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# Software Engineer @Panora (backed by Hexa) at Hexa

- **Company:** Hexa
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-07-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hexa/eb7c35df-1120-4d24-9d20-49780eb1016c

## Job description

## About Panora

Panora is building a suite of AI-powered agents for insurance brokers - a highly regulated and operationally complex industry. Our ambition is to become the AI Operating System for brokers in Europe: automating high-friction workflows while improving compliance, advisory quality, and client relationships. The product is already live with brokerage firms across France and Belgium, with AI assistants in production (quotation automation, contract comparison, coverage analysis, compliance checks, document generation…). Panora enables brokers to save hours every week, reduce analysis time by up to 70%, and focus on what truly matters: advising clients . Founded by Diane du Paty (ex-VC, operator) and Fabian Langlet (repeat founder, AI product engineer), Panora is backed by Hexa (Aircall, Spendesk, Front). We are entering a key phase of scaling and industrializing our AI platform. At Panora, AI is not a feature - it is the core product layer, deployed in real-world conditions with strong constraints on reliability, traceability, and compliance.

## About the Role

As a Software Engineer, you'll join a small engineering team working directly with Fabian (CTO & Co-founder) and Jeremy (Founding Software Engineer). You'll help build, improve and scale Panora's core product, turning customer problems into reliable features used every day by insurance brokers. Your work will sit at the intersection of:

- Backend engineering
- AI-powered product features
- Data processing and integrations
- Product development

You'll have ownership over meaningful parts of the product while learning how to build robust software in a complex, regulated environment.

What to Expect

- You'll join an existing product already used by real customers.
- You'll spend as much time improving existing systems as building new features.
- You'll work with complex workflows, unstructured data and production constraints.
- You'll own features end-to-end, from implementation to deployment.
- You'll work closely with users, founders and the rest of the engineering team to continuously improve the product.

## Responsibilities

Build Product

- Design, build and ship product features used daily by insurance brokers.
- Improve existing workflows and build new ones across the platform.
- Work closely with the founders to turn customer feedback into product improvements.

Engineering

- Build backend services, integrations and AI-powered workflows.
- Write clean, maintainable and reliable production code.
- Improve system quality, performance and observability as the product scales.

Grow with the Team

- Take ownership of features from idea to production.
- Contribute to architecture and engineering best practices.
- Help shape how engineering evolves at Panora.

Our Technology Stack Our stack is designed to build reliable AI-powered products.

- Backend: TypeScript, Node.js
- Frontend: React, Next.js
- Infrastructure: AWS (serverless & managed services)
- AI & Data: LLMs, document processing, AI workflows
- Integrations: Microsoft 365, CRM, insurer systems

You don't need experience with every technology. What matters most is your ability to learn quickly, write high-quality code and solve real customer problems.

We're Looking For We're looking for a builder who enjoys shipping products and working closely with a small, highly collaborative team.

- You've already had a first experience building and shipping production software in a startup or product-driven environment.
- You're comfortable with backend development (TypeScript/Node.js or equivalent) and enjoy solving real engineering problems.
- You've worked with APIs, cloud infrastructure or data-intensive applications.
- You're curious about AI and excited to build products powered by modern AI systems.
- You're comfortable joining an existing codebase and improving it incrementally.
- You care about building reliable products that create value for users.
- You enjoy ownership, learning fast and working in an ambitious, fast-moving environment.

Bonus

- Exposure to AI-powered products, document processing or workflow automation.
- Experience in insurance, fintech, legaltech or another regulated environment.

Recruitment Process

- 30-min phone screen with Presci (Talent)
- 30-min interview with Fabian (CTO & Co-founder)
- 90-min technical interview (pair programming) with the Tech Team
- 30-min interview with Diane (Co-founder & CEO)
- Onsite meeting with the team and Mat (Partner at Hexa)
- Reference checks & offer 🎉

Hexa is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment irrespective of gender, origin, identity, background and sexual orientation. We know there’s a long way to go regarding diversity in our industry, which is why we encourage all applicants- especially those listed above- to apply to our open positions.

## About Hexa

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hexa is a multi-stage startup studio that partners with founders to build, launch, and scale software companies from scratch.
- **Entity Type**: Private (multi-stage startup studio; operates Start, Sprint, and Scale tracks)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France (12 rue Martel 75010)
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed as a single founder; built as a studio by a founding team.

