Algolia - Director, Engineering, AI Search

Paris, France€115 - €150/hour4w ago

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Requirements

• 8–12+ years of engineering experience, including 3–5+ years managing multiple teams or managing through managers • 3–5+ years managing multiple teams or managing through managers • Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment • complex, cross-functional projects • Strong technical background with experience in distributed systems, APIs, and scalable infrastructure • distributed systems, APIs, and scalable infrastructure • Demonstrated ability to lead through others, empowering managers and senior engineers • lead through others • Excellent communication skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders and drive clarity • align diverse stakeholders and drive clarity • Experience operating in distributed or global engineering environments • distributed or global engineering environments • Experience in developer tools, infrastructure, or data platforms • Familiarity with product-led growth (PLG) environments • product-led growth (PLG) • Exposure to AI/ML-powered products or platforms • AI/ML-powered products or platforms • Algolia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. • GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment. • TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership. • TRUST • CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback. • CANDOR • CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company. • HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside. • HUMILITY • We’re looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world’s best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supported—regardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background. • IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANDIDATES - Recruitment Fraud Notice • We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams targeting job seekers. To help protect yourself, please keep the following in mind: • Our open positions may appear on third-party job boards, but the best way to apply safely is directly through our careers page. • best way to apply safely • careers page • All genuine communication from Algolia will come from an @algolia.com email address. If you receive an email from someone claiming to work at Algolia who does not have an @algolia.com email address, please do not respond or share any personal information. • @algolia.com • We’ll never ask for payments, purchases, or financial details during the hiring process. • never ask for payments, purchases, or financial details • READY TO APPLY? • READY TO APPLY? • If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!

Responsibilities

• Leading a group of engineering teams (via Engineering Managers and Senior ICs), ensuring alignment with product and company priorities • group of engineering teams (via Engineering Managers and Senior ICs) • 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. • continuous improvement • Owning delivery, execution, and operational excellence for a defined product or platform area • delivery, execution, and operational excellence • Partnering closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape roadmaps and ensure successful delivery of customer value • Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders • Driving engineering best practices across system design, scalability, reliability, and performance • engineering best practices • 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. • engineering excellence • high performance • Supporting and coaching Engineering Managers, helping them grow as leaders and build high-performing teams • Engineering Managers • Contributing to organizational planning, including headcount, team structure, and quarterly/annual planning cycles • organizational planning • Ensuring a strong culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement within your organization • ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement • Acting as a bridge between strategy and execution, translating high-level goals into clear team-level priorities • bridge between strategy and execution • 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. • strategic guidance

Benefits

• €115.000 - €150.000 EUR • FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY: • Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. • We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule. • Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.