Produce and maintain technical documentation and storytelling to ensure transparency and clear communication while also mentoring and growing lead engineers towards these outcomes

• Build POCs to explore new technologies and validate solutions, enabling informed decision-making and innovation within the teams

Play your part in our team succeeding

This part of the Digital Technology organization primarily supports the Markets & Channels Technology areas of the LEGO group with digital solutions.

Do you have what it takes?

• Demonstrable experience as a Lead Engineer and/or senior engineering role, ideally bridging multiple teams or domains

• Good communication skills with the ability to align collaborators and facilitate cross-team collaboration

• Proven ability to advocate and implement engineering standards and best practices.

• Experience in technical leadership without direct authority, influencing outcomes through expertise and interpersonal skills

• Deep understanding of technical strategy, architecture, and domain knowledge in your area of expertise

• Skilled in elevating technical discussions and simplifying complex problems

• A collaborative attitude with a passion for enabling and mentoring others

• Personal drive and ownership to push initiatives forward and ensure follow-through

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and modern software development practices

• Familiarity with Domain Driven Design and microservices architecture

• Background in agile methodologies and continuous delivery

• Exposure to infrastructure as code, serverless, or DevOps practices

• Experience working directly with senior IT groups in an advisory role

Advanced English both written and verbal would be ideal as we are an internationally gathered team.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.

"Bring your tech talent and people passion into play and become part of a big IT community and get the chance to spar with other specialists that share interest"

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Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What's in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights.

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