Interim Engineering Manager - Freelance mission 6 to 12 months

Freelance
Paris
A few days at home
Salary: Not specified
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The position

Job description

Statement of Work

Team Management:

  • Manage and lead a team of Software Engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and coaching to team members.

  • Drive people management initiatives, including hiring, performance evaluation, career development, and employee retention.

  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.

Technical Leadership:

  • Be accountable for your team’s projects, make technical decisions, and solve complex challenges in a demanding technical environment with a reactive architecture.

  • Partner with product managers to build and refine the team’s roadmap.

  • Ensure your team follows company technical standards and architectural patterns effectively.

  • Monitor system performance in your domain to maintain the quality of service despite rapidly growing loads.

  • Establish and enforce architectural standards and ensure proper implementation of automated testing.

Delivery:

  • Be responsible for successful roadmap execution, providing clear visibility and reporting for tracking progress at scale.

  • Lead cross-team and cross-domain collaborations, ensuring effective communication among all stakeholders.

  • Maintain operational excellence in production and manage incident responses effectively.

✨ Our technical environment:

Programming Languages: TypeScript (NestJS, fp-ts)

Databases: PostgreSQL

Data Streaming: Kafka ; GraphQL

Containerization & Cloud Platforms: Kubernetes ; AWS


Preferred experience

You’re a great match if:

  • You have at least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer and at least 2 years of experience as a manager.

  • You have strong leadership and team management skills

  • You have worked in complex environments involving product, QA, security, and platform teams.

  • Proficiency in software development and a solid understanding of system architecture.

  • Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

  • Familiarity with coding standards, security protocols, and QA/testing processes.

  • You are familiar with automated testing and continuous integration.

  • You have experience with distributed systems or microservices architecture.

  • You have worked with GraphQL and Kafka.

  • You have strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to align engineering goals with business priorities.

  • Fluent in English


Recruitment process

  • A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions

  • An interview with our Engineering Director

  • Design System interview

  • VP Engineering interview

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