About Swan
Swan is a leading European fintech company specializing in embedded banking. Founded in 2019, Swan processes over 1 billion euros of transactions per month for over 100 companies across thirty European countries. Swan is a Mastercard principal member and a licensed financial institution, regulated by the French banking authority (ACPR).
Job Description
Swan is seeking an Engineering Manager to join its tech team of 70+ people. The Engineering team is the largest at Swan, including Software Engineers who build payments and end-customer applications, as well as Infrastructure, QA, and Security teams.
Responsibilities
- Team Management: You will spend 50% of your time managing a team of 4-5 people.
- Technical Leadership: The other 50% will be spent technically overseeing several projects.
- Problem Solving: You will tackle problems in one of the most demanding IT domains with a reactive architecture.
- Product Design: Collaborate with the product team to design the bank via API.
- Performance Improvement: Enhance the performance of a system with a rapidly growing load.
- Compliance and Testing: Ensure the respect of architecture rules and automated tests.
Technical Environment
- TypeScript & FP
- Scala & Kotlin
- PostgreSQL
- Kafka
- GraphQL
- Gitlab
- K8S
- AWS
Methodology
Engineers are split into independent squads of 4 to 8, working alongside dedicated Product Managers. They build the roadmap on a quarterly basis and iterate in cycles of 2 to 4 weeks. Stability and technical project inclusion in the roadmap are expected to help scale the system.
Ideal Candidate
- Experience: At least 5-7 years as a Software Engineer and 2 years in management.
- Skills: Strong leadership, team management, and familiarity with TypeScript & JVM languages (Kotlin, Scala, Java).
- Systems Knowledge: Experienced in distributed systems or micro-service architecture, and with GraphQL and Kafka.
- Language: Professional level of English; French is a plus.
Perks
- ESOP packages available.
- Hybrid remote policy with flexibility.
- Top-tier health insurance.
- Partnerships for fitness and meal coverage on work days.
- Regular team retreats to beautiful locations.
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Recruitment Process
- 30-min video call with Talent Acquisition Manager.
- Interview with future manager.
- Technical interview with Engineering Manager or Staff Engineer.
- Final interview with VP Engineering.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Medical insurance
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