Engineering Manager

Managing engineers is a different job from being one. You already know that. What you're looking for now is a place where that job is treated as a craft in its own right, with the room and the trust to do it properly.

At Welcome to the Jungle, we build the tools companies use to hire better: employer branding, sourcing, job matching and an ATS, all in one suite. Around 260 people between Paris and London, a product used by thousands of companies, and an engineering organisation where managers are expected to lead, not to be the most available senior dev on the team.

You'll lead one squad, alongside a Product Manager and a Designer. You own three things: what the team ships, how well it's built, and how the people in it are doing.

We call the technical side of this role eyes-on, not hands-on . You read the code, you challenge architecture decisions, you hold the line on testing, CI/CD, observability and clean releases. But you're not the one shipping features. Your impact shows up in your squad's results, not in your commit history. If that distinction feels like a demotion, this role isn't for you. If it feels like relief, keep reading.

• Lead one squad and own delivery, quality and team health

• Turn strategy into a roadmap the team can realistically hold, and say out loud what you're trading off when you do

• Stay close to technical decisions, architecture and code quality through reviews and regular check-ins

• Hold the line on testing, CI/CD, observability and clean releases, and track the KPIs that matter

• Run 1:1s that people don't cancel, give feedback that's actually usable, and handle performance conversations without waiting for review season

• Recruit, onboard and grow engineers, and push seniors to mentor rather than hoard

• Keep operational rigour real: risk management, incident response, post-mortems that change something

• Handle internal support requests and follow up when you say you will

• Bring AI and developer productivity tools in where they measurably help, and leave them out where they don't

• Work with the other Engineering Managers, Staff engineers and the VP Engineering to build processes that scale beyond your own squad

• Up to 75% reimbursement of your Navigo pass

• Meal vouchers

• Alan health insurance

• Hybrid work environment

• Regular social events

• 4-day work week after the first few months

• 25 days of paid leave

round 7 to 12 years in engineering, including 2 to 5 years managing software engineers in a product companyReal technical credibility: you read code and challenge design, without needing to write the feature yourselfA track record of shipping with Product and Design, including when the plan changed mid-quarterStrong engineering standards: testing, CI/CD, observability, disciplined releasesA coaching instinct: clear expectations, honest feedback, genuine interest in seeing people growClear communication, upwards and sideways. You can deliver bad news early.Pragmatic about AI and developer productivity tools, and about measuring whether they actually pay offFrench and English, both comfortable. Our engineering teams work across Paris and London.