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.
Your mission
Part of the Foundations Staff, as the Engineering Manager for our Database Reliability Engineering (DBRE) team, your mission is to ensure the availability, and resilience of our data infrastructure. You will lead a team of engineers focused on managing and evolving our database systems, enabling secure, scalable, and observable data services that empower engineering teams to build confidently. Your role will balance technical depth with leadership, ensuring operational excellence while guiding strategic improvements in how we store, access, and protect data.
Your responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of DBREs focused on supporting production-grade relational and non-relational databasesDefine and drive the strategy for database reliability, security, and scalability in alignment with engineering and business prioritiesFoster a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement around our database systems and operationsOversee the health of our production data infrastructure: backup strategies, replication, disaster recovery, high availability, and monitoringPartner with the rest of Engineering to ensure data systems integrate seamlessly into our broader platformGuide the adoption of best practices in schema design, query optimization, data migrations, and performance tuningEnsuring that the team delivers the technical solutions to achieve the team’s OKRs while matching our standard of qualitySupport career development, performance management, and hiring for the DBRE teamYour qualifications
Proven experience as a technical leader or engineering manager, with a background in database reliability, infrastructure, or site reliability engineeringStrong hands-on knowledge of production-grade databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, or other distributed data stores)Solid understanding of database performance tuning, schema design, and query optimizationExperience with infrastructure-as-code, observability tooling, and CI/CD practicesFamiliarity with cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)Comfortable managing on-call rotations, incident response, and implementing postmortem cultureAbility to guide and grow a team: mentoring engineers, leading technical conversations, and supporting career progressionStrong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering, security, and product teamsAligned with our company principleFluency in EnglishIf 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!
What we have to offer
Full remote possible in the country of employment 4 additional weeks parental leave 100% paidFinancial support for home office equipment25 days holiday per year + RTT Local meal plan policies (Swile card in France)50% transportation paid in France (Forfait Mobilité Durable)Relocation package and visa support Free unlimited carpooling & bus ridesPersonal growth via trainings, mentorship, and internal mobility programsEmployee Stock Ownership planRegular team building eventsMental health support through Moka.care
Interested in joining the ride?
a 45-min video-call with Chloé, Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questionsa 60-min video-call with Camille & Maxime to discuss your background and management skills a 45-min video-call with Florent to evaluate your technical skillsa 30-min video-call with Nicolas our CTO to get a wider vision of the department and its strategyBlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
