Senior Engineering Manager (Hands-on)

Senior Engineering Manager (Hands-on) YOU. BETTER. WITH ALAN. Alan is building a vertically integrated health partner that unites insurance and smart healthcare delivery into one seamless system. Our vision is to make prevention the new norm of care for all. Our mission: Help people live in good health to 100 while helping employers feel proud, turning health benefits from a cost centre into their most valuable investment. By connecting all aspects of care (private, public, and direct to consumer) we create the most member-centric healthcare experience, reducing claims costs while generating new monetization opportunities. We partner with tens of thousands of companies across France 🇫🇷, Spain 🇪🇸, Belgium 🇧🇪, and Canada 🇨🇦, serving over a million members. HOW WE WORK: OUR LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES - Mission is the Boss — We think long-term and are methodical optimists who take risks, seeking our mission's success above all else. - Distributed Ownership — Accountable enlightened despots: everyone owns their decisions and results. - Radical Transparency — All information is accessible and written-first, so everyone can make the best decisions asynchronously. - Always Growing — Direct, positive, and caring feedback, combined with self-growth ownership. 🚀 WHAT YOU'LL BUILD AND WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH You'll lead 6-15 engineers across multiple crews, working closely with product managers, designers, support operations, and data scientists. You're the bridge between technology and real member impact. In this role, you will: - Set technical direction by balancing debt with features, establishing quality standards through code reviews, and driving operational excellence in monitoring and security - Build talent density through strategic hiring, honest performance management, and creating engaging technical challenges that excite engineers - Enable effective collaboration across crews by fostering psychological safety, facilitating knowledge sharing, and addressing team dynamics proactively - Drive strategic alignment with product partners, improve development efficiency using modern tools (AI, Cursor, Dust), and ensure realistic commitments that balance technical needs with business goals - Stay hands-on with architecture decisions, technical problem-solving, and maintaining your engineering skills while developing as a leader. ⚡ WHY THIS ROLE IS SPECIAL - Dual impact: Shape both technical excellence and team growth - your engineers become better while building better products - Leadership growth: Influence engineering culture, mentor future leaders, and drive technical strategy that shapes the future of healthcare delivery 🔍 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Leadership experience: - 3-5 years managing engineering teams with a track record of building high-performers - Experience scaling teams and establishing engineering excellence standards Technical foundations: - Strong technical background with the ability to guide architectural decisions - Experience with modern development practices and AI-assisted development tools - Recent hands-on technical experience (2-3 years) What we value: - You balance technical debt with feature delivery while maintaining quality - You develop people as much as you develop products - Clear progression in your management career - increasing team size, scope, and strategic impact Mission alignment: - Healthcare technology and innovation excite you - You understand that great engineering teams are built on psychological safety and continuous learning 🌍 HOW WE WORK Location: You must be legally eligible to work in France, Belgium, or Spain. Hybrid approach: Amazing office spaces, sponsored co-working hubs, or full remote - we want you where you're most effective at leading and developing your teams. Growth mindset: Every Alaner gets a dedicated coach from day one. As a leader, you'll have additional support for developing your management skills. 🎯 IMPORTANT NOTE: WE HIRE P ... (truncated, view full listing at source)