Engineering Lead

**Who we are**: At Alan we are on an important mission to empower everyone to live a longer, healthier life. Our goal is to extend the quality years of life expectancy for everyone. **We are empowering our members to live a longer and healthier life with a ‘one-stop health partner’ model seamlessly integrating insurance, prevention, affordable care access and well-being services.** We are redefining healthcare by being both a health insurer and a provider, creating the most member-centric experience in a vast market. We go above and beyond for our members and companies to overcome the day-to-day health obstacles and our product is built to address the biggest pain points they face. We partner with **30,000+ companies**, with **700K+** **members**, and cumulate **€500M+** **and growing ARR.** The team is 600+ people, and we operate in France, Spain, Belgium, and Canada. **How we do it ?**: People joining Alan are often surprised and delighted by our innovative working method. We have a set of cultural values that guide our approach to work, such as: - ** Mission is the Boss**: We have a mission-first focus with long-term thinking, where all employees act as owners seeking the company's success above all else. - ** Member & Customer-led**: We are obsessively focused on solving customer problems and creating delightful experiences while building trust. - ** Excellence like Athletes**: We maintain high standards and talent density, using the Keeper Test to ensure exceptional performance. - ** Enlightened Despots**: We combine distributed ownership with accountability, empowering decision-makers while maintaining responsibility. - ** Radically Transparent**: We make information accessible and written-first, promoting async communication while protecting sensitive data. - ** Kind, Methodic Optimists**: We collaborate genuinely without ego, support teammates, and maintain positive intent while assuming the best. - ** Empathetic Challengers**: We give direct feedback with empathy, praise strengths, and focus on growth through candid communication. - ** Bold & Creative Contrarians**: We think differently to achieve greatness, challenge expertise with first principles, and embrace calculated risks. - ** Disciplined Executors**: We focus on making good decisions quickly, maintain accountability, and break down problems into manageable pieces. - ** Fight for Simplicity**: We eliminate unnecessary processes, stay concise and articulate, and maintain smart frugality while solving problems pragmatically. **️ The Engineering Lead job at Alan**: At Alan, Engineering Leads are exceptional technical leaders who combine strategic vision with hands-on leadership to drive both team excellence and technical innovation. Our Engineering Leads are deeply involved in the strategic technical and product direction of the team, as well as the human aspects of building high-performing engineering teams. **Your Mission**: As an Engineering Lead at Alan, you'll be responsible for leading one of our engineering teams, comprising 6-15 engineers and organized in autonomous and nimble crews. You'll shape the technical vision, foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and ensure your teams deliver impactful solutions while maintaining engineering excellence. In this role, you will: - Set and communicate a clear vision for why and what we're building, establishing high expectations and identifying key assets and opportunities. - Bring daily energy to the team, providing context and fostering mutual help to create a motivated and engaged team. - Own the engineering efficiency and excellence of your team by using productivity tools (including AI), zooming in and out depending on the needs of the team. - Challenge what's "good enough" to build and ship, while removing sources of unnecessary defocus. - Monitor team well-being and ensure psychological safety to maintain a healthy team dynamic. - Own talent density by hiring exceptional talent, supporting team members' growth and addressing performance concerns promptly. - Collaborate daily with stakeholders, product managers, designers, other engineering leads, etc. This is the perfect role for you if you have exceptional people management skills, a great technical background and if you are passionate about building both great products and great teams. A strong interest in AI is encouraged. **Support**: You'll lead the teams building sophisticated tools and systems that power Alan's industry-leading support team. Your mission will be to help the engineering team to create innovative solutions that help our support team deliver exceptional support to our members, combining technical excellence with a deep understanding of operational needs. ***Perks & Benefits**: At Alan, we believe that **being in good health is a basic need,** and it starts with our employees. This is why Alaners are provided with a stimulating environment and perks ensuring they are **happy, efficient and spe