About BlaBlaCar
BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 27 million members a year to carpool or travel by bus in 21 countries. Our team of 800 employees counts over 50 nationalities and is spread across our 5 global offices, 30% working fully remotely.
A great travel experience doesn’t end once the "Book" button is clicked. At BlaBlaCar, ensuring peace of mind and flexibility after the purchase is the mission of the Post-booking squad. Whether it’s accessing an e-ticket, managing a ride plan, or handling cancellations and exchanges, their role is to provide a seamless, trustable, and transparent experience that supports passengers every step of the way until they reach their destination.
As Engineering Manager of the Post-booking squad, your mission is to lead a diverse, talented team of frontend and backend engineers to build a scalable and reliable "After-Book" platform. You will be at the heart of BlaBlaCar’s transformation into a global marketplace, tackling the challenge of unifying post-booking services for carpool, bus, and train supplies into a single, high-performance architecture.
You will achieve this by partnering closely with a dedicated Product Manager, a Product Designer, and our Data team to define the vision, execute the roadmap, and drive a culture of technical excellence across the company.
Engineering Leadership Act as the main engineering advisor to the Product Manager and business stakeholders, participating in the definition of the squad’s objectives and long-term technical roadmap
Delivery Management Facilitate the planning and delivery of complex, cross-team projects while ensuring performance, stability, and long-term scalability
Stakeholder Management Collaborate with Product Managers from the OTA, Bus, Train, and Carpool teams to prioritize deliveries according to our business objectives and report on your squad’s progress
People Management Recruit, inspire, and grow your team of engineers through mentorship, career development, and regular feedback
Operational Excellence Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, ensuring the team leverages modern tools (like AI-driven acceleration) to maintain high productivity and quality
Management Experience: A confirmed experience in a management position with proven people management skills
Technical Background: Experience in building reliable, scalable, and secure consumer-facing products, ideally with knowledge across backend (Java, Spring) and frontend (Kotlin, Swift, React, TypeScript) stacks
Communication: Strong leadership and communication skills in English, with the ability to bridge the gap between technical constraints and business/compliance requirements
Problem-Solving: A track record of "getting things done" and the ability to take a step back to prioritize added-value tasks in a high-stakes environment
Agile Expertise: Experience in managing development processes using agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, tell us why you’d still be a great fit for this role in your application!
BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading community-based travel app enabling 29 million active members a year to share a ride in 21 countries. Its technology matches drivers with empty seats with passengers heading the same way, so they can share the cost of the trip. With the mission to be the go-to marketplace for shared travel, BlaBlaCar combines carpooling with bus journeys from over 6 000 operators to offer a wide choice of affordable and sustainable travel solutions, all in one app.
In 2024, BlaBlaCar’s trusted community connected 2.6 million meeting points worldwide and enabled 120 million human connections. Carpool drivers saved 538 million euros, and all BlaBlaCar’s mobility services contributed to avoiding 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