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Venture Building / Startup Studio / Company Creation
- Target customers: Aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs (B2B, B2C, Enterprise tech founders)
- Mission or purpose statement: "To build alongside founders, not from the sidelines" – creating companies that leave a mark on the world by combining hands-on operational support with capital.

## Products & Services
- **Hexa Start**: A 12-month, intensive program for entrepreneurs who want to build a company from scratch (often before they have a concrete idea). Hexa provides the idea, team, co-founder, and covers all costs until the company becomes independent.
- **Hexa Sprint**: A 6-month program for founding teams who already have an idea and are looking for their first check (pre-seed). Offers €500k (€20k convertible note for 4% + €480k convertible note with MFN & cap at €8M).
- **Hexa Scale**: A growth-stage program for post-product-market-fit companies ($1–10M ARR, 10–40% YoY growth). Hexa invests €5–20M per company, takes a majority stake, and provides hands-on operational support (GTM, product, AI strategy, international expansion, hiring) for 9–12 months.
- **In-house Expertise**: 30+ experts in Product Design, Product Management, Engineering (via hired teams), GTM, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, People & Talent, Comms & Brand, Community, and Investing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Combined valuation of launched companies exceeds **$5 billion**.
- **Key Metric**: **50+ companies launched**; **2,600+ employees** across portfolio companies; **12 exits**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed on the site, but the studio itself acts as the primary investor and operator. Portfolio includes multiple billion-dollar companies (names not publicly listed in the provided data).
- **Growth Signals**: Studio has been operating since 2011 and has scaled from 0 to 50+ companies. The addition of the Scale track indicates a pivot to later-stage growth. Receives ~1,000 founder applications per year, selecting ~12 founders (2 per project) annually for the Start track.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Hands-on, not hands-off**: Unlike traditional accelerators or VCs, Hexa provides a full in-house team of operators (product, design, GTM, legal, finance) working alongside founders for 12 months (Start) or 9–12 months (Scale).
- **Founder-friendly majority stake**: For Scale, Hexa takes a majority stake but claims to be "the world’s most founder-friendly majority investor" – founders remain in the driver's seat with active board support.
- **Proven track record**: 50+ companies, $5B combined valuation, 12 exits, spanning 12+ years of SaaS expertise.
- **End-to-end platform**: Covers the entire lifecycle from idea (Start) to pre-seed (Sprint) to growth (Scale) – rare in the startup studio space.
- **Built-in network & resources**: Founders get immediate access to a team of 30+ experts, legal, finance, recruiting, and a community of other founders.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Scale track**: The newer Hexa Scale program is a key growth driver, targeting profitable, capital-efficient B2B SaaS companies with $1–10M ARR.
- **AI & embedded finance**: Hexa Scale explicitly helps companies with AI strategy and adding fintech/embedded finance capabilities.
- **International expansion**: Helping portfolio companies expand into new geographies and verticals.
- **Maintaining high selectivity**: Keeping the Start track highly curated (~12 founders/year) to ensure deep support and quality outcomes.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "You'll never build alone" – the studio emphasizes deep collaboration, ambition, humility, and execution. The team is composed of entrepreneurs and expert operators.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hexa is based in Paris. For the Start track, a presence at HQ is important to benefit from resources and mentorship. Sprint is remote-friendly but based in France/Europe for events. Scale is likely remote-friendly with in-person board/partner meetings.
- **Perks & Engineering Culture**: No software engineers in the core team – each startup's product is built by engineers recruited specifically for that company. This means engineers get to join a funded startup with a built-in support system from day one. The studio provides legal, finance, recruiting, and strategic support so engineers can focus on product.
- **Career Path**: Two kinds of roles: (1) the core team that builds the machine (partners, product managers, designers, GTM, finance, legal) and (2) founding hires inside the startups coming out of the studio. Either way, you're in "before it exists" – a high-risk, high-reward environment with significant ownership and impact.

## Sources
1. [hexa.com](https://www.hexa.com/)
2. [hexa.com/positions](https://www.hexa.com/positions)
3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/hexa](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hexa)
4. [hexa.com/team](https://www.hexa.com/team)
5. [hexa.com/faq](https://www.hexa.com/faq)

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