Engineering Manager - Lead Developer Front H/F chez Swan

Détail du poste

Swan is building the future of embedded banking in Europe. We empower companies to seamlessly integrate banking features into their products through our modern GraphQL API, pre-built front-end components, and comprehensive administration tools. As we scale to serve thousands of businesses and millions of end-users, we’re looking for exceptional engineering leaders who want to shape how companies build financial experiences.

Your mission

As our Front-End Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a focused, high-impact team of 2 talented engineersworking on the visual face of Swan’s platform. Your team operates as a center of excellence across our 70+ engineering organization, partnering closely with product design to deliver interfaces that thousands of developers and millions of end-users interact with daily.This is a player-coach role where you’ll spend significant time hands-on with code while building and mentoring your team. You’ll have the opportunity to shape our front-end strategy from the ground up, establish engineering practices, and grow your team as Swan scales.

Your responsibilities

Team Leadership (25%)

– Grow and mentoryour engineers, providing coaching on both technical skills and career development
– Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
– Drive hiring as the team grows, building a diverse and exceptional front-end engineering team
– Conduct performance evaluationsand create clear growth paths for your team members
– Balance individual contributor work with management responsibilities as aplayer-coach

Technical Leadership (30%)

– Make architectural decisionsfor front-end systems in our demanding technical environment with reactive architecture
– Partner with product managersto shape features and technical roadmaps
– Ensure engineering excellenceby establishing and championing technical standards, automated testing, and code quality practices
– Review and approve system designs, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability liaising within senior technical community
– Monitor system performanceto maintain quality of service as our platform scales

Delivery & Operations (20%)

– Own roadmap execution, providing clear visibility and progress tracking at scale
– Lead cross-team collaborations, ensuring effective communication among engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders
– Maintain operational excellencein production, including incident response and on-call participation
– Make pragmatic trade-offsbetween speed, quality, and business impact

Hands-On Technical Work (25%)

– Contribute code regularlythrough reviews, feature development, and architectural implementations
– Debug production issuesand guide the team through complex technical challenges
– Stay current with front-end technologiesand bring new ideas to the team

Le profil recherché

You’re a great match if:

Technical Excellence

– You have substantial experience as a software developer with deep expertise in front-end engineering, particularly in product-driven environments
– You’re highly skilled in React, TypeScript, and GraphQL-these are your daily tools
– You bring a strong UX/UI sensibility and care deeply about user experience
– You write clean, maintainable code and establish patterns that scale
– You stay current with modern front-end technologies and industry best practices
– You’ve worked in complex environments involving product, QA, security, and platform teams

Leadership & Management

– You have experience leading and mentoring engineers, whether as a formal manager or technical lead
– You excel at coaching team members on technical and professional growth
– You have strong communication skills and can align engineering goals with business priorities
– You know how to balance technical excellence with business pragmatism
– You’re comfortable with player-coach dynamics, contributing technically while developing your team

Passion for Building Products

– You’re passionate about building great products, demonstrated through open-source contributions, personal projects, or professional work in fintech, Banking as a Service, or regulatory tech
– You understand the business context behind technical decisions
– You think about developer experience as a product itself
– You have a professional level of English (Swan is an international team)

Our Ideal Teammate

– Empathetic: You understand your team, users, and stakeholders
– Skilled: You combine technical depth with growing leadership abilities
– Frank:You communicate directly and value honest feedback
– No ego: We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door

Bonus Points (Not Required)

– Experience with automated testing and continuous integration
– Interest in functional programming paradigms
– Familiarity with fintech, embedded banking, or regulatory technology
– Understanding of system architecture beyond front-end
– Experience with developer tools and platform engineering

Swan is building the future of embedded banking in Europe. We empower companies to seamlessly integrate banking features into their products through our modern GraphQL API, pre-built front-end components, and comprehensive administration tools. As we scale to serve thousands of businesses and millions of end-users, we’re looking for exceptional engineering leaders who want to shape how companies build financial experiences.Your missionAs our Front-End Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a focused, high-impact team of 2 talented engineersworking on the visual face of Swan’s platform. Your team operates as a center of excellence across our 70+ engineering organization, partnering closely with product design to deliver interfaces that thousands of developers and millions of end-users interact with daily.This is a player-coach role where you’ll spend significant time hands-on with code while building and mentoring your team. You’ll have the opportunity to shape our front-end strategy from the ground up, establish engineering practices, and grow your team as Swan scales.Your responsibilitiesTeam Leadership (25%)- Grow and mentoryour engineers, providing coaching on both technical skills and career development- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement- Drive hiring as the team grows, building a diverse and exceptional front-end engineering team- Conduct performance evaluationsand create clear growth paths for your team members- Balance individual contributor work with management responsibilities as aplayer-coachTechnical Leadership (30%)- Make architectural decisionsfor front-end systems in our demanding technical environment with reactive architecture- Partner with product managersto shape features and technical roadmaps- Ensure engineering excellenceby establishing and championing technical standards, automated testing, and code quality practices- Review and approve system designs, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability liaising within senior technical community- Monitor system performanceto maintain quality of service as our platform scalesDelivery & Operations (20%)- Own roadmap execution, providing clear visibility and progress tracking at scale- Lead cross-team collaborations, ensuring effective communication among engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders- Maintain operational excellencein production, including incident response and on-call participation- Make pragmatic trade-offsbetween speed, quality, and business impactHands-On Technical Work (25%)- Contribute code regularlythrough reviews, feature development, and architectural implementations- Debug production issuesand guide the team through complex technical challenges- Stay current with front-end technologiesand bring new ideas to the team