# Director of Engineering - Infrastructure at Harmattan AI > Open job at Harmattan AI in Paris, France. Workplace: On-site. Source: France Dev Jobs, https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/harmattan-ai-director-of-engineering-infrastructure-0a09gpw Posted 4 June 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 10 November 2026. ## Facts - Company: [Harmattan AI](https://francedevjobs.com/companies/harmattan-ai) - Location: Paris, France - Workplace: On-site - Employment type: Full-time - French: Not required - Not mentioned in the job post: salary, visa sponsorship, relocation, where you can apply from ## Job description #### About Us Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces. Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected. **About the Role** As the Director of Engineering for Infrastructure at Harmattan AI, you will act as a vital management layer between R&D modules and leadership, focusing on elevating our people and standardising our engineering excellence. This is a "hands-off" people management role designed to relieve pressure on senior leadership by building high-performing teams, improving internal tooling, and standardising work processes across the company without sacrificing execution speed. You will be a visionary partner to our leadership, contributing to organisational structure and the long-term technical vision. In this role, you will lead our Engineering Infrastructure team in Paris — the foundation that all of R&D runs on, covering CI/CD, test-bench systems, internal developer tools, and the engineering-facing tooling that keeps every other team productive. Every engineering team in the company is your customer. **Responsibilities** - **People Management & Mentorship:** Act as a dedicated people manager for engineers, overseeing performance reviews, career growth, and training initiatives. - **Recruitment:** Own the recruitment process as the number one priority, building and maintaining an effective engineering team to meet our ambitious growth plans in a competitive platform-engineering and developer-experience talent market. - **Process Standardisation:** Develop and implement standardised work processes across CI/CD, test-bench, and developer-tooling teams to ensure high-quality output and consistency. - **Engineering Infrastructure:** Audit and improve internal tooling—deciding between off-the-shelf and custom solutions—to ensure engineers have the best resources to succeed. - **Organisational Strategy:** Contribute to the organisational structure by reorganising modules and initiating changes to optimise cross-functional (XFN) delivery. - **Vision & Execution:** Collaborate with leadership to build the company vision, bringing fresh ideas to the table rather than just executing existing plans. **Candidate Requirements** - **Educational Background:** A strong academic record in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. - **Proven Leadership:** Previous experience as an Individual Contributor (IC) who has successfully transitioned into a management role, allowing you to deeply understand the technical challenges your team faces. - **Experience:** Direct experience leading a platform-engineering or developer-experience team at a hardware-plus-software company, with proven ownership of CI/CD, build infrastructure, and hardware test infrastructure (hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing, lab automation). You have served at least 50 engineering customers in a previous role and know how to balance feature requests against platform health. - **Technical Engagement:** While this is a management-focused role, you should still possess a desire to "keep your hands dirty" and remain engaged with the technical aspects of the work. - **Soft Skills & Communication:** Exceptional soft skills and communication abilities, with a "high-bar" for excellence and a natural ability to elevate those around them. - **Commitment:** 100% dedication to Harmattan AI's mission of building autonomous defence systems and a readiness to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI. ## How to apply Apply on the job page, https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/harmattan-ai-director-of-engineering-infrastructure-0a09gpw: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page. ## More jobs from Harmattan AI - [Data Acquistion Module Lead](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/harmattan-ai-data-acquistion-module-lead-g6zccpx): Harmattan AI, Paris, France. On-site. Posted 8 November 2026. - [System Identification Engineer](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/harmattan-ai-system-identification-engineer-2ehljnt): Harmattan AI, Paris, France. On-site. Posted 5 November 2026. - [Embedded Software Engineer - Cybersecurity](https://francedevjobs.com/jobs/harmattan-ai-embedded-software-engineer-cybersecurity-agtfwiv): Harmattan AI, Paris, France. On-site. 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