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

✨ 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.

• 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