Engineering Manager - People & Growth

Engineering Manager - People & Growth LumApps is now more than just an Employee Experience Platform — it is an AI-powered Employee Hub that supports companies in their digital transformation of communication, collaboration, and engagement with their customers, partners, and above all their employees. Our platform is a proven leader in this dynamic market with a truly unique vision and product. It has been deployed by Fortune 500 clients around the world and is delivering meaningful business benefits. LumApps is identified as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions as well as in Intranets Forrester Wave, and regularly selected for the French Tech Next40/120 program. ✨ In 2025, LumApps strengthened its leadership position by partnering with Beekeeper , a pioneer in frontline employee experience solutions. This strategic collaboration expands our reach and impact across all types of workers — from HQ to the frontline. Our mission: To make people feel that they belong and have a purpose. To create an environment where all employees are engaged and work together towards the same goal. Over 700 leading companies trust our solution to: 🎯 Improve the productivity of their teams with our AI-powered Collaborative Experience Platform integrated with both Google and Microsoft collaborative suites, 🎯 Transform employees into real ambassadors of their company, 🎯 Make employees more efficient and better connected to their peers and relevant information, regardless of their location, with the tools and information they need at their fingertips, 🎯 Help companies reduce turnover, accelerate employee onboarding, better collaborate and share knowledge, and even improve their customer experiences. With a team of over 600 Lumies spread across 11 offices (Lyon, Paris, Lille, Sophia Antipolis, London, Barcelona, Hamburg, Austin, Tokyo, Zurich, Krakow), we support large enterprises all around the world. Over the past year, we have been driving an ambitious phase in our journey under the impulse of our new shareholder Bridgepoint, aimed at propelling us to become the clear leader in our market and shine worldwide in our industry. We are looking for individuals who are excited to actively participate in this transformation. If these core values sound like you: "be bold, do amazing things" , "say what you mean, do what you say" , "one team, same mission" , "always be evolving" : apply now! Mission of the Role LumApps is creating an AI-powered Employee Hub integrating collaboration, communication, and learning into one platform. Our People & Growth tribe develops products to help employees thrive through seamless HR and learning experiences in the flow of work. By leveraging AI and MicroApps, we deliver practical solutions for our customers and partners. We are now seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Learning team. In this position you will be taking the lead and growth of a high-performing team while co-owning the technical and product vision for the Learning domain. Since the acquisition of Teach on Mars in 2023, our main focus was integrating both platforms. We are now moving to the consolidation and value creation phases: ensuring a seamless upgrade path for historic customers and driving innovation with new Learning capabilities to enable upskilling in the flow of work. In addition we are moving forward on our replatforming project to move the heart of the learning system to LumApps quality, stability and scalability standards. Sitting at the intersection of platform engineering, product strategy, and people leadership, you will ensure our features are robust, scalable, extensible, and AI-ready. You will join a global engineering organization of 180+ people distributed across Europe. Key Responsibilities People Leadership Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of 10 engineers, fostering trust and ownership. Leverage career frameworks to provide clear growth opportunities for every team member and advocate for performance. Mentor engineers on technical excellence and impact-oriented thinking while leading by example. Technical & Platform Leadership Ensure platform security, scalability, and observability . Guide technical decisions and maintain hands-on involvement. Drive team contribution to AI tooling and agent development. Complete Learning integration in LumApps product, and execute necessary replatforming. Support product maintenance to ensure customer satisfaction, aiming at complying with LumApps zero bug policy. Product & Strategy Collaboration Translate product strategy into a clear technical roadmap. Co-drive the product domain vision in close partnership with Product Management and Product Experience . Establish Learning capabilities as first class experiences, reliable, scalable solutions recognized by customers as a market benchmark. Act as a thought partner on how technology can best support employee's development in the flow of work Delivery & Execution Deliver high-quality features and platform capabilities. Improve engineering processes and operational excellence. Achieve excellence in delivery predictability, operational stability, and technical quality by driving clear adoption of modern engineering practices (e.g., Pendo, feature flags, monitoring hooks, unit/E2E test coverage). Align support priorities with customer facing teams to nurture customer satisfaction Proactively address risks and dependencies. Cross-Organization Impact Collaborate with other engineering teams and platform initiatives to ensure coherence. Strengthen cross-team collaboration, leveraging LumApps Tribes expertise to develop state of the art solutions serving customer business cases Connect closely with internal teams to leverage latest technologies brought by other tribes, actively contribute to the Engineering Managers community What We’re Looking For Experience & Background 6+ years of experience in software engineering, comfortable with a diversity of technical stacks. Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or similar leadership role. Experience leading SaaS product development, web platform, mobile application Technical Breadth Strong understanding of modern software architecture and distributed systems. Ability to reason about APIs, platforms, developer experience, and scalability. Comfortable engaging in technical discussions without being a full-time developer. Leadership & Collaboration Strong people management skills with a coaching mindset. Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Ability to influence beyond direct authority. Mindset Product-oriented and customer-aware. Curious about AI-powered solutions and eager to leverage them in the day to day work or as product features. Comfortable operating in a changing, post-merger environment. Bonus Points Experience in SaaS environments with large-scale deployments. Previous work in multi-team or platform organizations. Experience in business transformations, pivot strategies, services replatforming. Location & Ways of Working Based in Nice (Sophia Antipolis), FRANCE. Hybrid setup with 2 days per week in the office. Occasional travel, mainly to Paris and Lyon, and other company offices, to collaborate with distributed teams. Benefits & What We Offer Lunch vouchers Health and personal protection insurance A friendly work environment located at the heart of Sophia Antipolis An active company in Sophia Antipolis ecosystem, member of Sophia Club Entreprise and Telecom Valley for open access to local conferences and events A nice weather most of the year ☀️ Tech Stack We intentionally keep the stack flexible. Today, the platform operates in a modern SaaS, cloud-based environment, with: Backend services and APIs supporting platform and extensibility use cases Modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular) Diverse back-end technologies: PHP , C#, .NET, Python Strong focus on scalability, observability, and security Cloud agnostic solutions: AWS, GCP , Azure Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) You are not expected to be an expert in every technology, but you should be comfortable reasoning about architectures, trade-offs, and developer experience at platform scale. 💡 Why You’ll Love Working at LumApps We’re proud to offer a work environment where people feel supported, valued, and empowered. Here’s a peek at what we offer: 🏡 Hybrid work model – 2 days at the office, 3 days remote 🕒 RTT days – ~10 extra days off per year 💳 Meal vouchers (SWILE) + free snacks & coffee 👶 Supportive parental leave and family moments — yes, even a Christmas party for your kids ! 🛡️ Health insurance (ALAN) – 60% covered + full life & disability cover 🎉 Afterworks, team celebrations & seasonal parties 🗣️ French & English lessons , professional development & access to Leeto CSE Nous célébrons la diversité et nous nous engageons à créer un environnement inclusif pour tous nos collaborateurs. Nous encourageons les candidatures de personnes aux parcours, identités et expériences variés. Department Engineering EMEA Role Engineering Manager Locations Sophia-Antipolis Remote status Hybrid Sophia-Antipolis LumApps is... A company that has been growing for more than 10 years Nearly 400 Lumies worldwide More than 700 customers Offices in Austin, Paris, Lyon, Lille, Sophia-Antipolis, London, Tokyo, Hamburg and Barcelona Our greatest pride? Our talents come from a variety of backgrounds and are passionate about creating a unique, powerful solution that delivers the best possible employee experience. About LumApps LumApps is an Employee Experience Platform that helps organizations thrive in a digital environment by connecting and empowering employees with purpose and belonging. Founded in 2015 Co-workers 400