Staff Engineer

Akeneo is the product experience (PX) company, enabling organisations to build and deliver world-class product experiences across every customer touchpoint through a comprehensive PX Strategy. Akeneo's intelligent Product Cloud equips global brands, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to accelerate growth, reduce time-to-market, and deliver engaging customer experiences that convert browsers into buyers.

At Akeneo, our teammates are the driving force behind who we are and where we want to go as a company. We work every day to shape a first-class work environment and culture, which is rooted in our core values of Humble Hunger, Diligent Benevolence, Responsible Pioneers and Inclusive Community! Our Purple Fire isn't just a set of values; it's our unique way of igniting passion and driving excellence.

We want our people to help us grow and to grow with us, and that's why we do whatever it takes to equip our employees with everything they may need to make a tangible impact on themselves, the business and the company. Learn more about who we are as an employer and about our Culture and Values via our Career page.

We are seeking a talented Staff Engineer with a strong bias towards action to join us. Our organisation is structured similarly to AWS, with each Product Line operating independently under a Single Threaded Owner (STO) at VP level. Within each Product Line, multiple Area Single Threaded Owners (Area-STOs) at Director level oversee several Impact Teams. Each Impact Team, led by an Impact Owner, comprises approximately eight engineers, designers and PMs who work autonomously, following their own processes and methodologies.

This Staff Engineer role will contribute to one or two of our various Impact Teams, which focus on different areas of our product. The specific team(s) will be determined based on your performance and interests during the general interview process. Reporting directly to an Area-STO, you will collaborate closely with teams of engineers, product managers, designers and external stakeholders.

• Technical Leadership: Drive technical excellence within a Product Area and the wider engineering team by setting and maintaining best practices and standards.
• Architecture Design: Develop and improve scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective solutions for complex problems.
• Problem Solving: Collaborate with cross-functional teams and across product lines to identify and solve challenging technical problems.
• Unified Team: Foster a unified team environment by promoting deep customer-centricity, technical collaboration and open communication.
• Mentorship: Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve our technology stack.
• Potential for Team Management: As opportunities arise, take on team management responsibilities, such as stepping into an Impact Owner role.

• Extensive Experience: You have 8+ years of experience in hands-on software development, with a strong background in building SaaS solutions that scale. Preferably PHP, Go, Python, Typescript and React.
• Proven Track Record: You have a history of delivering impact end-to-end as well as taking ownership to turn around projects.
• Technical Expertise: You possess in-depth knowledge of software architecture principles and have successfully designed and implemented complex systems that scale and have experience decoupling large codebases.
• Leadership Skills: You have demonstrated leadership in previous roles, guiding teams through technical challenges over time and delivering impact directly as well as indirectly.
• Communication Skills: You can effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment and understanding.
• Adaptability: You thrive in a fast-paced, impact focused environment and can handle uncertainties and changing requirements with ease.
• Team Leadership Experience: Previous experience leading an engineering team, particularly in environments where technical leadership and direct impact go hand in hand.

• Culture
  • Diverse, cross-cultural team.
  • Annual All Staff gathering week, office parties, team offsites.
  • Top-notch 8-week onboarding program for new teammates.
• Time off
  • Flexible working hours, hybrid home office policy.
• Health & Wellness
  • Individual and confidential coaching sessions with a mental health practitioner of your choice.
• Equipment
  • Best-in-class communication and collaboration tools.
  • Choose between MacOS or Linux.
  • Personal remote allowance to maximise your home office environment.
• Professional Development
  • Participation in in-house events welcoming external guests or industry events.
  • Group and individual training opportunities.
• Corporate Responsibility
  • Employee Volunteering programme: give back to the community with two days per year dedicated to supporting the charities of your choice.
  • Diversity & Inclusion: Akeneo provides and ensures a safe work environment for everyone.

All interviews will be conducted remotely and ideally within two weeks, depending on your availability. We are asking for a total of around six hours of your time. There are no take home exercises, coding tests or surprises.

• Screening
  • Phone Screen: If your application has caught our attention, you will receive an invitation to a short conversation with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists.
  • Hiring Manager Chat: This short interview will allow you to go in more depth into what the role entails.
• General Interview Loop: These interviews ensure you are qualified to join Akeneo and that you have what the Product Line needs at this point in time.
  • Technical Deep Dive: You will be asked to bring "Code You Can Speak To