Remote Lead Backend Engineer - Qonto

Our mission is to create the most amazing banking experience for SMEs through technology, elegant design, and an outstanding sense of customer care. AtQonto, we believe that great services come from great thinkers, that’s why we strive to provide an environment that will allow you to feel comfortable and help you excel in your work(read more aboutour method).AlexandreandStevelaunched Qonto in July 2017, and the team reached great achievements since then:Market leader for online SME banking in Europe 200,000 SME clients Outstanding customer satisfaction (App Store|Google Play|TrustPilot) Recognized as one of the best startups to work at (Wired|LinkedIn) €136 millionraisedInternational investors with a solid fintech experience And 500+ happy Qontoers helping us building the bank of our dreams (just that!) ?Our values:Ambition| We tackle big challenges no matter whatTeamwork| We create magic by collaborating at the same speedMastery| We pursue excellence through continuous learning and by facing challenges humbly every dayIntegrity| We are transparent and trustworthy with our clients and each otherAs a Lead Backend Engineer at Qonto, you will:Managea team of5 to 8Backend EngineersCoordinate with engineering, product and design leads todefineavisionandstrategyfor your cross-functional teamDrive thedeliveryof your cross-functional team to help us meet business objectivesMentor,pair, anddelegatework to foster theprofessionalandtechnicalgrowthof your teammatesHelpbuildacollaborative,inclusiveandsupportiveteam culture and make itshineRun1o1sand quarterlyprogress reviewsto provide regularfeedbacksto your team membersRuninterviewstohirenew team membersDesign, build, test, document, run, review and maintain code inGolang/RubySupport a critical service used by tens of thousands of users on a daily basisOur primary languages areGolang, PythonandRubyon the backend,ReactJS / EmberJSon the frontend, andKotlinandSwiftfor our Mobile applications. However, we are open to Engineers from any background! Our platform runs on aKubernetescluster hosted onAWS, withPostgreSQLas our database of choice, usingKafkafor our event sourcing andELKfor logging and auditing, among many other tools, services and applications.What you could work on:As part of ourEngineering Department, you will be thebackend leadof a cross-functional team. Every cross-functional team handles a part of our product. A few examples of these teams are:Cards: the team responsible for all things cards. On the backend this includes but is not limited to: all things related to card shipment, paying with cards, billing for cards, and card security.Ledger: the team working on our Core Banking System, which allows us to store transactions in an accurate, scalable and auditable way.?Onboarding: the team guiding users through a delightful and frictionless sign-up experience.About You:Leadership: You can collaboratively lead the evolution of your cross-functional team.Team player: You have excellent communication skills, which help you diffuse knowledge across teams and align people to work successfully on their projects.Tech Skills:You have strong knowledge in Python and/or Ruby (Also skills in Go would be awesome!)Languages:You are fluent in English; French is a plus. #J-18808-Ljbffr