QontoStaff Product Engineer - AI Core - remote friendly
Qonto is hiring a Staff Product Engineer - AI Core - remote friendly in Paris, France. Level rates it ; you can apply on Qonto.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this role is Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Claude and Notion AI.
- Level classifies it as a lead role.
- Level lists 44 other open roles at Qonto.
- The role was posted in the last few days.
AI in this role
Our mission and customers: We are creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed by delivering Europe's leading finance workspace with banking at its core, augmented by financial tools. We are proud to be rated 4.7 on Trustpilot, based on 60,000 reviews. Our culture puts customer satisfaction at the core of what we do, as proven by our Net Promoter Score of 75 (more about our culture here).
Our journey: Founded in 2017 by Alexandre and Steve, Qonto has grown to 1,700 Qontoers serving over 750,000 customers across 8 European countries. We have been profitable since 2023, and we are just getting started.
Our beliefs: We hire for skills and potential. With 80+ nationalities, 45% women, of which 56% of women in our leadership team, diversity isn't a program; It's who we are. We've built a discrimination-free hiring process because the best teams are built on merit.
AI at Qonto: AI is deeply embedded in how we work (here) - Every Qontoer gets unlimited access to the best AI tools. We want people who experiment without waiting for permission, push AI beyond the obvious, know when to trust it, and when to question it.
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Our mission and customers: We are creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed by delivering Europe's leading finance workspace with banking at its core, augmented by financial tools. We are proud to be rated 4.8 on Trustpilot, based on 55,000+ reviews. Our culture puts customer satisfaction at the core of what we do, as proven by our Net Promoter Score of 75 (more about our culture here).
Our journey: Founded in 2017 by Alexandre and Steve, Qonto has grown to 1,700 Qontoers serving over 750,000 customers across 8 European countries. We have been profitable since 2023, and we are just getting started.
Our beliefs: We hire for skills and potential. With 80+ nationalities, 45% women, of which 56% of women in our leadership team, diversity isn't a program; It's who we are. We've built a discrimination-free hiring process because the best teams are built on merit.
AI at Qonto: AI is deeply embedded in how we work (here) - Every Qontoer gets unlimited access to the best AI tools. We want people who experiment without waiting for permission, push AI beyond the obvious, know when to trust it, and when to question it.
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Location: You can apply to work at Qonto as long as you're living in (or willing to relocate to) France, Germany, Spain, or Italy. This role is hybrid or remote.
Join us as a Staff Product Engineer to build Qonto's AI Software Factory. You'll start with autonomous bug resolution, aiming to fix every bug within 48 hours. You'll work under the guidance of Laetitia, our AI Core Team Lead.
What you'll do
Own the product direction of our AI Software Factory: You'll decide what we build next and which solutions we offer engineers, acting as the product manager of the tool.
Understand your users: You'll learn how engineers work, run 5 whys on their problems, and check that the tool fits their day.
Ship agents on solid foundations: You'll restructure our AI Software Factory, then ship agents for bug resolution, code review, QA, auto-approval and safe auto-merge, all fed with Qonto context.
Measure and iterate: You'll set success metrics, interpret what they tell you, and run a second iteration fast.
Evangelise what you build: You'll promote the product across engineering and collect feedback to improve it.
What we're looking for
Strong engineering: You write and critically review code, and you can read and understand Python.
AI-native workflow: You have a mature personal setup for coding with AI and know how models, prompting and evaluation work.
Product mindset: You challenge user needs, empathise with your users, and define what good looks like.
Autonomy and pragmatism: You run work end-to-end and focus on what ships fast when the direction is blurry.
Comfort with change: You enjoy shifting priorities and make decisions within a day.
What we can offer you
End-to-end ownership: You'll own an internal product from vision to delivery, with engineers as your users.
Visible impact: Your work will change how engineers build software across Qonto.
Something new: You'll work in a fast-moving field where you're challenged daily and learn with every iteration.
Freedom within a clear direction: You'll get a documented long-term vision and room to choose how to reach it.
Your future manager
You'll report to Laetitia Riffaud, our AI Core Team Lead. Laetitia has spent 2 years at Qonto and has always loved building internal tools and improving developer experience. Laetitia enjoys fast iteration, stays close to engineers to understand their needs, and is driven by helping her team develop and grow.
Our stack & practices
Python: Our AI tooling codebase is in Python, and you'll read and understand it.
AI tooling: We work with Claude and Notion AI.
Our methodology
We value upfront technical design, team code reviews, and smart slicing — quality drives the velocity our customers need.
Our lean toolbox, Kaizen and PDCA, lets you drive continuous improvement with your peers and manager.
Want to go further? Read about the Qonto Way and our vision statement of AI at Qonto
Don't tick every box? Apply anyway: we care about what you'll achieve with us, not a perfect CV match.
At Qonto, we understand that true diversity isn’t just about ticking boxes on a hiring checklist. Apply regardless of the boxes you tick — who knows? You may have the missing piece of the puzzle we’ve been searching for all along.
By applying, you agree that Qonto processes your personal data to assess your application. Your data is kept for up to 2 years in our candidate pool. Read our Privacy Notice for full details.
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On average, our hiring process lasts 20 working days. More information on our candidate journey here
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🔒 Your security matters to us
Recruitment scams are on the rise. Keep in mind, we will never work with third-party platforms or agencies that request payment from candidates.
If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Qonto, please report it right away (support@qonto.com)
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At Qonto, we understand that true diversity isn’t just about ticking boxes on a hiring checklist. Apply regardless of the boxes you tick - who knows? You may have the missing piece of the puzzle we’ve been searching for all along.
By applying, you agree that Qonto processes your personal data to assess your application. Your data is kept for up to 2 years in our candidate pool. Read our Privacy Notice for full details.
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On average, our hiring process lasts 20 working days. More information on our candidate journey here
How we rate this
Staff Product Engineer - AI Core - remote friendly at Qonto rates 48 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Skills and AI tools this role asks for
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- What's a project where you used Claude hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Notion AI in your day-to-day work.
- This role expects you to use AI tools as part of the job. Which ones have you used, and for what?
- Tell me about a time an AI tool got something wrong. How did you catch it?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Claude and Notion AI. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.
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