Head of Platform Engineering

SkillCorner collects sports data 100% automatically from a single camera feed. The company, now a global leader in its field of expertise, develops Computer Vision and Machine Learning algorithms that can detect all the moving objects (each player, the ball and the referee) in the image, locate them on the pitch, track them frame by frame, and recognize them. From this raw tracking data, SkillCorner produces Performance indicators, Game Intelligence metrics, and Visualizations that are used by clubs, national federations, and player agencies.SkillCorner covers more than 150 competitions (both Women’s and Men’s), holds over 100 billion data points on more than 100 000 professional players. Trusted by more than 250 football, basketball and American Football teams worldwide, redefining their performance analysis, scouting, and recruitment workflows.You Will Lead a Talented Team Of 20 Engineers, Organized Into 5 Distinct Teams, And Hold Ultimate Responsibility For The Entire Infrastructure, Data Pipelines, And Services That Power Our Products. You Will Define a Vision, Build a Strategy, And Ensure Our Platform Can Support Exponential Growth In Data Volume, Use Case And Client. Specifically, You WillLead and mentor 5 Team Leads, empowering them to achieve their goals and grow their respective teams.Define the strategic vision and roadmap for the Platform Engineering department, ensuring direct alignment with company-wide objectives.Drive the architecture and scalability of all our systems, from our video ingestion engine to our client-facing API.Ensure the reliability, performance, and security of our cloud infrastructure, which processes hundreds of thousands of games each year and petabytes of data.Act as a strategic partner to the Product, Computer Vision, and Data Science teams, providing them with the robust tools and platforms they need.Effectively communicate technical challenges, risks, and opportunities to the executive team to inform strategic decision-making.Why join usDomain: Your work will be at the heart of the performance strategies of the biggest names in sports.Impact: You will guide technical vision and be part of the high-level strategic decisions.Technical Challenge: Solve some of the most complex data processing and scalability problems.Growth: Be a part of a pivotal moment in SkillCorner's story and grow professionally as the company expands to new sports, new usecases and new regions.We are looking for a passionate technology leader who can seamlessly switch between deep architectural discussions and high-level strategic planning.5+ years of proven experience in engineering management, with at least 2 years in a "manager of managers" role (leading Team Leads).10+ years of technical expertise in designing, building, and operating large-scale, data-intensive platforms.Mastery of AWS ecosystem and modern DevOps practices (IaC, Kubernetes, CI/CD).Experience in defining technical roadmaps and managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders.An excellent ability to communicate a complex vision in a simple way to both engineering and non-technical audiences.A strong product and UX sensibility, you understand that APIs and internal tools are products in their ownBased in Paris at least 3 days a weekBilingual proficiency in English and French is required. Your role will involve communicating with our France-based teams and international stakeholdersBonus points for a genuine passion for sports and sports analytics.