VP Engineering

Reporting directly to the CTO and co-founder, the VP of Engineering is a newly created leadership role designed to professionalize delivery, strengthen execution, and build a scalable engineering organization.

The CTO owns Strategy & Technical Vision. The VP Engineering owns People, Delivery & Execution.

The VP of Engineering is responsible for building and leading a structured, high-performing Engineering organization capable of delivering product value predictably at scale.

S/he will complement the CTO's strong architectural mindset with strong people intuition and structured coaching.

S/he will build the leadership layer, and execution discipline that allow engineering to deliver predictable product value at scale.

The engineering team counts +/-15 collaborators. It is structured into three feature squads, each including:

• 1 Product manager
• 1 Team Leader (strong technically, evolving toward structured EM role)
• 2 Backend Engineers
• 1 Frontend Engineer
• 1 QA (centralized, Mauritius)

Additionally, the tech team counts one product designer and one data analyst., P1 - Pragmatism & execution

• Balances speed, quality, and scope.
• Avoids over-engineering.
• Favors Go&See pragmatism over purely analytical approaches.
• Identifies bottlenecks and automates processes.
• Customer Obsession: decisions driven by impact for nonprofits and users.

P1 - Talent Growth & culture

• Develops Team Leaders.
• Drives engagement and accountability.
• Radical candor: Energy, rhythm, emotional intelligence, clear communication.
• High intellectual sharpness ("brain power") combined with humility and kindness., * 2nd interview - Technical case, presented to Sylvain Fabre
• 3rd (and 4th if needed) interview - Fit interview with selected team members and/or a key stakeholder - 60min
• Reference checks

P1 - Team management and structuring

• Leading multi-team engineering organizations.
• Experience in structuring teams, delivery processes, and leadership layers.
• Exposure to acquisitions, integrations, or large organizational change.

P1 - Strong software engineering background

• Strong backend-heavy foundation, former developer (no need to be hands-on).
• Strong in architecture, comfortable operating in multi-platform environments, and exposed to multiple programming languages
• Experience in Testing & QA, Security, and Refactoring.
• Prior exposure to PHP/Symfony is a nice-to-have.

P1 - AI & continuous improvement

• Already a strong user of AI.
• Able to define and apply AI best practices and guardrails.
• Drive measurable impact through AI adoption.
• Lean knowledge is a plus; willingness to learn is mandatory.

P1 - Strong execution and delivery culture

• Ensure predictable delivery against product commitments.
• Improve Lead Time and Quality.
• Comfortable with explicit trade-offs (capacity, tech debt, risk).
• Ability to operate in a disciplined, profitability-driven environment (not hypergrowth-at-all-costs).

Soft skills

P1 - Ownership

• Takes responsibility end-to-end.
• Makes informed decisions and follows through without waiting for validation.
• Turns priorities into concrete outcomes.

P1 - Team over Ego

• Works collaboratively with CTO, Product, and peers.
• Challenges constructively and commits once aligned.
• Complements rather than competes., * 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 3-5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
• Experience in a product-led SaaS environment.
• Experience in a startup or scale-up context (not too early stage).
• Experience leading multi-team engineering organizations.
• Exposure to acquisitions, integrations, or large organizational change is a clear plus.

Visit our Welcome To The Jungle homepage to learn more about AssoConnect and why you should join us!, Market Leaders: AssoConnect is the leading software for nonprofit management in France, one of the largest markets in the world with over 1.5M nonprofits! We are also expanding in the U.S. with our Springly brand. Impact-driven: AssoConnect helps over 40,000 nonprofits by saving their time, energy, and money. We allow them to spend more time on their purpose and facilitate their communication with their members and donors. Ambitious growth, entrepreneurial spirit: Backed by team.blue since May 2024, we're scaling fast across Europe with both organic and external growth. While staying true to our roots (same team, same mission) we now have the resources of a European powerhouse's resources to build the new standard for nonprofit management. Why you should join AssoConnect Impact: You will have the unique opportunity to work in a scale-up positively impacting the world. At your level, you will substantially impact shaping the company's future. Fast-paced, continuous learning: We believe in investing in our team's learning through ongoing coaching and training. You will be coached by your peers and the best external advisors.