About

 
Swan is the leading European fintech specialized in embedded banking. A laureate of the French government’s selective year list of tech champions, “French Tech Next 120,” we are quickly expanding across Europe

Over 100 European companies have already seamlessly integrated banking services such as accounts, cards, and payments into their products through our Banking-as-a-Service platform. This approach, known as “embedded finance”, empowers businesses to elevate their offerings and create new revenue streams — often times tripling their revenue!

Our founders’ vision from the beginning was Simplicity: that anyone with a fintech idea at 2 am can visit our website, start building, and buy themselves a coffee with a self-issued card the very next day. That vision has taken us far.

Following a 38M€ Series B round last September, we have been doubling our headcount and already have over 230 Swanees across offices in Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Milan! If you’re excited about joining a European fintech adventure, Swan is the way!

To learn more about us: About Swan ; Our story.

Job description

Swan is looking for an Engineering Manager to join its tech team of 70+ people. We’re seeking an Engineering Manager to lead, inspire, and elevate a team of engineers in delivering high-quality technical solutions. This role combines people management, process optimization, and technical alignment with organizational goals.

The Engineering team is by far the largest at Swan. This team includes Software Engineers, who build payments and end-customer applications, as well as Infrastructure, QA, and Security.

Swan has a diverse team of engineers from all over the place. Co-building is at the heart of the way we work. We believe in challenging each other. We believe that the values of honesty and frankness, while respecting others and showing empathy, are the best way to work together and get things done in a healthy environment.

✨ Your responsabilities:

Team Management:

• Manage and lead a team of 4-8 Software Engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and coaching to team members.
• Drive people management initiatives, including hiring, performance evaluation, career development, and employee retention.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.

Technical Leadership:

• Be accountable for your team's projects (both directly owned and collaborative efforts), make technical decisions, and solve complex challenges in a demanding technical environment with a reactive architecture.
• Partner with product managers to build and refine the team’s roadmap.
• Ensure your team follows company technical standards and architectural patterns effectively.
• Monitor system performance in your domain to maintain the quality of service despite rapidly growing loads.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards and ensure proper implementation of automated testing.

Delivery:

• Be responsible for successful roadmap execution, providing clear visibility and reporting for tracking progress at scale.
• Lead cross-team and cross-domain collaborations, ensuring effective communication among all stakeholders.
• Maintain operational excellence in production and manage incident responses effectively.

✨ Our technical environment:

• Programming Languages: TypeScript (NestJS, fp-ts) ; Node.JS
• Databases: PostgreSQL
• Data Streaming: Kafka ; GraphQL
• Containerization & Cloud Platforms: Kubernetes ; AWS

Preferred experience

✨ You’re a great match if:

• You have at least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer and at least 2 years of experience as a manager.
• You have strong leadership and team management skills
• You have worked in complex environments involving product, QA, security, and platform teams.
• You have a solid knowledge of TypeScript
• Proficiency in software development and a solid understanding of system architecture.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with coding standards, security protocols, and QA/testing processes.
• You have worked with GraphQL and Kafka.
• You are interested in functional programming.
• You have strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to align engineering goals with business priorities.
• You are fluent in English.
• Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door.

It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying! 🙌 

Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.

When it comes to recruitment, we’re interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan’s success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.

About Swan

✨ Perks of being a Swanee:

• Transport: Monthly mobility package for remote employees. In accordance with the company agreement for sustainable mobilities, you can now use your mobility package to pay for alternative commuting modes. 🚇
• Health insurance: Alan. This is Swan's health and welfare insurance. 🚑
• Sports: Thanks to our partnership with Classpass and Gymlib, you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities. The offers are valid in several European cities, as well as online. 🏋
• Hybrid Remote: Our hybrid remote policy offers the best of both worlds: a great office setting and the flexibility to work remotely with at least 3 days each month in our Parisian office. 🏡
• Offsite: Once a year we gather to reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax. 🤝
• This isn’t a perk, it should be the rule, but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day.

✨ Our values:

Swan’s core values guide our actions daily. Individually, they may seem obvious, but together, they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” If something's convoluted or confusing, we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term: We always play the long game, whether it's to support our partners in their growth journey, or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners' expectations— whatever it takes.

Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions, it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

Recruitment process

• A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Design system interview
• Peer Interview
• Last interview with our VP Engineering