Engineering Lead (Manager)

At Too Good To Go, we have an ambitious goal: to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together.

More than 40% of all food produced in the world is wasted and retailers lose between 1-3% of their annual sales due to food waste. All of this waste has a huge impact on the health of our planet, with 10% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from food waste. 

The Retail Technologies teams at Too Good To Go are working on our new software solution, the Too Good To Go Platform, used directly by Retailers to track and redistribute surplus food seamlessly. This B2B app, connected to our consumer marketplace, helps stores better manage expiry dates by; detecting products that are about to expire, recommending what to do with them, and facilitating their redistribution (via discounting for in-store customers, donations to charities, or sales on the marketplace). This business app is already used by tens of thousands of store employees every day, and soon to be hundreds of thousands by the end of the year in several countries. 

We’re more than an app: we are a certified B Corporation with a mission to empower everyone to take action against food waste, so alongside our marketplace app, we create educational tools, explore new business solutions - such as our Retail Technologies offering -, and influence legislation to help reduce food waste.

We are growing fast, with a community of 108 million users in 19 countries. Together, we have saved more than 395 million meals from going to waste since we started - but there’s still a lot more we want to achieve. 

The Role

We are looking for an Engineering Lead (or Engineering Manager in other organisations), to be a part of our Product Teams that define, build and deliver our product features. Working in a product team means you will work towards specific outcomes with the freedom and responsibility to figure out the best route to achieve them together with the other Engineers and Product members of the Team.

Your mission will be to help refine, design, implement, deliver and maintain various product features. You will lead and be one of several developers, working as part of a multidisciplinary team and will bring your knowledge and expertise to the table. 

As an Engineering Lead, it is your responsibility to ensure that the team delivers quality and maintainable international top-class products. As the Lead, you must facilitate productivity, by showing the way and developing your team through delegation and offering supportive growth.

You will be the main point of contact of the Product Manager, ensuring that the features defined by the Product Manager are perfectly translated into technical designs, and understood by the development team.

The Tech Stack

You will be leading a cross-functional product team, working with multiple Tech Stacks. Our backend is a Django Application running on Python in Docker, our web interface is built with React, and our mobile application is an Android native App written in Kotlin.

Responsibilities

• Manage a multidisciplinary Engineering Team
• Develop features as a contributor to the Android application
• Prepare the development of new features by writing technical specifications and designs, assigning tasks to team members and ensuring regular progression
• Work closely with the Product Manager to ensure efficient collaboration between tech and product teams.
• Ensures personal growth support for team members
• Navigate the team’s agile development processes with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Support the team in delivering their commitments by assisting with potential risks, how to provide transparent stakeholder management and communicating clearly.
• Strive to deliver international top-class products with maximum quality, maintainability and scalability.

The Ideal candidate

• You will have very deep knowledge in Android development, however previous hands-on experience with several technologies is advantageous, as this will aid in guiding your team to design, break down and plan their work effectively.
• Have previously managed an Engineering Team and understand the challenges and how to achieve maximum productivity.
• Comfortable in being responsible for People, Technical Quality and Delivery.
• Enjoys actively participating in a cross-functional product team.
• Takes pride in writing quality code.

What we offer

• An opportunity to have a huge impact, knowing what you help design will be used daily by hundreds of thousands of store employees daily, enabling them to save millions of food items per day.
• A rare opportunity to work in a global social impact company (and certified B Corp!) where you can see a real and tangible impact in your role.
• An autonomous environment, with several opportunities to contribute, build on experience and take ownership of your work in a way that works for you. 
• A nice bunch of colleagues in the Paris office 🙂 (~100+ people) and beyond them 1,300+ colleagues across 19 countries that are on the same important mission.
• Opportunity to influence our product, design and ways of working, every day.
• An informal atmosphere, with a strong, values-driven team culture where we celebrate successes and socialise with colleagues that care to offer.
• Relative flexibility at work (we work weekly onsite on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday), and several employees benefits

Our values

• We win together: Food waste is a big beast to fight. We can do it if we win together as Waste Warriors with no ego. We believe in a #oneteam.
• We raise the bar: We always push for more. We work smart, smash barriers and elevate one another.
• We keep it simple: Our ambitions are bold but our solutions are simple.
• We build a legacy: We’re proud of the change we’re driving. 
• We care: We always look out for each other. Caring is also about the way we do business. We do the right thing.

How to apply

• We take recruitment very seriously, so please carefully read everything we have written above. Please also check our website and international media in order to get a good overview of Too Good To Go.
• Submit your CV and Cover letter in English.
• Please note that we only accept applications coming through our platform. No CV or Cover Letter will be accepted by email or LinkedIn direct messaging.

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A Movement for Everyone
We want to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. With that mission, it’s only natural that we want to build a diverse and inclusive team of highly capable individuals who are passionate about doing things in a better way. We strongly believe we all excel and are more creative when we’re allowed to be ourselves, and we’re committed to a culture where all of us belong.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.