BlaBlaCar is hiring a
Engineering Manager, Remote - Ukraine

Summary

The job is for an Engineering Manager at BlaBlaCar's Bus Aggregation Engine team responsible for managing the search and caching engines in the Global Distribution System (GDS). The role involves leading a team, defining OKRs, contributing to the platform Technical Architecture vision renewal, and collaborating with various stakeholders. The position is based in Ukraine or France, offering remote work.

Requirements

• Confirmed experience both, as a senior software engineer (5 yrs min) and as software engineering team manager (2 years min)
• Strong leadership and communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience in managing development processes using Agile methodologies such as Scrum/Kanban
• Experience as an owner and/or main stakeholder of the software architecture
• Experience in building high-load products
• Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of getting things done
• Comfortable with BlaBlaCar culture and product
• Fluency in English, Ukrainian

Responsibilities

• Manage the team, consisting of FTEs and contracts, and together with two product managers define the team’s OKRs and the roadmap to achieve them
• Ensure that product initiatives are properly scoped and defined (high-level architecture, delivery, roll-out plan, etc.) and that the team delivers the technical solutions to achieve the OKRs while matching our standard of quality and business constraints
• Contribute and partially own the strategy for both horizontal and vertical integrations of the product with multiple internal and external parties
• Adopt and own a healthy and smooth process with the rest of the BlaBlaCar stakeholders
• Manage team organization, staffing, hiring, career, and personal development of your team staff
• Foster strong cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and cohesive teamwork between the Bus Aggregation Engine and other engineering teams
• At a manageable level of detail understand, embody, and complete in collaboration with key stakeholders the technical architecture vision of the high-load multi-instance GDS Platform

Benefits

• For candidates based in Ukraine : it's an official employment contract (not PE)
• Full remote possible in the country of employment
• 4 additional weeks parental leave 100% paid
• Financial support for home office equipment
• 25 days holiday per year + RTT
• Local meal plan policies (Swile card in France)
• 50% transportation paid in France (Forfait Mobilité Durable)
• Relocation package and visa support
• Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides
• Personal growth via trainings, mentorship, and internal mobility programs
• Employee Stock Ownership plan
• Regular team building events
• Mental health support through Moka.care