Engineering Manager (M/F)

About the company

Believe is a global leader in artist development. We support artists, labels, and publishers in developing their careers and audiences, placing expertise, respect, fairness, and transparency at the heart of our actions.

Present in more than 50 countries, with 2,000 employees, Believe offers a complete range of services, including audience development, music publishing, marketing, and distribution, with a tailored approach adapting to each artist, label, or publisher.

Committed to independence and innovation, Believe relies on a unique model that combines local expertise with the power of a global technological platform, creating exclusive solutions through strategic partnerships with the world's most important digital music services.

With a portfolio of prestigious brands such as Nuclear Blast, naïve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints, and Byond, Believe's artists generated more than 800 billion streams worldwide in 2024, across all musical genres, and have been honored with more than 70 major music industry awards.

Context You want to participate in a tech & product transformation adventure within a company that advocates the values of fairness and transparency within the music industry.

Believe is a tech powered music company, and its Tech is a crucial competitive advantage for the business. You will join the Tech team of more than 170 passionate Believers, composed of multidisciplinary squads.

SET THE TONE WITH US At Believe, we have two hearts: our employees and our artists.

We believe in the strength of our employees, who thrive every day by developing their potential... Our goal is to offer our employees the best possible environment so they can flourish.

Your tasks

Come help us meet our next challenges

• Participate in the product & tech transformation
• Develop products for our teams and our artists
• Actively contribute to the deep redesign of the technical stack and its transition towards a highly distributed and Cloud Native architecture running on Google Cloud Platform.

Description The Engineering Manager supports two squads oriented around financial products within the EARN tribe, and reports to its Director of Engineering.

The main mission of the EARN tribe is to ensure the reliability and automation of the end-to-end royalty chain, from the collection of financial reports from DSPs to the payment of royalties to each artist.

The Engineering Manager is responsible for the proper execution of the roadmap, team engagement, and the continuous improvement of working methods. They participate in the development of the product and technical roadmap (technical debt management, operational maintenance, etc.) and are capable of challenging both technical and product aspects. They shape their teams to meet the current and future challenges of their scope.

• Roadmap Management
• Participate in defining the team's roadmap and monitor its proper execution
• Ensure the quality of developments in relation to technical standards (tests, observability, performance, resilience, security, etc.)
• Be responsible for the continuous improvement of the team's functioning, based notably on KPI analysis

• Management & Collaboration
• Be the guarantor of team casting, recruitment, and the development of Believers (feedback, OKRs, coaching, etc.)
• Motivate and give meaning to the daily work of the teams
• Serve as an effective communication relay to the teams
• Be responsible for the quality of collaboration and interactions between people or teams
• Promote autonomy and accountability within the teams
• Value and share the successes and learnings of the teams
• Be a driver for transformation projects at all levels of the organization (squad, tribe, and beyond)

• Technical
• Ensure the implementation of and compliance with global Tech standards and practices
• Ensure the relevance of team technical decisions in relation to the global architecture
• Ensure that these decisions are made in collaboration with other tech teams (Architecture, SRE, QA...)
• Support teams on the path to "Continuous Delivery" and the "Build it, Run it, Fix it" philosophy
• Effectively manage technical debt in all its forms
• Instill a Craft culture in their squads: they develop useful, solid, well-written products that contributors are proud of.
• Maintain active monitoring of new technical practices and trends, and regularly share this knowledge with other Believers

Requirements

They also possess the ability to evolve in an environment with multidisciplinary teams, both in terms of management and communication. They know how to alternate between the roles of manager, servant leader, facilitator, and mentor.

• A passion for software engineering, technology, and innovation
• A strong taste for collaborative work, knowledge sharing, and an iterative approach in your work
• An understanding of human dynamics that foster people's engagement with their team and company
• Successful experience as a manager of at least one team
• The desire to work in a transverse team serving other Believe teams
• A real desire to tackle complex frontend subjects and expose a high-quality service to these other teams
• A servant leader posture
• The ability to adapt your communication to your interlocutors
• An aptitude to convince and to be convinced
• A good understanding of the philosophy behind practices such as Software Craftmanship, DevOps, or agile methods, and you put these tools at the service of roadmap execution
• A degree in computer science... or not
• A fluent English

What we offer

ROCK THE JOB

• Tailor-made training and coaching program
• A remote work policy
• A "Pauses" well-being program with numerous activities and animations
• Access to Eutelmed, the digital mental health and well-being platform that allows you to speak to an experienced psychologist
• A healthy and eco-responsible company restaurant
• Individual or family health insurance
• CE benefits
• A rooftop
• A gym with free classes

SING IN HARMONY

• Ambassador Program: the possibility for all Believers to participate in volunteering initiatives to have a positive impact on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), well-being, and the planet.
• Implementation of the Sustainable Mobility Package: reimbursement of up to €600 for public transport/low carbon footprint costs.
• 2nd parent leave of 5 calendar days paid at 100% (in addition to legal paternity or adoption leave; we do not assign it to maternity leave)

Other

Believe is a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) under French law.

Believe is committed to guaranteeing equal opportunity in employment, regardless of origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, or health status.