Head of Engineering

Join to apply for the Head of Engineering role at AZmed. Role Overview You will guide a team of engineers across Software Engineering, Web Development, DevOps, and MLOps, and work closely with Product, QA, and the CTO to build the future of our Raysuite applications, an AI‑powered software that detects pathologies on X‑rays and CT scanners for hospitals and clinics worldwide. Key Responsibilities Lead and mentor the engineering teams (Software, WebDev, DevOps, MLOps), fostering a humble, caring, and high‑performance culture while supporting career growth and rigorous collaboration. Drive technical architecture and system design, making key decisions with the CTO and Lead Software Engineer to ensure our distributed Python services and cloud‑native infrastructure are scalable, robust, and observable. Collaborate closely with Product to shape roadmaps, evaluate feasibility, align on priorities, and ensure timely, high‑quality delivery of impactful features. Oversee platform and operational excellence by supporting DevOps/MLOps in CI/CD, automation pipelines, monitoring, cost awareness, and general infrastructure evolution. Establish and improve engineering processes, including code quality standards, testing practices, deployment workflows, documentation, and engineering rituals that balance speed with medical‑grade reliability. Contribute to medical device documentation by collaborating with QARA and providing engineering inputs for the technical files, risk controls, and traceability. Our Stack Language: Python Orchestration: Celery, Selinon Messaging: RabbitMQ Storage: Redis, MongoDB, PostgreSQL Data: Kafka, Spark Observability: Grafana Kubernetes You Are Well‑suited For This Position If You are a humble, caring, and people‑centered leader who enjoys helping teams grow and succeed. You are hands‑on when needed, comfortable diving into code, architecture, or infrastructure discussions. You value pragmatism and craftsmanship, designing solutions that are reliable, maintainable, and purposeful. You bring structure and clarity while keeping a collaborative, low‑ego approach. You are motivated by process building, raising engineering standards, and creating long‑term foundations. Qualifications Proven experience (typically 7+ years) in engineering roles, including 3–5 years in a leadership or management role in a modern cloud‑native environment. Strong technical background in distributed systems, backend engineering, or platform engineering. Ability to design and improve engineering processes (testing, release, documentation, reviews). Experience working with cross‑functional teams including Product, AI/Data, and QA/RA. Bonus points Experience in a Healthcare environment. Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, and observability/monitoring. One Piece fan 🏴‍☠️ Why join us? Flexible work: possibility of working remotely two days per week. Vibrant team culture: a dynamic work environment with regular afterworks (company‑organized and spontaneous) and an annual company off‑site weekend in great locations. Atmosphere: young team (29 y.o average). Localisation: great office in Paris 2nd arrondissement (Grands Boulevards). Screening interview with our CTO (30 min, remote). In‑depth interview with our technical teams (2 h, at the office). Meet the team and founders (2 h 30 min, at the office). Seniority level Director Employment type Full‑time Job function Other Industries IT Services and IT Consulting Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at AZmed by 2x. Get notified about new Head of Engineering jobs in Paris, Île‑de‑France, France. #J-18808-Ljbffr