What makes us Qlik?
A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 15 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.
We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.
We were also recognized as one of National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada, read on to see why!
The Vice President of Development, Qlik Platform Role
We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Vice President of Development to lead the strategy, design, development, and operation of the Qlik Platform which supports our Analytics and Data Business Units with identities & authentication, content management, content discovery, licensing, access control, administration, telemetry and platform AI services. Supporting more than $300M in ARR with 99.5% reliability, you will drive our Platform as a Product initiative as Qlik scales capabilities, usage, workloads and revenue. This leader will drive innovation, scalability, reusability and efficiency across our engineering organization – enabling our Business Units to accelerate software delivery, improve developer experience and achieve new levels of productivity resiliency and scale.
Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:
Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the vision and roadmap for Qlik platform, aligning with company goals and engineering needs.Platform Development: Oversee the architecture and delivery of platform services and capabilities, building the foundation for Qlik’s future.Team Management: Build and lead high-performing platform engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.Operational Excellence: Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of platform services. Establish clear SLAs and KPIs.Developer Experience: Evangelize resilient engineering practices within Platform and across Business Units to reduce friction, improve productivity and in the development lifecycle.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Qlik’s Business Units, product management, security, IT, and other stakeholders to support platform adoption and integration.Cost and Risk Management: Optimize cloud and infrastructure costs, and ensure security, compliance, and governance of platform components.We’re looking for a teammate with:
15+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role focused on platform engineering or DevOps.Proven experience building scalable internal platforms in a modern cloud-native environment (e.g., AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform).Strong understanding of developer workflows, and CI/CD pipelinesDemonstrated ability to influence and drive alignment across diverse technical teams.Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech company or startup environment, an asset. Familiarity with modern programming languages and microservice architectures, an asset. Experience with platform observability, service mesh, and internal developer portals, an asset. Experience with high reliability systems at global cloud scale, an asset.
The location for this role is:
Ottawa, ON Canada
Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!
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What else do we offer?
National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada: https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-qliktech Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programsCulture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and opennessFlexible, diverse, and international work environment
Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world” day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs
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