VP Engineering - Scale Growth, Lead Platforms & Talent

The French Sourcer; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Profit-sharing

Executive incentive plan

Flexible working

Job summary

The French Sourcer in Paris is seeking a VP Engineering to lead the engineering organisation through its next growth phase, owning delivery, architecture, and the teams behind software development, platform, and quality.

This hybrid, permanent role reports to the CTO and requires strong technical depth, people leadership, and the ability to align product, engineering, and commercial priorities. Fluent French and professional English are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading a multi-team software engineering organisation.
• Experience as VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, or equivalent.
• Strong background in software engineering and architecture.
• Proven ability to develop leaders and drive delivery.
• Experience with workforce planning, budgets, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering organisation across software development, platform, quality, and management.
• Define the organisational structure for the next growth phase.
• Develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
• Establish ownership across products, platforms and shared services.
• Translate priorities into an achievable roadmap with the CTO.
• Improve delivery predictability and maintain delivery commitments.
• Ensure architecture supports growth, reliability, and security.
• Define how technical debt is assessed and communicated.
• Drive recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning.
• Review risks and establish engineering and operational metrics.

Skills

Leadership

Software architecture

People management

Delivery excellence

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

French & English

Job description

The French Sourcer in Paris is seeking a VP Engineering to lead the engineering organisation through its next growth phase, owning delivery, architecture, and the teams behind software development, platform, and quality.

This hybrid, permanent role reports to the CTO and requires strong technical depth, people leadership, and the ability to align product, engineering, and commercial priorities. Fluent French and professional English are essential.