Engineering Director - Banking

📍Job located in Paris or Berlin with 2 remote days per week .

🚀 Join Ageras as Engineering Director of Banking

At Ageras, we're redefining how entrepreneurs—freelancers, self-employed professionals, and SMEs—manage their banking and administrative tasks. Through seamless tools and innovative financial solutions, we empower them to focus on what matters most: growing their business.Over the past years, Ageras has grown into a European FinTech powerhouse through the merging of top players like Shine (🇫🇷), Kontist (🇩🇪), and more. Today, we are nearly 500 people strong, united by a vision to become the best friend of every small entrepreneur across Europe. 💚

The Banking team at Ageras

We're looking for an Engineering Director to be part of building a unified experience across four core markets, supported by a modern, scalable core banking system.

The Engineering team collaborates closely with Product and Design to deliver a solution that small businesses love.As we scale, we're seeking an inspiring Engineering Director to lead this domain, following the promotion of the former Director to VP.

📋 Your role as Engineering Director of Banking

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you’ll be responsible for driving the engineering strategy, delivery, and team development for our Banking domain.You will:

Lead a team of 7+ Engineering Managers and 40+ engineers across multiple locations.

Define and execute the engineering vision for banking systems that are secure, scalable, and user-centric.

Partner with Product, Design, and Operations to align on roadmap and delivery goals.

Build a cohesive and inclusive culture post-merger, fostering clarity and engagement.Improve engineering processes and delivery efficiency—without compromising on quality.

Be a visible and trusted leader, supporting and growing your team through feedback, coaching, and career development.

🔎 About you

You are a servant leader with high standards, and a track record of building high-performing teams in complex, fast-moving environments.You bring:

Must-have experience:

5+ years of engineering leadership in a startup or scale-up, including managing multiple teams and engineering managers.

Proven ability to lead in multicultural, distributed environments.

Excellent communication in English

Strong technical leadership: from technical architecture to operational excellence.

Educational background in Engineering and/or strong project management skills.

Experience building cloud-native, reliable systems at scale.

Core competencies:

Create clarity and momentum in ambiguous and complex contexts.Align and inspire teams around strategy, mission, and OKRs.Foster an environment of psychological safety and continuous feedback.Navigate trade-offs between user experience and security/regulatory constraints.Act as a spokesperson for engineering internally and externally.

Bonus:

-Deep understanding of fintech, banking operations, or regulated environments.

-Experience working on core banking systems or financial product platforms.

-Track record of growing diverse and inclusive teams.

🛸 In your first year, you'll:

3 Months:Build trust with your team, stakeholders, and peers.Align on team strategy and delivery plans.Identify major bottlenecks and define contingency plans.6–9 Months:Launch of a new banking engine in our core marketDrive OKR adoption and lead performance reviews.Improve team processes and health (hiring, rituals, cross-team efforts).1 Year:Successfully launch banking offers in new markets.Empower team members through retention, promotion, and engagement.Lead the merger of Banking with Accounting & Invoicing products.

💚 Our recruitment process

1️⃣ Screening call TA-partner to among other things explore your motivation, leadership style, and adaptability (45–60 mins)

2️⃣ Deep dive with the VP of Engineering (60 mins)

3️⃣ Domain leadership interviews with VP Product and Head of Design people reporting to you, Engineering Managers and/or Staff Engineer

4️⃣ Case session – discuss your approach to tech strategy, execution, and team building

5️⃣ Final step – informal coffee chat + Personal Talent Profile (PTP)

Note: Interviews will be scheduled after Thomas returns from leave (August 25th).

✨ Why join Ageras?

Work with ambitious and kind colleagues across EuropeThe chance to work from our modern and well-equipped offices located in key cities around EuropeShape the future of banking for entrepreneursLead a technically challenging Banking project for 3 marEnjoy autonomy, support, and a shared sense of purposeInfluence the strategy of a key product domainReady to help us build the best banking experience for small businesses in Europe?Apply now and let’s build the future of entrepreneurship together. 💚

Equal Opportunity Employer

We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.