Engineering Director - Health Companion App - Paris (x/f/m)

The Challenge:

We're looking for an Engineering Director to lead our Patient Health Companion organization, a key initiative helping Doctolib become a daily health companion for 90M people across Europe , enabling everyone to manage their health and wellbeing proactively . You'll oversee 4 engineering teams and their managers, including our flagship Health Companion for Parents of young children , built within the Doctolib app , which helps parents manage their children's appointments, documents, and health journey together.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, Health Companion , you'll work closely with Medical Excellence (MedEx), Product, Design, and healthcare professionals . You'll join a high-density organization that Doctolib continues to build, bringing together experienced talent across engineering, product, design, and medical expertise.

Your teams will work across:

• An excellent experience for our AI-powered chat, combining medical expertise with artificial intelligence and built around high standards of medical accuracy and safety
• Personalized recommendation systems that deliver relevant health content, guidance, and next steps
• Engaging mobile experiences that make health management intuitive and accessible, including the native mobile foundations described in Rebuilding the Doctolib homepage from WebView to native
• Growth strategies to extend these services across Europe and reach more people through the Doctolib Health Companion

Your Impact:

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization of +25 talents , supporting engineering managers and staff engineers across multiple technical domains
• Drive the technical vision and strategy for our Patient Health Companions, ensuring alignment with Doctolib's broader mission, business, and product goals
• Lead the development of new healthcare experiences including AI-powered chat support, personalized recommendation systems, and intuitive mobile interfaces
• Establish engineering practices and architecture that enable rapid experimentation while maintaining the highest standards of quality, security, and scalability (our platform currently supports 18M documents shared per month and has enabled 40M teleconsultations since launch )
• Partner with Product, Design, Medical Excellence, and healthcare professionals to ensure our solutions address real health needs while delivering excellent user experiences
• Define and execute acquisition and growth strategies to expand our health companions across Europe
• Shape the future of healthcare technology by building solutions that make healthcare more accessible, personalized, and effective

Your Profile

You're a seasoned engineering leader with a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing teams. You combine technical excellence with strategic vision and have a passion for creating technology that transforms lives.

Core qualifications:

• Leadership excellence: 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers and staff engineers across diverse technical domains
• Team building: Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain exceptional engineering talent
• Technical de