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Engineering Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in engineering, including 1+ years of management experience
  • Proven experience building full stack products with architectural complexities
  • Passion for mentoring and helping engineers grow
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Hire and grow a team by refining hiring processes
  • Build and lead a high-performing engineering team
  • Set the vision and align engineering with business goals
  • Coach engineers to develop their skills and advance their careers

Key facts

Other skills

  • Decision Making
  • Mentorship
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Zefir

Real Estate

Zefir aide les gens à aller de l’avant en leur permettant de changer de vie en un clic grâce à leur expérience instantanée de vente et d'achat de logement. Zefir rend la vente immobilière plus simple, rapide et sereine en se portant directement acquéreur du bien. Louis et Rémy ont fondé Zefir en juillet 2020 avec l'ambition de devenir le leader européen de l'industrie de l'iBuying. Financés et conseillés par des experts qui ont fondé ou investi dans Cazoo, Deliveroo, Stripe, Transferwise, Notion ou Pinterest, Zefir a connu une croissance à deux chiffres chaque mois et a atteint un volume de transaction annualisé de 250M€ ce qui en fait l’entreprise immobilière à plus forte croissance d’Europe. Zefir est une entreprise simple, humaine et transparente où chacun se sent chez soi.

Company details

Company typeScaleup
IndustryReal Estate
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

Who We Are

Zefir is building an AI autopilot for home sales in Europe, starting in France: an AI agent runs the entire sale and purchase journey end-to-end, orchestrating local brokers, portals, buyers, and documents.

Backed by over $55 million from top-tier investors like Sequoia Capital, we're committed to accelerating life changes for millions of current and future European homeowners.

Engineering Team

At Zefir, our Engineering Team is the driving force behind our mission to accelerate life changes. Growing rapidly from 9 to 30+ engineers, we don’t just write code—we solve meaningful problems for our customers.

From ideation to launch and beyond, engineers at Zefir take full ownership of their work, ensuring that every feature delivers the expected impact. We leverage LLM-based development workflows and shared best practices to automate repetitive tasks, allowing us to keep our codebase lean, scalable, and built for speed.

Responsibilities/Mission

  • Hire and grow a team by refining hiring processes and closing top talent.

  • Build and lead a high-performing engineering team.

  • Set the vision and align engineering with business goals.

  • Make technical decisions and support complex implementations.

  • Scale the product to support a growing customer base.

  • Coach engineers to develop their skills and advance their careers.

  • Move fast and drive execution in a high-impact environment.

Qualification

  • 8+ years in engineering, including 1+ years of management experience.

  • A proven experience building delightful products full stack from frontend, APIs, backend with architectural complexities.

  • A passion for mentoring and helping engineers grow in their careers.

  • A product-focused mindset, caring deeply about customer impact.

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, working effectively with stakeholders.

  • The ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and drive change.


Benefits

  • Competitive salary: You can run your own simulation with our salary calculator.

  • BSPCE (Stock Options): Available for everyone, with monthly vesting after year one, over a 4-year period.

  • Healthcare plan: Full coverage with Alan for team members, their partners, and children.

  • Office in Le Peletier, Paris (9th arrondissement): With flexible remote work options.

  • Swile meal card: €11 per worked day.

  • Swile mobility card: €42/month to support sustainable transportation (metro, carpooling, biking…).

  • Team events: Monthly Mixers to connect and share good times, and quarterly All Hands to celebrate wins across the company.

Our Operating Principles

🏔️ Steep Mountains Are Steep: Setting ambitious goals and working hard to achieve them.

🌊 Ride Reality: Actively seeking challenges and thriving by adapting flexibly to changes.

🏀 Play for the Front of the Jersey: Prioritizing team success over individual recognition.

Application & Process

We welcome applications from anyone, regardless of background, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, or experience. Our team values authenticity and diverse perspectives.

For all roles, our interview process emphasizes hands-on exercises, case studies, or discussions about specific examples of your previous work. We ensure objectives and expectations are clearly communicated at every step.

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