Senior Platform Engineer

About Swan

Swan is the leading European fintech specialized in embedded banking. A laureate of the French government’s selective year list of tech champions, “French Tech Next 120,” we are quickly expanding across Europe.

Over 100 European companies have already seamlessly integrated banking services such as accounts, cards, and payments into their products through our Banking-as-a-Service platform. This approach, known as “embedded finance”, empowers businesses to elevate their offerings and create new revenue streams — often times tripling their revenue!

Our founders’ vision from the beginning was Simplicity: that anyone with a fintech idea at 2 am can visit our website, start building, and buy themselves a coffee with a self-issued card the very next day. That vision has taken us far.

Following a 38M€ Series B round last September, we have been doubling our headcount and already have over 230 Swanees across offices in Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Milan! If you’re excited about joining a European fintech adventure, Swan is the way!

To learn more about us: About Swan ; Our story.

Job Description

As a Senior Platform Engineer Consultant, you will collaborate with our Engineering Productivity team to enhance and maintain our CI/CD platforms (GitLab, GitHub, ArgoCD, ArgoWorkflow) and improve the developer experience with tools like Backstage and Boundary. Your role will be focused on delivering high-quality, well-documented, and scalable solutions while ensuring efficient communication with internal teams.

We are looking for a highly autonomous and experienced consultant who can quickly onboard, deliver well-scoped projects efficiently, and provide clear documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams.

Scope of Work & Deliverables

Technical Responsibilities

• Maintain, enhance, and migrate CI/CD platforms (GitLab to GitHub).
• Optimize and automate workflows using ArgoCD, ArgoWorkflow, and other DevOps tools.
• Implement and integrate developer experience tools (e.g., Backstage, Boundary).
• Ensure security, scalability, and reliability of platform components.
• Write clear, well-structured documentation and operational runbooks for all technical implementations.

Delivery Expectations

• Adherence to agreed timelines for scoped projects.
• Delivery of production-ready, well-tested, and maintainable solutions.
• Regular check-ins and progress updates to ensure alignment with internal teams.
• Proactive issue tracking and resolution.

Communication & Collaboration

• Be proactive in updates & reporting: Weekly async status updates + bi-weekly sync check-ins.
• Clear and structured documentation for all work delivered.
• Knowledge transfer sessions with internal engineers to ensure sustainability.
• Collaborate effectively with internal engineers to integrate solutions smoothly into existing workflows.

Key Requirements

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with CI/CD platforms (GitLab, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, ArgoWorkflow).
• Deep knowledge of DevOps & automation tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Proficiency in scripting & infrastructure as code (Bash, Python, Go, YAML).
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Security best practices for CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure.

Delivery & Communication Skills

• Excellent time management and autonomy.
• Ability to produce well-documented, reusable, and transparent deliverables.
• Strong async communication & reporting mindset.
• Fluency in English (written & spoken).

Engagement & Collaboration Model

Remote-friendly, provided deliverables are met. Regular async check-ins (Slack, Notion, Email) & daily & weekly sync meetings. Access to internal repositories & infrastructure (as needed, with security constraints).

Why Work With Us?

• Clear and well-defined scopes for efficient collaboration.
• Opportunity to work on complex engineering challenges in a high-scale environment.
• Collaborate with a highly skilled and friendly engineering team.
• Flexible working model focused on results and quality.

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:

• Transport: Monthly mobility package for remote employees. In accordance with the company agreement for sustainable mobilities, you can now use your mobility package to pay for alternative commuting modes. 🚇
• Holidays: 25 days + RTT 🏝️.
• Health insurance: Alan. This is Swan's health and welfare insurance. 🚑
• Sports: Thanks to our partnership with Classpass and Gymlib, you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities. The offers are valid in several European cities, as well as online. 🏋
• Hybrid Remote: Our hybrid remote policy offers the best of both worlds: a great office setting and the flexibility to work remotely with at least 3 days each month in our Parisian office. 🏡
• Offsite: Once a year we gather to 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:

Swan’s core values guide our actions daily. Individually, they may seem obvious, but together, they form a unique culture.

• Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” If something's convoluted or confusing, we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.
• Long Term: We always play the long game, whether it's to support our partners in their growth journey, or make tangible commitments to climate action.
• Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners' expectations— whatever it takes.
• Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions, it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

Recruitment process

• 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 Thibaut, our Engineering Manager
• A technical interview and peer interview
• An interview with our CTO

Key skills/competency

• Platform Engineering
• CI/CD
• GitLab
• GitHub Actions
• ArgoCD
• ArgoWorkflow
• Backstage
• DevOps
• Terraform
• Kubernetes