About the Job  

Alma shapes the fintech landscape. We strive to serve and empower consumers and merchants by developing innovative solutions that redefine their purchase experience.

We are looking for an hands-on Engineering Manager to lead our E-commerce CMS Integration Team. This team plays a crucial role in bringing Alma's payment solutions to life on major e-commerce platforms like Shopify or PrestaShop.

As part of our Product and Engineering department, you’ll manage a talented group of 4-6 engineers and collaborate closely with a Product Manager. Together, you’ll define the "Pay with Alma" experience, ensuring it seamlessly integrates into diverse e-commerce ecosystems.

Your mission will include tackling challenges such as : 

• Staying ahead of evolving CMS platform updates.
• Enhancing user experiences to drive higher conversion rates.
• Optimizing the product for robust SEO performance.

About the mission

• Drive the development and maintenance of modules and plugins for platforms like PrestaShop, Magento, WooCommerce, Adobe Commerce, SFCC, and Sylius, ensuring seamless integration with Alma.
• Provide technical mentorship to your team while remaining hands-on, contributing code when needed to support and guide development efforts.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager to identify emerging merchant needs and lead workshops to define robust technical solutions.
• Monitor module performance, ensuring compliance with security standards and delivering a reliable experience for merchants and consumers alike.
• Champion software quality, advocating for and contributing to the development of comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Develop and maintain documentation, including public-facing resources, to make Alma’s integration process smooth for merchant customers.

Our technical stack includes: PHP, Python, Docker, React, GCP, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, PubSub, Datadog.

About you

You will be the ideal candidate if you have:

• 3+ years of relevant work experience with e-commerce platforms.
• An experience with managing or mentoring engineers.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Strong proficiency in PHP and familiarity with popular frameworks (Symfony, Laravel)
• Knowledge of Python is a plus, as our product API are written in this language.
• Comfortable with basic frontend technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
• Mastery of version control systems (Git) and familiar with continuous integration tools (GitHub CI).
• Experience in payment or finance solutions is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in French and good level of English (at least B2 Independent User)

About the recruitment process

• Interview with Talent Acquisition (30-45 min)
• Interview with Engineering Manager (45-60 min)
• Take-home Coding test, followed by a remote feedback session (30 min)
• Live System Design interview (60 min)
• Team Fit interview (60 min)