Lead Risk & Compliance Engineer

Mission

Join us as Lead Risk & Compliance Engineer to lead a team of 4 data engineers at the heart of Qonto's Risk Compliance department — turning complex, multi-market data into reliable reporting, sharp risk indicators, and AI-powered tools that keep Qonto compliant and one step ahead.

The data your team produces lands directly on the desks of governance committees, R&C teams, and regulatory institutions across all Qonto markets. You'll work closely with Gauthier Marquand, Head of Risk Analytics Model Governance, to multiply team output and lead our shift toward AI‑augmented data operations.

Impact

You will work closely with Gauthier, our Head of Risk Analytics Model Governance, and lead a team of 4 (including 2 interns) within a department that sits at the intersection of data engineering, financial compliance, and AI adoption.

As a Lead Risk & Compliance Engineer at Qonto, you will

• Reduce data errors and late delivery by deploying Claude Code for SQL generation and review — within 6 months, measurably fewer Red Bins and missed deadlines
• Stand up team management from Day 1 : implement ticket dispatch, run 1:1s, track performance KPIs, and roll out Qonto Way / Red Bins with your team of 4
• Build and ship data models in DBT to production — owning end-to-end delivery of reporting and risk indicators for governance committees and ANC teams
• Document everything : within 6 months, all reporting and tools have an audit trail — reducing redundant rework and ensuring regulatory compliance

What you can expect

• A team that ships like a tech team : DBT in production, end-to-end ownership, no hand-offs
• AI already in the stack : Claude Code is live for SQL generation — your job is to scale that adoption across the team and the broader RC department
• A blank-slate operational challenge : no dispatch process, no continuous improvement loop yet — you'll build it from scratch
• Cross-market data diversity : transactional, customer, regulatory, product usage — across all Qonto markets, with direct visibility at governance committee level

About your future manager

• Gauthier Marquand — Head of Risk Analytics Model Governance. Hands‑on technical leader who built the AI foundation the team runs on. He'll be a peer in terms of data engineering depth — but he needs you to own team operations independently from Day 1. Expect high standards, technical conversations from the start, and a manager genuinely invested in getting this right

About You

• Advanced SQL + DBT in production : you write and debug complex queries, build DBT models with lineage and tests, and ship them to prod — not just locally
• Team management (1 year min.) : you've run a small technical team, tracked performance, and led by example — technical profile strongly preferred over pure manager
• Rigor & AI fluency : compliance data errors have consequences — you have processes to catch them, and you're genuinely excited about what Claude Code can do for your team
• Curiosity : you learn unfamiliar data models fast and never stop asking why
• Languages : English mandatory; French strongly preferred

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