Engineering Manager Post-Booking Squad

A great travel experience doesnt end once the Book button is clicked. At BlaBlaCar ensuring peace of mind and flexibility after the purchase is the mission of the Post-booking squad. Whether its accessing an e-ticket managing a ride plan or handling cancellations and exchanges their role is to provide a seamless trustable and transparent experience that supports passengers every step of the way until they reach their destination.

As Engineering Manager of the Post-booking squad your mission is to lead a diverse talented team of frontend and backend engineers to build a scalable and reliable After-Book platform. You will be at the heart of BlaBlaCars transformation into a global marketplace tackling the challenge of unifying post-booking services for carpool bus and train supplies into a single high-performance architecture.

You will achieve this by partnering closely with a dedicated Product Manager a Product Designer and our Data team to define the vision execute the roadmap and drive a culture of technical excellence across the company.

• Engineering Leadership: Act as the main engineering advisor to the Product Manager and business stakeholders participating in the definition of the squads objectives and long-term technical roadmap

• Delivery Management: Facilitate the planning and delivery of complex cross-team projects while ensuring performance stability and long-term scalability

• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Product Managers from the OTA Bus Train and Carpool teams to prioritize deliveries according to our business objectives and report on your squads progress

• People Management: Recruit inspire and grow your team of engineers through mentorship career development and regular feedback

• Operational Excellence: Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement ensuring the team leverages modern tools (like AI-driven acceleration) to maintain high productivity and quality

• Management Experience: A confirmed experience in a management position with proven people management skills

• Technical Background: Experience in building reliable scalable and secure consumer-facing products ideally with knowledge across backend (Java Spring) and frontend (Kotlin Swift React TypeScript) stacks

• Communication: Strong leadership and communication skills in English with the ability to bridge the gap between technical constraints and business/compliance requirements

• Problem-Solving: A track record of getting things done and the ability to take a step back to prioritize added-value tasks in a high-stakes environment

• Agile Expertise: Experience in managing development processes using agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

If you dont meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above tell us why youd still be a great fit for this role in your application!

• Hybrid: 2 to 3 days at the office for this role
  
  
• 4 additional weeks on top of legal maternity/paternity leaves
  
  
• 50% healthcare coverage (Alan)
  
  
• Financial support for home office equipment
  
  
• Minimum 25 days holiday per year
  
  
• Local meal plan policy (Swile card)
  
  
• 50% transportation paid (Forfait Mobilité Durable)
  
  
• Free unlimited carpooling & bus rides
  
  
• Personal growth via trainings mentorship and internal mobility programs
  
  
• Employee Stock ownership plan
  
  
• Regular team building events
  
  
• Mental health support through
  
  
• 1 day off per year to test our product
  
  
• 1 day per year for social engagements with non-profits