Job Title: VP of Engineering
Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Engineering

Responsibilities

• Oversee the entire engineering organization with a broad, strategic focus.
• Define engineering vision, culture, and processes to align with business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with executives (CEO, CTO, Product, and Business leaders) on company-wide strategy.
• Define and execute the engineering strategy in alignment with growth and product goals.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team, creating engineering team lead layers for each squad.
• Make high-level hiring decisions, determine team structures, and influence budget allocation.
• Establish scalable engineering processes to support rapid growth.
• Oversee technical architecture, infrastructure, and system design to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with product management, regulatory, and clinical teams for rapid delivery in a regulated environment.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership when necessary, including code reviews and architectural guidance.
• Take ownership of client implementation from a technical perspective to support commercial growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in building a product from scratch (0 to 1) and successfully scaling a product (1 to 10).
• Strong knowledge of web technologies and understanding of distributed system architecture.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong management experience, capable of leading a large team with care while ensuring excellence in output.
• Team-oriented with a focus on happiness and well-being within the team.
• Fluent in English.

Compensation

• Salary: Total package between €125k and €140k.

Additional Information

• The hiring process aims to be transparent and efficient, with a goal of completing the process from the first chat to an offer within a month. Applicants can expect a response within a week; if not heard from, they are encouraged to follow up at careers@sonio.ai.