Engineering Manager, Criteo
Platform
Global commerce media platform
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Global commerce media platform
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring richer experiences to every consumer by powering the world’s marketers and media owners with trusted and impactful advertising.
Role
Who you are
- Formal education in Computer Science/Software Engineering or a related field
- A rock-solid foundation in Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, software/system design)
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience
- At least 4 years of experience managing (directly or indirectly) teams, note that this role is also open to more experienced managers (Senior and Director)
- Excellent understanding of software development methodologies and tools
- Experience taking direct ownership and acting as a senior technical lead (e.g. to bootstrap new projects)
- Experience in developing and extending complex systems across multiple release cycles
- Technical prowess particularly earning credibility and respect of current engineering
What the job involves
- Criteo is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a group of 5+ teams as part of the Criteo R&D Platform department
- At Criteo, our engineering teams (900+ developers) are supported by a set of technical services and tools provided by the Platform Engineering teams
- It includes CI/CD, Observability, distributed databases and frameworks up to front-end components and SaaS development kits, sitting over Criteo’s high-scale container platform and infrastructure of 45k+ bare metal servers, in addition to some public cloud workloads
- You will work closely with R&D leadership and many engineering teams, directly reporting to the R&D Platform VP Engineering
- You will have the opportunity to continuously learn new leadership skills and share your expertise
- You’ll have a huge impact on Criteo’s products and services
- Additionally, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the productivity of our R&D organization while managing a growing number of clients, enabling us to scale our business effectively
- Own a given scope, build a technical vision and strategy aligned with Criteo and R&D Platform goals
- Build roadmaps, take decisions, delegate when necessary and prioritize on your scope
- Build teams, recruit, motivate and mentor world class engineering talent
- Manage managers and indirectly a group of ~40 engineers
- Help define and implement best practices and standards across your teams and R&D
- Help align with internal and external stakeholders (including vendors), adapt your communication to your audience
- Contribute and promote R&D culture and values
Our take
Commerce marketing is a huge business with billions of pounds spent every year on adverts. Companies that help businesses create and deliver more targeted adverts can command a lot of value. Criteo is one company operating in this space.
Criteo is a personalized retargeting company connects 22,000+ marketers and media owners through its Commerce Media Platform, delivering richer consumer experiences. Criteo uses machine-learning technology and data to drive performance, helping marketers and media owners reach their goals.
As marketers are increasingly looking for commerce media solutions, Criteo is operating in a sought-after space. Further, around 73% of media owners seek to optimise media performance as a way to both generate awareness and drive revenue, meaning the company has a significant potential client base. Criteo has continued to make headway here, driving 5 billion ads per day, and is well set to see further adoption of its platform.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2012
$40m
SERIES D
May 2010
$6.4m
SERIES C
Total funding: $60m
Company benefits
- Flexible Work and WFH Opportunities
- Learning & Development
- Best-in-Class Health and Wellbeing Benefits & Perks Across Regions
Company values
- We promote diversity in our thinking and in our culture
- We stick together, accomplish together, celebrate together
- We care for each other
- We do the right thing to create a sustainable impact for our clients, our market, and the people that we serve
- We leverage our assets in support of our society and planet
- We drive the change we want to see in the world
Company HQ
New Athens, Paris, France
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Leadership
Megan Clarken
(CEO, not founder)Held multiple senior-level roles at Nielson, having joined as a Product Specialist and being promoted to Chief Commercial Officer.
People progressing
Joined as Executive Assistant to the CEO. Moved to be a Communications Associate after 4 years, and Internal Communications Manager after a further 4 years.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Criteo
- Opportunity for All - As an equal opportunity employer, we closed the salary gap between men and women to zero. We also run programs and initiatives which allow all employees to feel they belong and are cared for.
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