or apply directly on Proton's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 82 days Proton's roles stay open a median of 83 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Proton's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Proton
- high 69 stale, 7 reposted of 69 open
- Hiring momentum
- 89 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-25
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Proton's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Proton.
About this role
As a Senior Engineering Manager at Proton, you will lead a team focused on developing customer-facing mobile applications that prioritize user privacy. Your role involves collaborating with product and design teams to execute technical strategies, while also managing a distributed engineering team to ensure high-quality product delivery. You will leverage your mobile engineering expertise and people management skills to drive the growth of Proton's mobile products.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Proton as an employer.
What you need
- Experience leading and growing engineering teams of 10+ engineers in a fast-paced product environment
- Proven success managing fully remote and/or distributed engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to partner closely with Product and Design on strategy, roadmap planning, prioritization, and execution
- Strong technical foundation in mobile engineering, with deep expertise in Swift, Kotlin, and/or Rust
- Hands on technical leader with experience in mobile architecture, debugging, release management, app performance, and engineering trade offs
- Experience building and scaling consumer mobile products with 1M+ monthly active users (MAU)
Nice to have
- Direct exposure to features such as presence, channels, notifications, sync, low-latency messaging, or engagement loops
- Track record improving release cadence, crash rate, ANR rate, app-store review quality, or release confidence
- Experience hiring and developing engineering teams
- Experience spanning both webapp/desktop and mobile (iOS and Android teams), or client plus adjacent backend ownership
- Demonstrated ability to balance speed, quality, and high engineering standard in fast paced environment
What you get
- We provide all the devices and software you need to excel in your role
- Lunch and snacks are provided by Proton every day at our offices
- We will always support our employees with transport costs through subsidizing public transport, bike allowances, or parking spaces based on your office location
- You get stock options when you join us
- You can define your own working hours as long as it works with team meetings
- Proton offers various learning opportunities, including training programs, conferences and events, and continual learning
Worth weighing
- Compensation for locations other than Paris will be discussed during the interview process
- Proton is an office-first company, expecting most work to be done in-person with some flexibility for remote work
- The role emphasizes a strong mobile focus, which may limit exposure to other tech areas
Summarised from Proton's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Proton on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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