Senior Engineering Manager, Pennylane
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Financial operating system for European SMEs
Open for applications
Financial operating system for European SMEs
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build the leading financial tool for European SMEs.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- The tech team is divided into more than 40 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) 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
- 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
Application process
- You will first have a general chat with Thomas (Senior Technical Recruiter) : 30 min
- Then, an interview with one of our Tech Co-Founders : Quentin (our CTO) or Thierry (our Lead Dev), 1 H
- Then, you'll have a system design interview with one of our staff engineer (Emilie or Guillaume) + our Head of Data (Thomas), 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 Senior Engineering Managers 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
Salary benchmarks
Our take
In multiple mature markets, companies have been using QuickBooks, Xero and other SaaS solutions for accounting, but it is a fragmented industry with each country using its own software solution. In France, there is no definitive SaaS solution for accounting.
Pennylane wants to overhaul current tools and modernise the tech stack of accounting firms, by connecting directly with third-party services that hold valuable information. Accounting firms can use Pennylane collaboratively by accessing the platform to centralise receipts, create invoices and automate tasks. Instead of sending information back and forth with spreadsheets and photo attachments, both clients and accounting firms can interact directly on the platform.
Pennylane has a significant market opportunity ahead, with an ambitious goal to become the preferred management platform for European companies. The company already claims an impressive number of customers and strong backing which will allow it to further develop its platform and expand to other markets in Europe.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2026
$208m
SERIES E
Apr 2025
$89.2m
LATE VC
Total funding: $479.8m
Company benefits
- Work remotely from anywhere in Europe, as long as your contract allows you to
- Company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us
- 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
- Access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness through our partner Gymlib
- Access to Busuu to perfect your english or your french
- The latest Apple equipment
- Be part of a vibrant social community: we do lots of sports together (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 company seminars
- Wonderful office in the center of Paris
- 10 additional days off (to the 25 standard ones) for those based in France
- Lunch credits (Swile card) to buy your favorite food every day, for those based in France
- Great healthcare cover (Alan Blue) to take care of yourself and your family, for those based in France
Company HQ
Chaussée-d'Antin, Paris, France
Leadership
Arthur Waller
(Co-founder & CEO)Founded PriceMatch in 2012, and progressed from Product Owner to Senior Product Owner at Booking.com between 2015-2018. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
Felix Blossier
(Co-founder & COO)Founding Partner of PriceMatch in 2012 and experience as Director General of the French Treasury from 2018-2020. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
Tancrède Besnard
(Co-founder & CPO)Co-founded PriceMatch in 2012. Experience as Product Manager for Booking.com between 2016-2018, and current advisor for Predictus. Co-founded Pennylane in 2020.
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