Engineering Manager

About GitGuardian

GitGuardian is a global cybersecurity scale‑up based in Paris, New York City, and Boston.

About your team and your mission

You will lead the Incidents team comprised of four backend engineers, one Machine Learning engineer, and one Staff Engineer.

The team handles incident-related business logic and enriches the model with more information and context.

Examples of ongoing projects

• Risk score overhaul with LLMs – rethinking the incident risk score using AI pipelines.
• AI‑powered incident enrichment – designing an enriched incident lifecycle integrating AI.
• Incident type unification – consolidating multiple incident types into a single model.

Main responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team: run 1:1s, give feedback, support career growth, and create conditions for success.
• Own team delivery: unblock, plan, ensure quality, and ship the right features on time.
• Drive technical leadership: stay close to work, challenge architectural decisions, uphold high standards.
• Contribute individually 20‑25% of time via code, documentation, or reviews.

Technical environment

• Backend: Python + Django, Go, RabbitMQ, Redis
• DB: Elasticsearch, Kibana, PostgreSQL
• Frontend: React / Typescript
• Deployment: Docker, Terraform, AWS

About you

Essential criteria:

• At least 6 years of backend development experience.
• First experience managing a team of at least 3.
• Strong Python skills for reviewing, performance, and architecture.
• Strong web development fundamentals and architecture understanding.
• Hands‑on: solution‑oriented, prioritization, coding when needed.
• Connect technical decisions to business impact.
• Use AI in engineering practices and structure team usage.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Additional skills that strengthen but not required:

• French language.
• Business acumen connecting tech decisions to product or commercial outcomes.

Benefits

• Package includes BSPCE.
• Lunch voucher (Swile, 9€ at 50%).
• Wellpass (gymlib) sponsorship.
• Non‑charged health insurance for children.
• Up to €300 to improve home office setup.
• Yearly holiday allowance.
• Referral bonus of €4,000 for new hires.
• Team building: monthly budget for activities.
• Hybrid remote policy: 3 days/week at the Paris office.
• Opportunities for long‑term career development.

Interview process

1. Video call with Talent Acquisition.
2. Team interview / Manager interview.
3. Technical interview.
4. Final interview with Executive Manager.
5. References check.