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 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 4 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 more than €100 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 370+ happy Pennylaners : we’re now recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France (but also remotely), with a 5/5 rating on Glassdoor and an e-NPS of 94.

🌍 Build an international environment with more than 26 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

WHY this position is of utmost importance to reach our mission

You'll be responsible for ensuring the operational efficiency of the Security/IT team, which consists of 4 squads : Application Security (2 engineers), IT (4 admins), Security Compliance, and Incident Management, 12 people in total by the end of the year.

Moreover, you'll ⏬

- Enhance the efficiency of operations boards and plans through effective project management.

- Improve tooling through benchmarking and monitoring, but also improvement of the existing

- Maintain the quality of team documentation by providing necessary context, identifying needs, and taking appropriate actions. This includes preparing projects and writing necessary reports

- Facilitate information sharing among all team members

🥇You’re the right candidate if

- You have an experience or at least strong interest in information security topics, readiness to work closely with developers, product managers and the legal team, and ability to manage change.

- Experience in an ISO 27001 context will be a major bonus as well as having an experience in either development, Application Security or IT.

- Ability to centralize and coordinate work from multiple departments, crucial for ensuring effective follow-up on projects, implementing corrective actions, reaching agreements, and diplomatically onboarding external and internal stakeholders.

What do we do to make your work life easier ?

🏢 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 have a compensation package

📈 You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us

🏝You’ll get between 8 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

🏡 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 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 !)

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 (Technical Recruiter) : 30 min

- Then a deeper discussion with Guillaume (RSSI/CISO) : 45 min

- Then a technical case with preparation at home + a following debriefing with two people from the security Team : 1 H

- Finally, a last culture fit meeting with Felix, COO (30min)

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 ?

You may have noticed that there was no section listing the skills or qualities required to apply for this specific job. Researches have shown that some people are less likely to apply than others, if they don’t feel like they meet the full list of criteria. So we have decided to take it down entirely.

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 to set concrete goals in building a better and more inclusive workplace in the years to come.