Head of Engineering

Summary

Join Believe, a leading digital music company, as Head of Engineering and lead a tribe of engineering teams. Contribute to product and tech transformation, develop products for artists and internal teams, and lead the migration to Google Cloud Platform. You will ensure roadmap execution, team engagement, and continuous improvement. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and technical skills, along with experience managing engineering managers and development teams. You will foster collaboration, promote autonomy, and contribute to the overall software engineering maturity at Believe. Believe offers a variety of benefits, including remote work, a wellness program, health insurance, and parental leave.

Requirements

• A strong desire to build a product that makes people’s lives simpler and more beautiful
• Proven experience managing operational managers (e.g., Engineering Managers) and overseeing 3 to 6 development teams
• A deep understanding of the human dynamics that foster team and company engagement
• A passion for software engineering, architecture, technology, and innovation
• A solid grasp of the frameworks required to scale software engineering effectively (team structure, technical and methodological foundations, culture of operational excellence, etc.)
• A strong inclination for collaborative work, knowledge sharing, and iterative approaches
• A servant leadership mindset
• A fact- and data-driven approach to problem solving
• The ability to tailor your communication to your audience whether tech, product, or business
• The ability to both convince and be convinced
• A strong understanding of the philosophy behind practices such as Software Craftsmanship, DevOps, and Agile methodologies and the ability to use them to drive roadmap execution
• A degree in computer science… or not
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Responsibilities

• Ensure alignment of roadmaps across the tribe’s teams and with enabling teams (SRE, Architecture, Data, Security, etc.), and monitor their progress
• Guarantee the quality and reliability of the products within your scope (testing, observability, performance, resilience, security, etc.)
• Oversee and promote continuous improvement processes within the teams
• Celebrate and share team successes and learnings
• Define and refine team composition (“casting”)
• Ensure effective hiring and development of Believers (feedback, OKRs, coaching, etc.)
• Drive transformation initiatives at all levels of the organization (team, tribe, and beyond)
• Inspire and give purpose to teams in their day-to-day work
• Act as a reliable communication channel between teams and leadership
• Foster high-quality collaboration and positive interactions across individuals
• Promote autonomy and accountability within the teams
• Actively contribute to initiatives led by the Product Engineering leadership
• Ensure adherence to global Tech standards and practices, and validate the relevance of technical decisions with respect to the broader architecture
• Make sure these decisions are taken collaboratively with other tech teams (Architecture, SRE, QA, etc.)
• Guide teams on their journey toward Continuous Delivery and the “Build it, Run it, Bury it” philosophy

Benefits

• Tailor-made training and coaching program
• Remote working policy
• A wellness program "Pauses" with many activities and animations in-house
• Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform that allows you to speak with an experienced psychologist
• A healthy and eco-responsible company restaurant
• Individual or family health insurance
• CSE benefits
• A rooftop
• A gym with free classes
• Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all Believers interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet
• Implementation of the sustainable mobility package “Forfait mobilité durable” => Reimbursement of up to 600€ for public transport/low carbon footprint
• 5 calendar days 2nd parent leave with 100% pay (in addition to the legal paternity or adoption leave)