We’re looking for an experienced QA Manager - Team Lead who is excited about growing our test automation efforts and structuring the QA Team (currently composed of 4 people)🎉

As a QA Manager - Team Lead, you will work closely with the rest of Engineering team and the product team and other business stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.

You’ll report to the VP Engineering.

✨ Main tasks

Manage and lead the QA team

• Define the team’s quarterly OKRs and manage the team’s priorities.

• Provide guidance and coaching to team members on technical contributions, quality practices, and other areas.

• Actively participate in the hiring process for your team.

• Conduct regular 1:1 meetings with all members of the team.

Manage QA activities

• Drive improvements to test framework architecture and test coverage.

• Lead efforts to automate the testing process.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate testing earlier into the software development process.

• Promote the adoption of best practices in code health, testing, testability, and maintainability (such as clean code and test pyramid).

• Monitor and track test gaps, quality, and productivity metrics. Collaborate with other engineering teams to address gaps identified through this data.

• Recommend improvements to overall best practices, design, testability, quality, and productivity.

✨ Your team

The Engineering team is by far the largest at Swan. This team includes Software developers, who build payments and end-customer applications, as well as Infrastructure, DevOps, and Security.
Swan has a diverse team of engineers from all over the place. Co-building is at the heart of the way we work. We believe in challenging each other. Being frank, but empathetic is the best way to get things done! It’s also more fun.

✨ You’re a great match if:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience from an engineering school or university. A switch of career paths is also welcomed 😊

• 4-6 years of experience as a Software Engineer in Test (or similar title) in a startup, scale-up, or another fast-paced work environment

• Previous successful experience as a manager of a team

• Strong leadership and team management skills

• Experience with Web Services Test Automation Tools with a good understanding of modern web protocols (REST API, GraphQL)

• Experience with Continuous Integration Systems (e.g., Gitlab, Jenkins)

• Experience defining a high-level test automation strategy based on industry best practices

• Experience driving organizational change with cross-functional stakeholders

• Enjoy working in a challenging, fast-paced, and team-oriented environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in 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:

• ESOP packages available 😊

• Our hybrid remote policy offers the best of both worlds: a great office setting and the flexibility to work remotely with at least 2-3 days each month in our Parisian office. 🚂

• Relocation package available (If you want to settle in Paris)

• The best health insurance: Alan 🦭

• Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib.

• We respect your lunch break. Mid-day free-time is sacred and our French office even provides a Swile card to cover your meal on work days. 🥪

• Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we 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:

Be human: Be straightforward, transparent, and sincerely care. It’s all about integrity and doing the right thing.

Ambition: We’re in this for the long game. We want to transform the entire market, and be the engine for Europe’s next tech champions!

Collaboration: We believe in the power of collective intelligence. We love to challenge others’ ideas and be challenged in return. May the best ideas win.

“Move fast, don’t break things”: If we must choose between security and going fast, we choose security. We are in banking, after all.

Make everything simple: Simplicity.

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 Edouard, our VP Engineering

• A Case Study & debrief

• Meet the QA team and Mathieu, our CTO