Senior Engineering Manager

About Ekimetrics

Ekimetrics is a global leader in marketing and commercial effectiveness and AI solutions at scale. Since 2006, we have been helping companies optimize their marketing and operations by combining AI with business and technological expertise in 4 areas: Marketing & Commercial Effectiveness, Customer Analytics, Operational Excellence, AI for Sustainability. With a 100% in-house team and offices in Paris, London, New York, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, we design tailor-made solutions that transform data into concrete positive impact, thanks to a unique combination of technology and services. Our strength lies in deploying impactful AI at scale. Our mission: to mobilize this power to address the most urgent challenges of our time. We are committed to responsible and frugal AI, to ensure constant impact at scale, and to remain true to our values and our DNA.

About the Role

Ekimetrics is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager capable of embodying technical excellence, innovation, and strategic vision. This role is at the heart of our offering for developing tailor-made solutions for our clients and aims to ensure technical quality and reliability, as well as consistency in architecture and technological choices. You will act as a technical referent, the right-hand person to the head of custom data and AI solution development for our clients, and as an aspirational figure for the teams. You are recognized for your ability to navigate the entire data & AI value chain, from full stack to the industrialization of advanced models.

Main Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Co-build with the executives (C-level) of the companies we support their Data & AI vision.
• Translate this vision into technological roadmaps, target architectures, and implementation strategies.
• Ensure alignment between business challenges, technical constraints, and measurable value creation.

Technical Expertise & Architecture Guardian

• Be the technical referent on projects: stack choices, architecture design, best practices, scalability, security.
• Oversee the design and implementation of tailor-made solutions: data pipelines, cloud platforms, AI models, APIs, middleware, MLOps.
• Ensure technical consistency of projects: version upgrades, maintenance, performance, operational robustness.
• Work on end-to-end projects, including data engineering, AI, deployment, monitoring and adoption, as well as web development.

End-to-End Solution Management

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and deploy Data & AI solutions from A to Z.
• Master cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) and modern platforms (Databricks, Snowflake).
• Ensure the technical quality, performance, and reliability of delivered solutions.

Innovation, Watch & Market Connection

• Stay at the forefront of the latest technological advancements: new algorithms, frameworks, architectures, AI/ML tools, Databricks/Snowflake innovations...
• Develop a clear vision of market trends and best practices.
• Inspire teams and clients through a recognized expert posture connected to the ecosystem.

Structuring & Team Leadership

• Contribute to structuring the custom build function to take it to a new level.
• Work hand-in-hand with the internal Head of Custom Build, as a technical right-hand.
• Manage, coach, and develop teams of data engineers, ML engineers, developers, and data scientists.
• Instill a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and impeccable delivery.

Profile Sought

• 8–12 years of experience in data/AI, including a role as Head of Data & AI, Forward Deployed Engineer, or equivalent.
• Experience in leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated experience on complex AI projects, from design to production.
• Mastery of data, middleware, and AI stacks, as well as modern cloud architectures.
• Strong technological curiosity and ability to anticipate trends.
• Ability to propose innovative and pragmatic approaches.
• Comfortable with executives and ability to translate business challenges into data/AI solutions.
• Aspirational, dynamic profile, capable of embodying Ekimetrics' modernity and technological ambition.

Why Join Us?

At Ekimetrics, your ideas truly matter and belong to you — it’s up to you to bring them to life. We cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit that encourages you to push boundaries to create significant impact. But it’s not just about individual achievements: we move forward together, enriching each other. Together, we continuously learn and progress, whether through personalized career paths, challenging projects, mentoring, or simply thanks to the diversity of perspectives everyone brings. And above all, we believe in enjoying work. Ekimetrics is a stimulating and supportive environment where everyone can thrive by being their true selves.

In 2023, Ekimetrics obtained the status of a mission-driven company, reflecting our strong commitment to CSR. Our purpose: To make data science and artificial intelligence the accelerator for the sustainable transformation of organizations. We are also certified Great Place to Work© in France, the UK, and the USA, and our Hong Kong office received the Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2023© award. Ekimetrics is part of the French Tech 120 ranking. We have been selected by La French Tech to join the prestigious group of the 120 most successful French scale-ups, with strong potential to become international leaders.

You will have access to:

• The Eki.Academy training catalog, which includes programs to enhance your skills in our solutions and businesses, learning paths on our digital platform, as well as programs dedicated to our priority issues, including environmental awareness with the Climate School.
• A sporting, artistic, musical, recreational, charitable, and engaged life: from our private gym to our art exhibitions, including video games and concerts, or CSR challenges on the Vendredi platform. All these initiatives are driven by our Eki.People.
• Numerous events and seminars to stay connected with your community.
• Warm offices in a dynamic neighborhood in the heart of Paris (Grands Boulevards).
• A flexible remote work policy, with 3 days of mandatory presence per 15-day period.

As an employer, Ekimetrics offers everyone equal opportunities for employment without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, and age. Ekimetrics strives to develop an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity within its teams.

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.