Senior Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential SaaS organization seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead two high-impact engineering squads in Paris. In this role, you will:

• Lead and develop two engineering squads totaling approximately 12 engineers based in Paris and Bordeaux, with responsibility for seller journey solutions and integrations with major external marketplaces including Amazon, Walmart, and Zalando
• Partner closely with Product and Design to define priorities, translate business needs into execution plans, and make trade-offs balancing delivery speed, quality, and technical sustainability
• Drive the technical direction of your teams by challenging architectural choices, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions, and raising best practices in testing, observability, and incident management
• Develop your people through coaching engineers and tech leads, identifying growth opportunities, conducting performance and career conversations, and contributing to talent acquisition
• Build a strong operating model for your teams by improving ways of working pragmatically, protecting team focus, fostering ownership, and enabling effective collaboration with distributed international stakeholders

What We're Looking For

Required Experience:

• At least 4 to 5 years of experience managing engineering teams, with a track record of leading teams of 5 to 6 engineers or more, ideally across multiple squads
• Proven experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, channel management, feed management, catalog management, or order management domains
• A solid Java background with the depth to challenge architectural decisions, assess technical trade-offs, and manage Java engineering teams with credibility
• Demonstrated ability to deliver in demanding, fast-moving environments while protecting team focus and adapting management approaches
• Experience collaborating with international and cross-functional stakeholders across time zones

Essential Skills:

• Engineering leadership: ability to set direction, delegate effectively, and develop people at all levels
• Execution in complexity: capable of managing delivery, priorities, and trade-offs across multiple teams simultaneously
• Technical judgment: able to engage in Java architecture discussions, challenge integration design choices, and guide engineers on complex distributed systems
• Fluent English: able to lead discussions, challenge decisions, and collaborate autonomously with US-based and international partners (approximately 50% of working time will be in English)
• Full professional proficiency in French required

Technical Environment:

• Java (recent versions)
• Spring Framework
• SQL
• Cloud platforms
• Microservices architecture

Location: Paris office with one day of remote work per week

How We Work With You

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Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team.

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