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Anthony, you have an interesting case. In general you are entitled to permanent citizenship after a unbroken work duration of 5 or 7 years (various criteria and conditions). Your  habilis (place of stay) is where you live and pay taxes for 183 days in a year (from a German perspective). The scenario that you describe might be good for your career but not for citizenship entitlement if you move often between Countries. The 5 or 7 years also have implied conditions like integration (basic german skills etc.). There are also more details missing (do your family live in Germany near the French border, what is your current legal status (unbefristete arbeitserlaubnis), your nationality (some countries have special conditions with Germany)+ Do you have a preferred status (ie are you a highly trained non-replaceable expert)?

My best advice with the limited current information is that you try to optimise still living in germany, negotiating remote working conditions for 183 days, but still make work visits  to France (less than 220-183 days=37 Working days).  Important that the contract reflect this, because this formality must be proven later when moving back

Based on your current work duration of two years you are not even 50% close to 7 years, so you might not have any other choice than to do a "doppelte haushaltsführung" - ie your family stay in DE whilst you work in FR and live in a small apartment and visit your family over weekends. Consider this and discuss this with a german tax  expert before visiting the Visa office.

In addition to Johannes' explanation above:
If you do move to France, your family members whose visa depends on yours will lose their German visa. That means they have to move, too, or get a visa on their own merit (which, as you mentioned, is a possibility for your wife).