Engineering Manager Payment Squad - Paris - BlaBlaCar

Description

BlaBlaCar is the worlds leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices 30% working fully remotely.

About the Payment Squad

The Payment Squad is responsible for designing implementing running and monitoring all payment services for BlaBlaCar incoming payments from passengers (paying) outgoing payments to drivers (payout) and the management of user wallets for all our members worldwide.

The scope covers the complete payment lifecycleincluding purchases refunds disputes and chargebacksand ensures the integrity of our financial data by reconciling our internal systems with our Payment Service Providers (PSPs). This mission applies to every country and every supply for which we process payments.

Your mission

As Engineering Manager of the Payment Squad your mission is to lead a team of about 10 frontend and backend engineers to build and run a scalable and reliable payment platform for the entire payment lifecycle.

To achieve your mission you and your team will work with a Product Manager and experts from Fraud Customer Service Finance Legal and Security teams. The role will be reporting to the VP of Engineering OTA.

Your responsibilities

• 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 projects (paying/payout flows reconciliation engines wallet management) while ensuring performance stability and long-term scalability
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Fraud Customer Service Finance Legal Security and external PSPs to align technical solutions with compliance fraud prevention and business needs
• 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

Your qualifications

• 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
• Domain Expertise: Prior experience with payment systems or complex transactional environments is a significant plus

What we have to offer

• Hybrid status for this role : 2-3 days at the Office
• 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
• 1 day off per year to test our product

Hiring process

• 30-min interview with Chloé Friess our Talent Acquisition Manager - career path growth mindset
• 45-min interview with Gilles LABORDERIE VP Engineering - delivery management people management agility and teamwork
• 45-min interview with Ashley Yeh Product Manager - product & design mindset business prioritization
• 30-min skip-level with Nicolas SALVY CTO - culture fit and career aspirations

BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:
Manager