Team Lead, Reliability Engineering

WHO WE ARE

Adikteev is an AdTech company that helps mobile app publishers grow their revenue through targeted advertising. We deliver personalized ads that drive users to install an app or re-engage with one they've stopped using. 

Our clients are mostly mobile gaming leaders but also span e-commerce, on-demand services, and entertainment apps. Recognized for 10+ years as one of the top mobile retargeting platforms, Adikteev now operates globally from Paris, San Francisco, Barcelona and Seoul and has grown to over 120 employees.

Beyond the business, Adikteev is consistently recognized as a great place to work. With an 18-nationality team, a 4.5-day work week, and a strong focus on inclusion, Adikteev is a place where people genuinely stay.

WHAT TEAM YOU WILL BE PART OF

You will join the backbone of Adikteev's infrastructure. This team ensures that all our systems run reliably, securely and at scale. They own the infrastructure, manage deployments and make sure our platform stays up and performant, even at millions of requests per second.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

We’re looking for an SRE Team Lead to lead the design, operation, and continuous improvement of the infrastructure powering billions of ad impressions and millions of requests per second. You’ll guide a talented SRE team in building reliable, resilient, and scalable systems, while defining best practices for observability, incident management, automation, and operational excellence. Working closely with development teams, you’ll drive initiatives that improve the developer experience, accelerate delivery, and ensure our platforms are ready to scale for the future.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead Site Reliability Engineers in direct management (1:1, growth, career path, tech lead, architecture ...);

• Act as a coach to help people in your team grow and implement our values;

• Determine and address the need for training and people development;

• Orchestrate our Cloud: Manage and enhance a large-scale AWS infrastructure spanning thousands of instances across 6 regions;

• Champion Performance: Monitor, analyze, and optimize system performance to ensure our platforms handle over 3 million requests per second seamlessly;

• Drive Reliability: Respond swiftly to incidents, resolve complex issues, and contribute to postmortems to continuously improve system resilience;

• Scale: Design and refine our scaling procedures to support growth while ensuring stability and efficiency;

• Automate Everything: Build automation tools and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to minimize manual effort and maximize reliability;

• Elevate Quality: Uphold strong standards for system configurations and code, ensuring a robust and secure infrastructure;

• Collaborate for Impact: Partner with Backend Engineers, Data Engineers, and Product Managers to embed reliability and performance into every layer of our stack;

• Champion CI/CD: Promote best practices in continuous integration and deployment for consistent, rapid, and reliable delivery.

• Participate in our on-call rotations.

WHO YOU ARE

You could be a great addition to our Engineering team if you have:

• People management experience: Proven experience leading, mentoring, and developing SRE or infrastructure engineers, with the ability to set priorities, provide actionable feedback, and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale, multi-region AWS infrastructure.

• Proven track record improving the reliability, scalability, and performance of distributed systems.

• Expert knowledge of Terraform, Infrastructure-as-Code, observability, Linux, networking, and performance troubleshooting.

• Strong coding skills in at least two languages, with a focus on automation and maintainable tooling.

• Experience leading complex incidents and driving lasting operational improvements.

• Ability to set technical direction, influence across teams, mentor engineers, and communicate clearly.

• Comfortable making pragmatic decisions in ambiguous situations and balancing technical and business priorities.

• Calm, collaborative, and committed to blameless operations.

• Fluent in English.

Please note that, to comply with employment regulations, applicants are required to maintain residency and be legally authorized to work in France, Spain or the European Union in order to be considered for this position.

COMPENSATION

• Competitive salary between 100,000€ and 130,000€ OTE

We are committed to transparent compensation practices. The salary range shown reflects total On-Target Earnings (OTE), including base salary and a performance-based Quarterly bonus with transparent KPIs. Final compensation will be tailored to each candidate’s background, experience, skills, and overall fit for the role.

PERKS AND BENEFITS*

• Competitive Salary ;

• Performance-based Quarterly bonus with transparent KPIs;

• Longevity bonus every 2 years ;

• 4 1/2 days work week (Fridays afternoon off) ;

• “RTT” ;

• Mental Health support ;

• Flexible remote working policy ;

• Regular team-life event / activity ;

• Inclusive parental leave Policy.

*Most benefits are available to all employees. For remote team members based outside of France, benefits will be aligned with local laws and practices in your country of residence, ensuring support that’s both relevant and compliant wherever you are.

OUR PROCESS

What to expect as you move through our hiring process:

• HR Call with Mélanie, Talent Acquisition Partner

• Team fit interview with Aldenis, Head of Engineering

• Tech interview with Seiji, Staff Site Reliability Engineer, and Alexandre, Staff Engineer

• Final interview with Cédric, CTO, and Loïc, CPO

If you require accommodations at any stage of the application process, please let us know. It will be handled confidentially by our HR and recruitment team.

OUR COMMITMENT

We’re proud that our team already spans 22+ nationalities, diverse talent and unique backgrounds, and we want it to grow even more. If this role appeals to you, we welcome your application, even if you don’t meet every single qualification. Not everyone gets through our hiring process, but your skills might be a great fit for another opportunity; now or in the future.

Adikteev is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees, candidates, vendors and clients, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or military status.