We’re looking for our Head of Engineering whose main missions will be to :

1. Lead and scale the engineering team (organization, processes, delivery, hiring, etc.)
2. Manage our engineering leaders and mentor our engineering team members
3. Be the ambassador of our engineering team inside and outside WTTJ!

A bit of context:

• Current teams: Tech (Engineering, SRE, QA, Data, IT & Security), Product (PM, Design)
• Current Engineering team: ~35 people (backend, fullstack, frontend, EM)
• Current Tech & Product team: ~80 people (6 stream-aligned squads + transversal teams)

Our stack:

• Backend: Elixir/Phoenix, Ruby/RoR (historic), RabbitMq, PostgreSQL, Redis
• Frontend: React JS (check welcome-ui, our beloved design system)
• Infrastructure: AWS (migration to k8s in progress)
• Tools from the day-to-day: Github, Circle CI, Sentry, Datadog, Jira, Notion, Slack, Zoom
• You may find more information on our Tech Blog, on our Twitter account or, of course, on our beloved company profile

Reporting to the CTO, your main missions will include:

• Structure the engineering organisation and processes that enables global best performance
• Develop standards and procedures to ensure that quality standards are met and consistent
• Management of the whole engineering team (at first, your direct reports will include engineering managers and transversal engineering leaders)
• Empower engineering managers and upcoming directors by supporting them to reach their full potential as managers, and make sure they help engineers learning and growing in their job
• Anticipate technical risks in the short, medium and long term. Identify the tech debts that could block the business & set up action plan to avoid such scenarios
• Work closely with the CTO, Tech Leaders and the Product team to create and maintain overall technology roadmap & long term plan
• Continuously monitor new technologies and evaluate their potential use with engineering leaders and architectes
• Partner with our Talent Acquisition team to build an amazing hiring process, attract, hire and retain the best engineers
• Participate to spread our engineering culture within & outside the company and help improving our tech employer branding

• You have a proven experience in managing a large engineering team (50+ engineers) through middle managers, both onsite and remotely (internal or external), ideally in an international context
• With your team, you have successfully delivered products and services that scaled over time
• You demonstrate effective communication skills: assertive and straightforward
• You handle projects ambiguity, complexity and interdependencies in an organized, prioritized and structured way
• You have a strong interest in working in an environment where managers support their teams to do great work, through removing impediments, finding improvements, and facilitating effective decision making
• You can easily strike a balance between quality, speed, and vision
• You have a strong experience working with agile development teams
• You have a good knowledge in Software Architecture in order to challenge architectural decisions with our engineering leaders

Welcome to the Jungle aspires to promote a positive social impact. Its mission includes paying particularly close attention to fostering diversity, inclusion and equality within teams as well as within its community.

Interview process:

The CV is not mandatory if your LinkedIn profile is up to date.

• 45 minute phone screen with the Talent Acquisition team
• 1h30 interview with Kevin (CTO)
• 45 minutes value interview with 1 Engineering manager + 1 Senior Developer
• 45 minute values interview with 1 peer from another team
• 45 minute values interview with our Head of Talent Acquisition or our HR Director
• 45 minutes value interview with Jeremy (CEO)