Engineering Manager - People & Growth

Mission of the Role

LumApps is creating an AI-powered Employee Hub integrating collaboration, communication, and learning into one platform. Our People & Growth tribe develops products to help employees thrive through seamless HR and learning experiences in the flow of work. In this role, you will lead the Learning team, co‑own the technical and product vision for the Learning domain, and drive innovation as we move from integration of two platforms to consolidation and replatforming.

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership

• Lead, coach, and grow a high‑performing team of 10 engineers, fostering trust and ownership.
• Leverage career frameworks to provide clear growth opportunities for every team member and advocate for performance.
• Mentor engineers on technical excellence and impact‑oriented thinking while leading by example.

Technical & Platform Leadership

• Ensure platform security, scalability, and observability.
• Guide technical decisions and maintain hands‑on involvement.
• Drive team contribution to AI tooling and agent development.
• Complete Learning integration into the LumApps product and execute necessary replatforming.
• Support product maintenance to ensure customer satisfaction, aiming at complying with the zero‑bug policy.

Product & Strategy Collaboration

• Translate product strategy into a clear technical roadmap.
• Co‑drive the product domain vision in close partnership with Product Management and Product Experience.
• Establish Learning capabilities as first‑class experiences, reliable and scalable solutions recognized by customers as a benchmark.
• Act as a thought partner on how technology can best support employee development in the flow of work.

Delivery & Execution

• Deliver high‑quality features and platform capabilities.
• Improve engineering processes and operational excellence.
• Achieve excellence in delivery predictability, operational stability, and technical quality by driving modern engineering practices (e.g., feature flags, monitoring hooks, unit/E2E test coverage).
• Align support priorities with customer‑facing teams to nurture satisfaction and proactively address risks and dependencies.

Cross‑Organization Impact

• Collaborate with other engineering teams and platform initiatives to ensure coherence.
• Strengthen cross‑team collaboration, leveraging Tribes expertise to develop state‑of‑the‑art solutions serving business cases.
• Connect closely with internal teams to leverage the latest technologies brought by other Tribes and contribute to the Engineering Managers community.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Background

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, comfortable with a diversity of technical stacks.
• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or similar leadership role.
• Experience leading SaaS product development, web platform, or mobile application initiatives.

Technical Breadth

• Strong understanding of modern software architecture and distributed systems.
• Ability to reason about APIs, platforms, developer experience, and scalability.
• Comfortable engaging in technical discussions without being a full‑time developer.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Strong people‑management skills with a coaching mindset.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to influence beyond direct authority.

Mindset

• Product‑oriented and customer‑aware.
• Curious about AI‑powered solutions and eager to leverage them in day‑to‑day work or as product features.
• Comfortable operating in a changing, post‑merger environment.

Bonus Points

• Experience in SaaS environments with large‑scale deployments.
• Previous work in multi‑team or platform organizations.
• Experience in business transformations, pivot strategies, or service replatforming.

Location & Ways of Working

Based in Nice (Sophia Antipolis), France. Hybrid setup with two days per week in the office. Occasional travel, mainly to Paris and Lyon, to collaborate with distributed teams.

Benefits & What We Offer

• Lunch vouchers
• Health and personal protection insurance
• Friendly work environment located at the heart of Sophia Antipolis
• Active company in Sophia Antipolis ecosystem, member of Sophia Club Entreprise and Telecom Valley for open access to local conferences and events

Tech Stack

• Modern SaaS, cloud‑based environment with backend services and APIs supporting platform and extensibility use cases.
• Modern front‑end frameworks: React, Angular.
• Diverse back‑end technologies: PHP, C#, .NET, Python.
• Strong focus on scalability, observability, and security.
• Cloud agnostic solutions: AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
• You are not expected to be an expert in every technology, but you should be comfortable reasoning about architectures, trade‑offs, and developer experience at platform scale.

Nous célébrons la diversité et nous nous engageons à créer un environnement inclusif pour tous nos collaborateurs. Nous encourageons les candidatures de personnes aux parcours, identités et expériences variés.