Senior Engineering Manager

Are you looking to have an impact on the daily life of millions of entrepreneurs in France and Europe? Do you thrive in a trustful, fast-paced environment? Do you feel like our Engineering principles https://medium.com/pennylane-engineering/our-engineering-principles-ab0613a0574d are aligned with your vision ?   Then Pennylane might be the right place for you — and you, might be the perfect fit for this role 🙂   Our vision   We aim to become the most beloved financial Operating System of European SMEs.   We help business owners get rid of the time consuming hassle of handling accounting and finance, while giving them access to key information that they can use to make better decisions.   Meanwhile, we’re helping accountants. By using Pennylane, rather than doing manual and repetitive tasks, they can spend more time advising and guiding their clients.   About us   Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France (and soon to be in Europe!)   In 6 years of existence, we’ve managed to :   💻 Make ourselves known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants 💰 Raise a total of +€400 millions, including from Sequoia 🌲, the famous fund from the Silicon Valley who invested early in companies like Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Paypal and much more... 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Grow from 7 cofounders to 1100+ happy Pennylaners : we’re now recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (but also remotely), with a 4,6/5 rating on Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.fr/Avis/Pennylane-France-Avis-E4171708.htm and an e-NPS of 94. 🌍 Build an international environment with more than 25 nationalities, with a strong remote-friendly culture, where 30% of the employees are already working from all parts of Europe 🤝 Earn the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtain outstanding ratings https://www.google.com/search?q=pennylane&ei=O9pOYvm0Co-blwSmhKmIAw&ved=0ahUKEwi5vsWL-4H3AhWPzYUKHSZCCjEQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=pennylane&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyDQgAEIAEELEDEIMBEAoyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BMgcIABCABBAKMgcIABCABBAKMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgcIABCABBAKMgcIABCABBAKMgcIABCABBAKOgcIABBHELADOgkIABCwAxAKEEM6CgguEMcBEK8BEAo6BggAEBYQHjoICAAQFhAKEB46DQguEIAEEMcBEK8BEApKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQ7QFY6wVgugdoAXABeACAAUiIAbMCkgEBNZgBAKABAcgBCcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz   WHY this position is of utmost importance to reach our mission   While some companies count on marketing and sales to gain market share, we are a product-led company and we are investing primarily on building an innovative and scalable platform. Tech teams have a crucial role to play to achieve this goal.   👪 Team and context   The tech team is divided into more than 50 squads, each squad being led by an Engineering Manager working with a PM and a Product Designer and composed of 5 to 8 developers (Frontend, Backend and Full stack). As we scale and increase the number of Squads, we are looking for a new senior engineering manager to help us drive and mentor those squads.    As a Senior Engineering Manager on the track level, you'll directly report to one of our Co-Founders & CTO (Quentin) or the Head of Engineering (Romain) and you'll be managing several Engineering Managers on a daily basis ("manager of managers").   You'll be working closely with a Group Product Manager and Product Design Manager, as well as collaborating with other Senior Engineering Managers.   Pennylane is based in Paris but our tech team is remote-first. The team meets in Paris a few days every four months for what we called the "Pennylane Tech & Product Days".   WHAT you can expect from your life at Pennylane   Within one month :   - You will learn everything about our company, our teams, and our vision during the first onboarding week. - You will follow the common tech onboarding trainings to get familiar with the application, the accounting concepts, and our coding practices. - You'll collaborate with the product manager to make sure our standards in terms of quality and efficiency are respected, but also that there is a good mood present and the everybody is fulfilled with their job. - You'll start identifying our developers' key strengths and areas of improvement to help them grow. - You'll collaborate with the other Engineering Managers to set up the appropriate process as the team grows.   Within 3-6 months :   - You will be comfortable within your track perimeter, people and best practices. - You'll be able to provide leadership within the senior tech community at Pennylane. - You'll be able to identify our senior community developers' key strengths and areas of improvement to help them grow. - You will have the possibility to have impact at Pennylane scale by working on cross teams or transversal initiatives. - You will participate in scaling the Pennylane application from 700k+ customers to infinity, and beyond.   