Senior Engineering Manager – Marketplace

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential SaaS client in the e-commerce marketplace space. They're seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead critical engineering teams focused on seller experience and marketplace integrations in Paris, France.

This is a strategic leadership role overseeing approximately 12 engineers across two squads, working on systems that connect sellers and brands with major global marketplaces. You'll partner closely with product and design teams while driving technical excellence and people development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop two engineering squads responsible for seller journey experience and integrations with external marketplaces, ensuring reliable delivery and maintaining high engineering standards
• Partner with Product and Design to define priorities, translate business needs into execution plans, and balance trade-offs between delivery speed, quality, and technical sustainability
• Drive technical direction across your scope—challenge architectural choices, ensure scalability and maintainability, and elevate 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 attracting strong talent
• Build effective operating models for your teams—improve ways of working, protect team focus, foster ownership, and enable collaboration with distributed international stakeholders
• Manage delivery, priorities, and trade-offs across multiple teams simultaneously in a fast-moving environment

What We're Looking For

Required Experience:

• At least 4-5 years managing engineering teams, with proven track record leading teams of 5-6+ engineers, ideally across multiple squads
• Experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, channel management, feed management, catalog or order management, or closely related domains
• Solid Java background with 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 approach
• Experience collaborating with international and cross-functional stakeholders across time zones

Required Skills:

• Engineering leadership: ability to set direction, delegate effectively, and develop people at all levels
• Execution in complexity: capable of managing delivery across multiple teams simultaneously
• Technical judgment: able to engage in Java architecture discussions, challenge integration design choices, and guide engineers on distributed systems
• Fluent English (approximately 50% of working time will be in English)
• Full professional proficiency in French

Technical Environment:

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

Work Arrangement: Based in Paris or Bordeaux office with one day of remote work per week. Close collaboration with US-based colleagues.

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team will:

• Review your application and conduct an initial screening to understand your background and fit for the role
• Present qualified candidates to our client for consideration
• Coordinate the interview process, which includes a hiring manager interview and value-alignment conversations with key stakeholders
• Support you throughout the entire process with transparent communication

Important: Please apply only through Get A Job.ai. Do not attempt to contact the client directly, as this may disqualify your application.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on your experience and qualifications.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive recruiting process. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.