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Head of Engineering
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
On-site · Paris, France
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
Head of Engineering at Bigblue, reporting to the co-CEO and working with the Product team to grow engineering from a flat structure into mission-defined teams. Responsible for all software delivery, engineering goal-setting, hiring, and maintaining high product engineering standards.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- On-site · Paris, France
- Languages
- English – professional, French – conversational
What you'll do
- Directly manage engineers, set up a team management structure, and enable teams to be successful
- Contribute to growing Bigblue's strong Product Engineering culture; lead by example as a proficient, relevant and creative product contributor
- Own engineering-wide responsibility for day-to-day execution against priorities while keeping engineering standards extremely high
- Spearhead extremely high software standards by leading by example and doing code reviews to raise the bar continuously
- Partner with the co-CEO and the Product team to drive process changes across teams, ensuring Engineering processes are efficient, collaborative, and foster ownership
- Partner with Mathias and staff/senior engineers to perform architecture and engineering plan reviews
- Drive the engineering roadmap to maintain an excellent, AI-enabled developer experience by continuously investing in tooling and removing bottlenecks
- Source, screen, interview, and hire talented Engineering Managers and Engineers
- Cultivate a happy, motivated, and energized team; grow and manage high and low performers into impactful contributors
What we're looking for
- Have led a growing team of engineers through several evolutions of process and organization, with a strong bias for action
- Demonstrated technical depth and experience in full-stack, distributed systems, enough to dive deep with an engineer, ask the risk questions, and build a precise understanding of Bigblue's stack
- Track record of outstanding people management, ability to influence and engage direct, indirect reports, and peers
- Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and an ability to interface with executive-level management, board of directors, and staff
- Professional English, conversational French
Your team
Engineering
Currently a flat structure, to be grown into mission-defined teams
Benefits
- High impact role: be at the center of our growth journey and help shape the team that will power Bigblue's future
- Founders-led company with an innovative, caring culture
- Fast-growing scale-up: well-funded, early-stage company where your work will have immediate and visible results
- International environment: work across Paris, Madrid, London, and our European warehouse network
- Brand-new offices in the heart of Paris' 9th arrondissement (biggest tech hub)
- 10€ meal voucher per worked day (55% paid by Bigblue) + unlimited free snacks at the office
- ClassPass membership for fitness & wellness
- MacBook or any setup you need — your choice of equipment
- 100% health insurance coverage with Benefiz
How to get hired
- 1Informational call (Google Meet)
- 2Cultural fit in-person meet-up
- 3Experience deep dive (Google Meet)
- 4Onsite interviews (in our Paris offices, half-day)
- 5References
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About Bigblue
Building the logistics backbone for the next generation of commerce
Bigblue helps modern brands deliver a fast, reliable, and transparent post-purchase experience across every sales channel. Backed by €20M+ in funding, the company is expanding across Europe.
Mission
Building the operating system that will power modern commerce operations at a global scale
Key facts
- Paris, France
- Logistics
- Backed by €20M+ in funding
- Expanding across Europe
- Operates across Paris, Madrid, London, and a European warehouse network
- Brand-new offices in Paris' 9th arrondissement
What they value
- High standards
- Growth mindset
- Teamwork
- Curiosity
- Ownership
- Pragmatism