Engineering Manager

• Lead and grow the Compute Engineering team Lead, coach and develop a team of Software Engineers through regular feedback, career development and mentoring.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing engineering culture built on ownership, trust and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, onboard and retain exceptional engineering talent.
• Help engineers grow both technically and professionally while creating clear development paths.
• Deliver Compute roadmap Partner with Product, Staff Engineers and Engineering Leadership to define priorities and execute the Compute roadmap.
• Drive predictable delivery by supporting scientific computing, AI workloads and internal developer platforms.
• Balance new capabilities, operational excellence and technical debt reduction.
• Identify and proactively manage delivery risks, dependencies and execution challenges.
• Ensure operational excellence Drive high engineering standards across architecture, testing, observability, reliability and maintainability.
• Improve the scalability, resilience and performance of production systems supporting research and platform teams.
• Promote modern engineering practices including automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and AI-assisted software development.
• Continuously improve engineering processes, team effectiveness and operational maturity.
• Partner across Engineering and Science Collaborate closely with Platform, Data, AI and Scientific teams to translate research needs into scalable engineering solutions.
• Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure engineering execution remains aligned with AQEMIA's scientific objectives and business priorities.
• Support cross-functional planning, architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
• Contribute to Engineering leadership Partner with Engineering Leadership on organizational planning, hiring strategy and team evolution.
• Help define engineering standards, operating principles and best practices across the organization.
• Contribute to long-term platform strategy and engineering scalability.
• Foster knowledge sharing, technical excellence and continuous learning across teams

• 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, including experience building production systems at scale.
• Previous experience leading engineering teams as an Engineering Manager or Tech Lead with people management responsibilities.
• Strong experience delivering distributed systems, cloud-native applications or compute-intensive platforms.
• Solid software engineering background with hands-on experience in Python and modern backend development.
• Experience working with AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Snowflake and modern cloud infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, observability and operational excellence.
• Experience leading roadmap execution and coordinating cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across engineering, scientific and business stakeholders.
• Strong coaching mindset with a passion for developing engineers and building high-performing teams.
• Pragmatic approach to balancing delivery, technical excellence and organizational priorities.
• Nice-to-have Experience leading Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, Compute or SRE teams.
• Exposure to scientific computing, machine learning infrastructure or AI platforms.
• Familiarity with large-scale compute environments, GPU infrastructure or distributed training systems.
• Experience with workflow orchestration systems and developer platforms.
• Experience implementing AI-assisted engineering workflows and spec-driven development practices.
• Track record of scaling engineering organizations in fast-growing technology companies.
• Interest in computational chemistry, life sciences or scientific research environments.
• Our Recruitment Process Talent Acquisition Interview (30 min) Role Alignment & Leadership Interview with Hiring Manager (45 min) Technical Assessment with a member of Engineering team (60 min) Candidate Presentation + Q&A / Coffee (90 min) Culture Fit Interview with Emmanuelle, Co-founder & COO (60 min) Final interview with Maximilien, Co-founder and CEO (60 min

At AQEMIA, we work for a mission: joining us means having your own impact on changing the way drugs are discovered, and helping to shape the direction of our fast-growing company and team. Expanding Drug Discovery Pipeline : Focused on critical therapeutic areas like Oncology, CNS, Immuno-inflammation... with in vivo proof of concept/patent stage programs. Collaborations with top Pharma, including a $140M Sanofi deal. World-Class Interdisciplinary Team : work alongside exceptional talent at the intersection of technology and life sciences. Our teams combine deep expertise in AI, physics-based modeling, biology, and medicinal chemistry to push the boundaries of innovation. DeepTech Recognition : AQEMIA is proud to be part of the French Tech 40 and France 2030 , highlighting our role as a key player in Europe's DeepTech ecosystem. Prime Location with Flexibility : Our offices are located in the heart of Paris and London (King's Cross) , with flexible work arrangements including up to two remote days per week. Strong Financial Backing : $100M raised from leading European and International investors