Senior Engineering Manager

Proton; Paris; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Proton in Paris is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a mobile-focused team delivering consumer and/or enterprise apps for millions of users. You will partner with Product and Design to translate strategy into concrete planning, scale distributed engineering, and ensure high-quality delivery while maintaining privacy-first engineering practices.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, own release management, and champion a strong engineering culture across remote and

Qualifications

• Experience leading 10+ engineers in a fast-paced product environment.
• Proven track record managing fully remote and distributed teams.
• Partner with Product and Design on strategy, roadmap, prioritization and execution.
• Strong mobile foundation with Swift, Kotlin, or Rust.

Skills

Team leadership

Mobile engineering

Swift

Kotlin

Rust

Remote leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Join Proton and build a better internet where privacy is the default

Proton was founded in 2014 by scientists from CERN on a simple truth: privacy is a fundamental human right. Since then, we’ve built the world’s largest encrypted email service (Proton Mail) and expanded into Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, and Proton Calendar—tools used by millions globally to protect their freedom, fight censorship, and keep their data safe. In some situations, Proton has literally helped save lives!

We are profitable, independent (no VC control), and selectively hire from the top ~1% of applicants. Our 700+ team members across 50+ countries come from leading organizations and elite academic backgrounds. We move fast, keep hierarchy light, and prioritize impact over optics. If you want to do meaningful work with exceptionally high-caliber people, this is it. Join us and do work you can truly be proud of. Check our open-source projectshere!

Purpose of the role:

Proton is growing fast as more people worldwide seek greater control over their online privacy. To support that growth, we’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team on one of our upcoming products.

You’ll join the engineering leadership team, helping turn technical strategy into execution and contributing to a more privacy centric internet. We’re looking for an Engineering Manager with a strong mobile focus. That means a track record of building and scaling customer facing mobile applications, in B2C or B2B, for millions of users on iOS and/or Android.

Beyond technical depth, our Engineering Managers bring strong people management skills, clear communication, a business mindset, and genuine empathy for customers.

Requirements:

• Experience leading and growing engineering teams of 10+ engineers in a fast-paced product environment.
• Proven success managingfully remote and/or distributed engineering teams, with strong operational and communication practices.
• Demonstrated ability to partner closely withProduct and Designon strategy, roadmap planning, prioritization, and execution. Comfortable challenging assumptions, driving alignment, and translating ambiguity into high-quality product delivery.
• Strong technical foundation inmobile engineering, with deep expertise inSwift, Kotlin, and/or Rust.
• Hands on technical leader with experience in mobile architecture, debugging, release management, app performance, and engineering trade offs.
• Experience