Chief Technical Officer (CTO) (Basé à Paris)

Forest Admin helps Companies run their internal operations. We provide business teams with a back office tailored to their specific processes and needs. It is a "back office as a service" allowing any web-based company to fast-track the design, development, and maintenance of their admin user interfaces.

Technically speaking, Forest Admin connects to your database and analyses your data models to automatically generate customizable admin interfaces on which business teams can work.

How big is the market? All apps need a back office, which means we can provide value to virtually all web-related businesses! We’re currently powering the operations of some of the fastest-growing companies (e.g. Qonto, Melio, Finicity, Carbon Health…) and are looking to accelerate our expansion.

We're looking for a strong VP of Engineering to lead our tech team in the race to uniquely position our product in the fast-growing internal tools market we pioneered in 2017. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our technical strategy, ensuring scalability, and delivering a competitive product that delights our customers.

Forest Admin was co-founded by Hexa (formerly eFounders) the startup studio that launched startups like Front, Aircall, Mention, Spendesk, Textmaster, and Mailjet.

As a key leader in the company, you'll collaborate closely with the CEO, product, and design teams to set priorities, identify opportunities, and turn ideas into reality. You’ll manage and mentor a talented group of engineers, fostering a culture of fast delivery, accountability, and continuous improvement. Your hands-on approach will help us scale the platform while maintaining agility and product quality.

You’ll own the technical roadmap, balancing long-term architecture decisions with the immediate needs of a rapidly growing startup. If you're someone who thrives in a high-impact role and loves the challenge of scaling engineering teams and technology, this is the opportunity for you!

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Leading and growing a talented engineering team, managing both people and processes
2. Shaping and executing the company’s engineering vision and technical strategy
3. Owning the technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals
4. Collaborating with product and design teams to deliver features on time and within scope
5. Driving engineering excellence, from code quality to system architecture, security, and performance
6. Ensuring high availability and reliability of the platform, minimizing downtime
7. Recruiting top engineering talent and building an innovative, inclusive team culture
8. Overseeing budgets and resource allocation to maximize team productivity and impact

Preferred Experience

1. Leadership : Proven experience (5+ years) leading and scaling engineering teams, ideally in a SaaS B2B series A/B startup environment.
2. Technical Expertise : Strong background in software development, architecture, and cloud technologies. Deep knowledge of modern development frameworks (Node.js in particular), languages, and tools (Git in particular).
3. SaaS : Hands-on experience building and scaling SaaS platforms, understanding of multi-tenant architectures, subscription models, and integration with third-party APIs.
4. Product Lover : You live for well-designed UX and always focus on customer needs.
5. Startup Mindset : Thrives in a dynamic, hands-on, fast-paced environment. “Tomorrow” is not part of your vocabulary. You get sh*t done and hate procrastination!
6. Cross-functional Collaboration : Experience working closely with product, design, and other business units to align technical efforts with business goals.
7. Execution Focused : Track record of delivering projects on time and within scope. Able to prioritize competing demands and balance short-term and long-term objectives.
8. Hiring & Mentorship : Experience in recruiting, hiring, and nurturing engineering talent, building high-performing teams, and fostering a positive team culture.
9. Scalability : Knowledge of scaling both systems and teams in a rapidly growing startup, with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.
10. English : Good command of our work language and strong communication skills.

Technical deep dive with our CTO (60min)

Leadership interviews with key tech team members (~2 hours)

Interview with the Executive team (30min)