What do we do to make your work life easier   🏢 You'll be able to work remotely from anywhere in Europe, as long as your contract allows you to 💵 You’ll have a compensation package 📈 You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us 🏡 You’ll have a budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a coworking space whenever you feel like it ⛹️Through our partner Gymlib, you’ll have access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness 🇬🇧 You’ll have access to Busuu https://www.busuu.com/fr/p/start-learning?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=FR_FR_Web_Brand_E&utm_group=FR_FR_Web_Brand_E&utm_term=busuu&gclid=CjwKCAjw682TBhATEiwA9crl34OqnbJDliinEXFZNqOcb6391KXrgq4ZDDwEiwMdtTdtuVULvuF7HhoCgZEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds to perfect your english or your french 💻 You’ll get the latest Apple equipment 🎉 You’ll be part of a vibrant social community : we do lots of sports together (Foot, running, climbing...), we love to hang out and have a drink together (thursday afterwork drinks on our rooftop is a usual thing. Twice-a-year we do company seminars, last time we went on a trip to Centerparcs and it was fabulous !)   And.. If you're based in France :   🏢 You’ll be able to work fully from your home or any co-working space in France, or from our wonderful office in the center of Paris 🏝You’ll get between 6 to 13 additional days off (to the 25 standard ones) to rest and do what you love each year 🍜 You’ll have lunch credits (Swile card) to buy your favorite food every day 🏥 You’ll have a great healthcare cover (Alan Blue) to take care of yourself and your family   We're working on providing those last advantages to our people based outside of France as well, but it can be quite more complex depending on different countries.   What does the recruitment process look like ?    - You will first have a general chat with Thomas (Senior Technical Recruiter) : 30 min - Then, an interview with one member from our Tech Leadership : it can be one of our Tech Co-Founders of Senior Engineering Manager (1 H) - Then, you'll have a system design interview with two people : 1H15 in live (no preparation needed) - Then, a product discussion with two people from the product & design team : 1 H - Finally, a last round with two members from our Tech Leadership to deep-dive into your management skills : 1 H   We make sure we move fast ; you can expect the recruitment process with us to last between 15 and 25 days in total.    Who are we looking for ?   - A significant experience managing engineering teams (including the "management of managers") - Fluent in English   We have tried to give you as much details as we could about the purpose, missions and environment of this role; it is now up to you to tell us if you think this is a position in which you could a) have fun and b) bring value to our company. If you’re hesitating, we encourage you to apply anyway: worst case scenario, you might lose a few minutes, and in the best case, it will be the start of a meaningful and long-lasting collaboration.   We also want to emphasise that we fully embrace diversity and that we’re doing our best to create a safe and inclusive environment. We are committed to providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of gender, sexual orientation, origin, disabilities, or any other traits that make you who you are. If anything, diversity makes us a more fun place to work at. To end with a humble illustration of our commitment, we’ve recently signed the Pacte Parité https://lafrenchtech.com/fr/pacte-parite/ to set concrete goals in building a better and more inclusive workplace in the years to come. 🇫🇷 Données personnelles Pennylane traite vos données pour gérer votre candidature et évaluer votre adéquation au poste. Si votre candidature n’aboutit pas, vos données peuvent être conservées 2 ans à compter de notre dernier échange ou de la clôture du recrutement afin de constituer & gérer un vivier de candidats. Vous pouvez vous opposer à tout moment et demander la suppression de vos données en écrivant à : dpo@pennylane.com. dpo@pennylane.com Notre data policy https://www.pennylane.com/fr/vos-donnees-personnelles-recrutement 🇬🇧 Personal Data Pennylane processes your data to manage your application and assess your suitability for the position. If your application is unsuccessful, your data may be retained for 2 years from our last exchange or the closing of the recruitment process, in order to build and manage a candidate pool. You may object at any time and request the deletion of your data by writing to dpo@pennylane.com. 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En caso de que su candidatura no sea seleccionada, sus datos podrán conservarse hasta 2 años a partir de nuestro último contacto o de la finalización del proceso de selección, con el fin de constituir y gestionar una reserva de candidatos. Puede oponerse en cualquier momento y solicitar la eliminación de sus datos escribiendo a dpo@pennylane.com. Más información https://www.pennylane.com/fr/vos-donnees-personnelles-recrutement