In this role, you will step in as a Senior Platform Engineer within the Engineering Productivity team, where you will lead efforts to maintain and evolve CI/CD platforms such as GitLab (with an ongoing migration to GitHub) and tools like ArgoCD and ArgoWorkflow. You will also focus on improving the developer experience by implementing and maintaining tools such as Backstage, Boundary, and BAU. Additionally, you will have to help to promote best practices, propose initiatives to enhance developer efficiency and speed.

You will join a team dedicated to creating a smooth and productive experience for developers by providing scalable infrastructure, reliable workflows, and innovative solutions. The Engineering Productivity team is composed of collaborative, forward-thinking individuals who thrive on solving complex problems and enabling other engineering teams to succeed.

As part of your role, you will act as a key reference for all engineering productivity-related topics. You will participate to shape the team’s long-term vision, taking part in strategic decisions such as assessing whether to build or buy tools and solutions. In addition, you will mentor and guide other members of the team, serving as a role model by promoting technical excellence, effective communication, and a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

✨ Your mission

Your primary mission is to empower Swan’s engineering teams by driving the evolution of CI/CD platforms, improving developer experience through innovative tools and workflows, all while mentoring your team and making strategic decisions to ensure efficiency, scalability, and alignment with best practices.

✨ Main Tasks

• Lead the maintenance, evolution, and migration of CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitLab to GitHub).

• Drive the implementation and adoption of developer experience tools like Backstage, Boundary.

• Promote and enforce best practices to improve developer efficiency and productivity.

• Participate in the definition of the long-term architectural vision of the team

• Take part in strategic decisions, such as assessing build vs. buy solutions.

• Act as a mentor and role model for team members, fostering growth and collaboration.

• Collaborate with other teams to ensure alignment and visibility of the team’s work.

• Propose initiatives to improve the scalability, reliability, and speed of engineering workflows.

✨ Your team

Our team operates with 7 people, composed of 5 Platform Engineer, 1 developer, and 1 apprentice, working collaboratively to maintain and enhance the tools and platforms that drive engineering productivity. We adopt a proactive and solution-oriented operational approach, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with Swan’s engineering goals. We collaborate closely with infrastructure teams, and engineering leadership to deliver solutions that improve developer efficiency and overall workflows. The team fosters a culture of knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and open communication to ensure alignment across all stakeholders.

✨ You’re a great match if:

• You have extensive experience with CI/CD platforms (e.g., GitLab, GitHub Actions) and deployment tools like ArgoCD and ArgoWorkflow.

• You have participate to build or maintained a dynamic environment platform

• You are an good communicator who can effectively collaborate across teams and provide clear technical guidance.

• You enjoy mentoring and inspiring team members, fostering a supportive and growth-oriented environment.

• You are passionate about improving developer efficiency and promoting best practices to drive productivity.

• You have a track record of driving long-term architectural vision while delivering immediate impactful improvements.

• You have a proficient level of 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. 🚇

• Holidays : 25 days + RTT 🏝️.

• 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.

• A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions

• An interview with Thibaut, our Engineering Manager

• A technical interview and peer interview

• An interview with our VP of Engineering