Head of Frontend Engineering

Join Qonto as Head of Frontend Engineering

Qonto is seeking a Head of Frontend Engineering to lead and inspire our cross-functional teams in developing innovative, scalable web solutions that will transform the FinTech industry. As a key member of our Engineering leadership, you will drive the technical strategy that will shape the future of our web platform, impacting millions of users across Europe.

Your Role

As the Head of Frontend Engineering, you will:

• Leadership & People Management: Manage three teams comprising over 15 engineers. You will coach team leaders and engineers to maintain quality and velocity as the team grows and complexity increases. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to managers, empowering them to make decisions and grow in their roles.

• Strategic Delivery & Technical Impact: Drive the delivery of product features and improvements with a high level of quality and on time. Lead the ongoing React migration project, balancing technical debt reduction with new feature development.

• Customer Focus & Stakeholder Management: Foster a culture of continuous improvement, learning how to write better code to ship features faster. Collaborate with partner teams such as Product, Data, Backend, Mobile, and third parties.

What You Can Expect

• Quality Focus: We emphasize the analysis phase of software delivery, with a strong focus on upfront technical designs, code reviews, and smart slicing. You will focus on quality, which we believe drives the velocity our customers need.

• Growth and Autonomy: Success comes from a space where you're given time, support, and autonomy to improve yourself, our systems, and our processes.

• Cross-functional Teams: Our engineers work in cross-functional teams, focusing on one feature at a time. Together with your team, you will have the autonomy to improve the team’s operating system.

About Your Future Team

You will be part of a team with high standards of performance. We strive for excellence in management and have developed a comprehensive management training program to fast-track engineers to a Lead’s position.

About You

• Experience: Proven track record of leading Frontend development teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments, with strong technical skills in frontend engineering.

• Leadership: Excel at managing and mentoring other managers, fostering their growth and development while balancing autonomy with oversight.

• Strategic Thinking: Develop and execute technical roadmaps and scaling plans for complex web platforms, focusing on both short-term delivery and long-term strategy.

• Stakeholder Management: Skilled at building relationships across departments and managing diverse stakeholder needs, treating colleagues as if they were customers.

• Business Acumen: Understand and challenge product decisions based on solid business understanding and data analysis, always keeping the customer's needs in focus.

Perks

• Tailor-made and dynamic career track.
• Inclusive work environment.
• Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade.
• Tailor-made remote work policy.
• Competitive salary package.
• Employee well-being initiatives.

Our Hiring Process

• Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers.
• A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills.
• On average, our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours.

Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality. Apply now to become a part of Qonto's journey!