Engineering Director

About the role

Engineering Director

The position of centers on architecting and operating the engineering organization necessary to deliver scalable business impact. In this role, you will shape the technical and cultural foundations that allow our employee platform to serve millions of users across France and Brazil. Your responsibilities will span strategic technical guidance, people leadership, and the establishment of resilient operational practices. You will work alongside the CTO, other Directors, and business stakeholders to ensure engineering efforts are aligned with overarching company goals. The success of this position will be measured by your capacity to transform business objectives into durable technology outcomes while fostering a high-performing, sustainable engineering culture.

The role is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of our employee platform, which touches Human Resources, Fintech, Travel, and Employee Benefits. You will guide how solutions are conceived and built to serve both employees and clients in these distinct domains. A core part of your mandate involves translating complex business goals into coherent engineering direction. This translation ensures that product vision is converted into actionable technical strategies. Your decisions will directly influence how teams release value safely, maintain system reliability, and uphold long-term code quality. You will establish the guardrails that allow innovation to occur without compromising stability or security.

Swile operates in dynamic markets in France and Brazil, serving over 5.5 million users within 80,000 companies. The platform touches critical aspects of professional life, including financial services, travel management, and human resources. As the Engineering Director, you will ensure the technology infrastructure keeps pace with this scale and complexity. You will design intake workflows that capture detailed product requirements and convert them into clear engineering tasks. This process is vital for setting unambiguous expectations and preventing scope creep. You will also establish robust build practices that turn specifications into reliable, production-grade services.

Maintaining high standards of quality is essential when serving millions of users across multiple countries. You will coordinate review rituals designed to uphold code quality while preserving team velocity. The goal is to eliminate bottlenecks without sacrificing thoroughness. Orchestrating ship activities will be another key responsibility, ensuring releases are safe, observable, and aligned with business priorities in every market. You will forge strong partnerships with internal stakeholders to clarify needs and manage expectations. This collaboration is necessary to keep delivery predictable and transparent for all parties.

Technical leadership will require balancing difficult trade-offs between speed and sustainability. You will make decisions on architecture and technology stacks that support scalability, security, and clarity. Your guidance will ensure solutions remain sustainable as user demand grows. You will champion data-informed discussions where evidence and outcomes steer engineering investment. Opinions will be validated through metrics and user behavior rather than hierarchy. Maintaining a focus on user outcomes is non-negotiable. You will constantly verify that products reduce friction and increase satisfaction for both clients and employees.

Driving continuous improvement will be an ongoing duty. You will refine processes, remove impediments, and update standards for engineering teams. This includes mentoring other leaders and fostering a culture of learning. You will ensure that the engineering organization is equipped to handle future challenges. Your leadership will be instrumental in making technology a durable lever for company performance and culture.

The role is based in Montpellier, France. It is a permanent position that requires at least three years of experience in a senior leadership role managing engineers and delivery. Candidates must possess hands-on experience with modern backend systems and distributed architectures. A deep understanding of HR, Fintech, Travel, and Benefits domains is necessary to guide product decisions effectively. You must be fluent in both French and English during discussions, documentation, and planning. Comfort with ambiguous problems and evolving requirements in a fast-moving environment is essential.

While not mandatory, experience in fintech, travel, or HR platforms is considered helpful. Proficiency with the tools and contexts of Fintech, Travel, HR, and Employee Benefits across France and Brazil is expected. Please What you'll do