Engineering Manager - Automation Platform (x/f/m)

<p>We are looking for an&nbsp;<strong>Engineering Manager</strong> to join Doctolib's <strong>Automation Platform</strong> (AUTOP) team, which empowers all Doctolib engineers to build, test, and deploy software with confidence and speed.</p> <p>As part of the Platform organization, Autop’s mission is to <strong>build and maintain the automation infrastructure and developer tools</strong> that enable our engineering teams to deliver high-quality software efficiently. Every feature shipped at Doctolib — from appointment booking to teleconsultation to AI-powered clinical tools — flows through AUTOP's automation infrastructure. We're the platform behind the platform. When product teams ship faster, safer, and with more confidence, it's because AUTOP built the rails they run on.</p> <p>AUTOP (Automation Platform) is responsible for critical developer-facing systems including: CI/CD automation, testing infrastructure (unit, integration, E2E, contract, visual regression), local and ephemeral development environments, release management, dependency management, and developer productivity tooling.&nbsp;</p> <h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3><strong>What you will do</strong></h3> <p>As the Engineering Manager for AUTOP, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:</p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">People leadership</span></h4> <ul> <li>Build and lead a high-performing team of 6 engineers who are passionate about developer productivity;</li> <li>Create a culture where engineers own outcomes, not tasks — where platform adoption and developer satisfaction are the north stars;</li> <li>Recruit, mentor, and retain top platform engineering talent in a competitive market;</li> <li>Conduct impactful 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations that help engineers reach their full potential.</li> </ul> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Technical Strategy &amp; Execution</span></h4> <ul> <li>Define and drive the technical vision for your team's domain (CI/CD, testing infrastructure, developer environments, or release automation);</li> <li>Make high-impact technical decisions that balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability and scale;</li> <li>Set the bar for automation, quality, reliability, and security — your systems must be highly reliable because 800 engineers+ depending on them daily;</li> <li>Champion a "Platform as a Product" mindset: treat internal developers as customers, measure adoption and satisfaction, iterate based on feedback;</li> <li>Partner strategically with product teams, Infrastructure Platform, and Applicative Platform to solve cross-cutting challenges;</li> <li>Drive measurable improvements in developer productivity metrics: build times, deployment frequency, test reliability, time-to-production… supporting Doctolib teams to monitor their metrics (DORA, performance, costs, etc).</li> </ul> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Impact &amp; Influence</span></h4> <ul> <li>Be a visible technical leader across the organization — your team's work enables everyone else's success;</li> <li>Influence engineering culture: establish best practices, contribute to technical strategy beyond your team;</li> <li>Navigate ambiguity and lead through influence, not authority — platform adoption requires trust and advocacy, not mandates.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About our tech environment</strong></p> <ul> <li>Our automation platform supports a hybrid architecture: a large Ruby on Rails monolith and an expanding ecosystem of modern microservices (Java, Kotlin, TypeScript)</li> <li>We maintain sophisticated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, testing frameworks across multiple languages, and infrastructure-as-code solutions</li> <li>Our systems handle thousands of CI builds daily, manage comprehensive test suites across multiple languages, and manage deployments across multiple environments for 200+ development teams</li> <li>Our stack includes: Ruby, Java, Kotlin, Go, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and various testing frameworks</li> <li>We intentionally&nbsp;leverage AI to improve developer productivity and reliability, in a sustainable manner .</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><strong>Who you are</strong></h2> <p>Before you read on — if you don't have the exact profile described below, but you feel this job description matches your skill set, we still encourage you to apply.</p> <ul> <li>6+ years of software engineering and 3+ years managing technical teams — you have a proven experience and know what great engineering looks like</li> <li>Deep platform engineering expertise: CI/CD, developer tooling, automation, testing infrastructure, or internal platforms</li> <li>Track record of building "Platform as a Product" — you've driven adoption, measured impact, and iterated based on developer feedback</li> <li>Strong stakeholder management — you can influence without authority, build coalitions, and navigate complex organizational dynamics</li> <li>Proven ability to balance technical depth with people leadership — you can code-review a Terraform module and coach a report through a difficult conversation</li> <li>Fluent in English and comfortable influencing across a multi-country organization</li> </ul> <h4>Now it would be fantastic if you:</h4> <ul> <li>Are passionate about developer experience and understand what makes engineers productive and happy</li> <li>Have an entrepreneurial mindset — comfortable with ambiguity, fast iteration, and building the plane while flying it</li> <li>Have experience managing distributed or remote teams across time zones</li> <li>Have background in healthcare, regulated industries, or mission-critical systems where reliability and security are non-negotiable</li> </ul> <h3 data-start="87" data-end="122">&nbsp;</h3> <h2><strong>What we offer</strong></h2> <ul> <li>A Deutschlandticket (Germany-wide public transport pass) fully paid for by Doctolib</li> <li>28 vacation days + 1 additional day for each full calendar year of employment (up to a maximum of 30 days)</li> <li>Work from abroad for up to 10 days per year thanks to our flexibility days policy</li> <li>Company health insurance with great supplementary benefits through our partner Allianz</li> <li>Company pension scheme (bAV) through Allianz with an employer subsidy<br>of 40% (15% within the probationary period)</li> <li>Enrollment in Doctolib's long-term employee value sharing plan called DoctoGrowth</li> <li>The Doctolib Parent Care program, which includes one month additional parental leave and much more</li> <li>Free mental health and coaching services through our partner Moka.care</li> <li>Subsidized sports membership through our partner Urban Sports Club</li> <li>A flexible workplace policy offering both hybrid and office-based mode</li> <li>Alongside healthy snacks and our regular breakfast buffet, we provide a subsidized meal benefit</li> <li>For caregivers and work