Kering Tech Lead Back

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Employment Full-time
Seniority Lead
Posted Oct 8, 2025
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Join Kering in Paris as a Tech Lead Back, contributing to the evolution of backend systems for iconic luxury brands in a dynamic and innovative environment.

Overview

Kering is a prestigious global luxury group, renowned for its stewardship of iconic fashion houses such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen. With a commitment to creativity, sustainability, and cultural excellence, Kering offers an inspiring environment where innovation and craftsmanship are celebrated. As an employer, Kering fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace, encouraging employees to express their talents and contribute to the Group's legacy of excellence.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Design and evolve the architecture of shared backend components, including APIs, sessions, and micro-services.
  • Define and enforce development best practices, testability, and security guidelines.
  • Provide technical oversight for the Core Platform team, including code reviews and validation of pull requests.
  • Define integration contracts, document features, and support their adoption across teams.
  • Collaborate closely with Delivery, SRE, DevOps, Security, and Product teams.
  • Monitor the reliability, performance, and reuse of platform components.

Qualifications

  • 6–10 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years as a Tech Lead.
  • Strong background in backend architecture, web APIs, distributed systems, and CI/CD.
  • Proficiency in cloud-native environments such as AWS and GCP.
  • Familiarity with secure development, scalability, and observability standards.
  • Fluency in both English and French.

Skills

Clear and structured communication skills with the ability to lead by influence. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to mentor and challenge engineers across teams. Autonomy, proactivity, and a strong sense of accountability. Technical expertise in Node.js and composable backends.

Experience

6–10 years in software engineering, including at least 2 years in a Tech Lead role.

Workplace

This position is based in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Cerulean lists 3.316 open roles in Paris, including 67 posted recently. The broader Île-de-France area accounts for 3.727 active listings on Cerulean, 101 of which are new. In France as a whole, Cerulean currently features 4.275 open positions, with 127 posted this week.

Benefits

Joining Kering offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, innovative, and cutting-edge technological environment, contributing to exciting digital transformation projects.

Culture

Kering is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, where diversity in all its forms enriches the environment and enhances the Group's ability to adapt to a changing world. The company values creativity, sustainability, and cultural excellence, providing a supportive atmosphere for employees to express their talents.

About Cerulean

Cerulean is the definitive career portal for the global luxury industry. We match exceptional professionals with exclusive opportunities at the world's most prestigious brands. From haute couture and fine watchmaking to prestige beauty, hospitality, and boutique retail, Cerulean centralises luxury employment to help you find the career for which you were destined.