Director of AI-Driven Engineering & Platform Excellence

EngineersOfAI; Paris; Hybride; EUR 75 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

EngineersOfAI is looking for a senior engineering leader in Paris, France, to manage multiple teams and drive engineering excellence. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience with a strong AI leadership focus and a proven track record of delivering complex projects.

This role includes responsibilities such as aligning engineering efforts with product priorities, supporting Engineering Managers, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability. Excellent communication skills and a background in distributed systems are essential.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of engineering experience, including 3–5+ years managing multiple teams.
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects in high-growth environments.
• Strong technical background with distributed systems and APIs.

Responsabilités

• Leading engineering teams and ensuring alignment with product priorities.
• Partnering closely with Product and Design to shape roadmaps.
• Driving engineering best practices across system design and performance.

Connaissances

Engineering management

AI leadership

Distributed systems

Communication

Cross-functional project delivery

Description du poste

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 18,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

About the Team

Algolia’s Engineering team builds the core infrastructure and product features that power real-time search and discovery for thousands of customers around the world. This includes backend services, frontend components, site reliability, and ML-powered capabilities. The team is distributed, collaborative, and committed to technical excellence and continuous learning.

As an Engineering Director, you will lead multiple teams or a critical product area, working closely with Engineering Managers, Product, and Design to deliver scalable, reliable, and high-impact solutions. You will play a key role in translating company strategy into execution, while building strong, autonomous teams and fostering engineering excellence.

Your Role Will Consist Of:

• Leading a group of engineering teams (via Engineering Managers and Senior ICs), ensuring alignment with product and company priorities
• Demonstrates strong AI leadership within the engineering organization by fostering a culture of continuous improvement and proactively evaluating and applying emerging AI technologies to enhance productivity, efficiency, and organizational performance across the broader technology function.
• Owning delivery, execution, and operational excellence for a defined product or platform area
• Partnering closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape roadmaps and ensure successful delivery of customer value
• Driving engineering best practices across system design, scalability, reliability, and performance
• Being a member of Algolia’s senior technology leadership team, with significant contributions to engineering excellence and the high performance of the global technology organization, extending beyond the immediate area of responsibility.
• Supporting and coaching Engineering Managers, helping them grow as leaders and build high-performing teams
• Contributing to organizational planning, including headcount, team structure, and quarterly/annual planning cycles
• Ensuring a strong culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement within your organization
• Acting as a bridge between strategy and execution, translating high-level goals into clear team-level priorities
• Serves as a trusted advisor to the CTO and SVP Engineering, providing strategic guidance on engineering leadership, organizational effectiveness, and cross-functional management initiatives across the technology organization.

You Might Be a Fit If You Have:

• 8–12+ years of engineering experience, including 3–5+ years managing multiple teams or managing through managers
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Strong technical background with experience in distributed systems, APIs, and scalable infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to lead through others, empowering managers and senior engineers
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders and drive clarity
• Experience operating in distributed or global engineering environments

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