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Director of Engineering - Payments & Banking at Qonto
📍 Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France

Sylvain G. is the Director of Engineering for Payments & Banking at Qonto, a role he grew into after serving as Head of Mobile and Director for Business Accounts. He has a background in engineering from Polytech Paris-UPMC and previously worked as an Engineering Manager at leboncoin.

Sylvain is focused on significant technical challenges, including scaling his engineering and data teams to transform Qonto from a payment institution into a credit institution. He is driving the development of credit, savings, and AI-powered finance management tools for European SMBs.

Unique fact: He is leading the engineering effort for a transformation rarely attempted before – turning a large payment institution into a licensed bank.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering - Payments & Banking
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France
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Fintech Innovation
He is actively involved in transforming Qonto into a credit institution, building new credit, savings, and AI-powered financial tools for businesses.
Scaling Engineering Teams
He has explicitly stated his focus on scaling Qonto's Engineering & Data teams to meet the company's ambitious growth and product expansion goals.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Director of Engineering - Payments & Banking
Qonto
8-2024 - 6-2025
Director of Engineering - Business Account
Qonto
1-2023 - 9-2024
Head of Mobile
Qonto
7-2020 - 1-2021
Engineering Manager - Core Team
leboncoin
3-2017 - 7-2020
Lead Developer Android
leboncoin
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Education
2011 - 2014
Ingénieur
Polytech Paris-UPMC
2009 - 2011
DUT
IUT de Ville d'Avray
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