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Director of Engineering - Infrastructure

Harmattan AI· R&D
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ParisFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Director of Engineering for Infrastructure leading the Engineering Infrastructure team in Paris, focusing on standardising engineering excellence, people management, and cross-functional delivery to support CI/CD, test-bench systems, and internal developer tooling across Harmattan AI.

Responsibilities

  • People Management & Mentorship: Act as a dedicated people manager for engineers, overseeing performance reviews, career growth, and training initiatives.
  • Recruitment: Own the recruitment process as the number one priority, building and maintaining an effective engineering team to meet ambitious growth in platform-engineering and developer-experience.
  • Process Standardisation: Develop and implement standardised work processes across CI/CD, test-bench, and developer-tooling teams to ensure high-quality output and consistency.
  • Engineering Infrastructure: Audit and improve internal tooling—deciding between off-the-shelf and custom solutions—to ensure engineers have the best resources to succeed.
  • Organisational Strategy: Contribute to organisational structure by reorganising modules and initiating changes to optimise cross-functional (XFN) delivery.
  • Vision & Execution: Collaborate with leadership to build the company vision, bringing fresh ideas to the table.

Qualifications

  • A strong academic record in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Proven Leadership: Experience as an IC who transitioned into a management role with deep understanding of technical challenges.
  • Experience leading a platform-engineering or developer-experience team at a hardware-plus-software company, with ownership of CI/CD, build infrastructure, and hardware test infrastructure (hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing, lab automation). Experience serving at least 50 engineering customers and balancing feature requests with platform health.
  • Technical Engagement: Desire to remain hands-on with technical aspects of the work.
  • Soft Skills & Communication: Exceptional soft skills and communication abilities, with a high-bar for excellence and ability to elevate others.
  • Commitment: 100% dedication to Harmattan AI's mission and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Skills

Required:People managementRecruitmentCI/CDBuild infrastructureHardware test infrastructure
Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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