Engineering Manager - People & Growth (F/M) - Sophia-Antipolis

About the Position

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.

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.

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 AItooling 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.

Requirements

Skills

• 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.

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
• Yoga classes - Take a mindful break in our Paris office
• 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
• Equipment of your choice
• French & English lessons, professional development & access to Leeto CSE

About the Company

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, LumApps has grown to nearly 400 Lumies worldwide, serving more than 700 customers with 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.

We aim to celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Location: Sophia-Antipolis

Remote status: Hybrid