Engineering Manager M/F/Mx

Trustpair stops vendor fraud before it happens. We're the automated vendor validation platform protecting 550+ enterprise companies worldwide. Since 2017, finance and procurement teams have used Trustpair to eliminate vendor fraud while reclaiming 90% of the time they once spent on manual checks.

As vendor fraud grows more sophisticated, we stay ahead by combining deep expertise in financial crime with cutting-edge technology. Our core product focuses on secure, reliable vendor account validation to wipe out fraud and boost efficiency.

Internally, teams across Trustpair use AI tools in their day-to-day work to automate repetitive tasks and unlock strategic insights that help us build and operate better. From day one, you’ll be encouraged and trained to integrate these tools into your workflow in a practical, hands-on way.

With offices in New York, Paris, London, and Milan, we're a diverse team united by a bias for action. We ship fast, learn from experiments, and tackle problems that matter: protecting billions in payments for companies worldwide. If you want to see your work make an immediate impact in financial security, Trustpair is built for you.

Learn more abouthow we use AI in our everyday work .

About the role

As an Engineering Manager at Trustpair, you will be at the heart of our technical leadership, reporting directly to the CTO. You will lead two feature teams (aka squads), focus on product squad management, playing a crucial role in driving the delivery of our product roadmap and shaping the future of our innovative platform. This is a key strategic partnership with our product leadership, where you will not only embrace and execute on our product vision but also contribute to it with forward-thinking technology initiatives, especially in the exciting realm of LLM-powered AI features.

We are looking for a leader who is passionate about building high-performing teams, fostering a culture of excellence, and solving complex technical challenges.

Location: France based (hybrid policy min 1 day/week in office). Candidates based within approximately 2 hours of Paris with reliable transport links will also be considered.

What you'll do:

• Drive for Impact: You will ensure your teams are consistently delivering on the product roadmap, which is central to Trustpair's innovation. By delegating technical leadership on various projects, you will empower individual contributors and foster a sense of ownership and accountability.

• Strategic Partnership: You will be a key partner to the product team's leadership, mastering the product vision and bringing technological insights to the table. Your ability to align team priorities with company objectives and to champion the value of technical initiatives will be critical.

• Technical Stewardship: In collaboration with the engineering leadership, you will cultivate and promote a clear technical vision with a concrete roadmap. This will be vital to support Trustpair's ambitious growth and long-term success.

• Organizational Leadership: You will act as a vital link between your teams and other departments, ensuring smooth collaboration and communication. You will have the autonomy to adapt your team's organization to meet goals and will be encouraged to propose improvements to our overall engineering processes. Your participation in key decision-making rituals will be essential.

• Champion of Quality and Productivity: You will uphold and enhance our commitment to software craftsmanship, with a strong focus on security and quality best practices. A key part of your role will be to foster developer productivity by proactively identifying and removing blockers.

• Data-Informed Leadership: You will define and implement the right KPIs to measure your teams' success, ensuring a healthy balance between delivery speed and the quality of your output.

• Mentorship and Coaching: Your primary goal is to guide your teams to excellence through dedicated coaching and mentorship. You will foster a culture of continuous learning, bringing your teams closer to DevOps principles and heightening their awareness of platform-wide concerns. Your expertise will provide a valuable perspective on both technical and broader SaaS industry challenges.

• Team Building: You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of your team members, including hiring, onboarding, and conducting performance evaluations, with a focus on their long-term growth and development. You will also drive a cultural shift to enhance the customer focus of team.

• Hands-on when it counts: While your role is primarily focused on leadership, you are not afraid to dive into the code and make direct, localized contributions to projects when your team needs the support.

What’s in it for you  

• At Trustpair, we see AI as a tool to save time, sharpen focus, and boost impact. Whether you're already hands-on with AI or eager to learn, you’ll join a team that values and encourages AI-driven ways of working.

• A collaborative environment with a flat structure, where everyone’s voice is heard

• Work with innovative and modern technology related to your role which evolves to provide value

• Trustpair is in scaling phase with career opportunities in France and internationally

• Flexible remote policy 

• A talented team with senior colleagues you can learn and work with 

• Inclusive environment with cultural diversity and parity 

Why join Trustpair? A list of our perks here!

Must-Haves:

• Solid Engineering Background: You have substantial experience as a software engineer within a 20+ person organization, ideally with exposure to distributed processing architectures.

• A Passion for Our Mission: A genuine enthusiasm for our product and a strong interest in our mission to eliminate B2B payment fraud.

• Business-Oriented and Customer-Focused: You understand that our success is tied to our customers' success. You are driven to understand customer needs and guide your team to build solutions that not only excel technically but also create significant business value and drive company performance.

• Proven Tech Leadership: You have a track record of success in a technical leadership role, with demonstrable achievements in delivering key components of a complex software solution, preferably in a B2B SaaS company.

• Product-Minded: You have experience partnering effectively with product management to shape roadmaps and align on strategic goals.

• Data-Driven: You possess a strong data-driven mindset, with an understanding of everything from business intelligence to technical stack monitoring.

• Process-Oriented: You have experience in setting and optimizing development processes and techniques to improve efficiency and quality.

• A Positive and Inclusive Leader: You are committed to creating a positive and inclusive work environment where everyone feels safe, respected, and empowered. You have a no-tolerance policy for sexism, harassment, and any form of discrimination.

• Always Curious: You stay technically curious and are constantly learning about new technologies and trends, especially in the realm of AI.

• Bonus Points for:

  • Experience with Ruby on Rails but not mandatory.

  • Experience with LLM-powered applications.

Recruitment Process

• Prescreening call with Aicha, our Talent Acquisition Manager

• Experience interview with Benoît, our CTO

• Case study interview with Benoît 

• Coffee fit with two of our Engineering/product team members

• Founders interview with Alexandre, our Cofounder & Managing Director

Equal Opportunity Statement

Trustpair's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity in all of our employment practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, age, individuals with disabilities, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category.

Applicants for all positions in Trustpair must be legally authorized to work in the country which they are applying for or be a citizen from Schengen / EU zone. The verification of employment eligibility will be required as a condition of hire.