--- title: 'Software Engineering Manager (Hands-On, Frontend) at Pigment' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineering-manager-hands-on-frontend-pigment-london-f3rn0rqnyt2s' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-03' --- # Software Engineering Manager (Hands-On, Frontend) at Pigment - **Company:** Pigment - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Compensation:** £90k–£140k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/pigment/a6d45343-dbcc-4e5f-b4de-5db62af4886a ## Job description Join Pigment: The AI Platform Redefining Business Planning Pigment is the AI-powered business planning and performance management platform built for agility and scale. We connect people, data, and processes in one intuitive platform, with AI agents that work alongside every team, from Finance to HR, to build, adapt, and align strategic plans in real time. Founded in 2019, Pigment is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally, passing $100M in ARR in 2026 and doubling revenue for the second year in a row. Industry leaders like Unilever, Uber, Anthropic, Snowflake, and Siemens use Pigment every day to make better-informed decisions and navigate any scenario with confidence. In October 2026, we raised a $250M Series E at a $2.3B valuation, bringing our total funding to $650M+. Today we’re a growing team of 700+ across Paris, London, New York, Toronto, San Francisco, and Austin, and we’ve been named a Visionary in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software two years running. At Pigment, we take smart risks, celebrate bold ideas, and challenge the status quo - all while working as one team. If you’re driven by innovation and ready to make an impact at scale, we’d love to hear from you. We're hiring an Engineering Manager who wants to spend 80% of their time writing code, not attending management meetings. ## About the role Are you an experienced Software Engineer who loves writing code, solving complex technical problems and helping other engineers become better at what they do? At Pigment, our Engineering Managers are engineers first. Unlike traditional Engineering Manager positions, this role is designed for someone who wants to remain deeply involved in building software while taking on meaningful people-management responsibilities. You'll spend approximately 80% of your time designing, coding and shipping production features, with the remaining 20% dedicated to coaching engineers, running regular 1:1s, providing feedback and supporting their development. We're particularly interested in Senior Software Engineers who have naturally taken on coaching, mentoring or technical leadership responsibilities and are ready to develop further as people managers. You don't necessarily need to have held an Engineering Manager title before. What matters most is your technical ability, your experience helping others grow and your motivation to combine engineering with people leadership. You'll join Pigment's Reporting & Collaboration community, building sophisticated frontend experiences that help customers interact with complex data, configure workflows and make better business decisions. ## What you'll do 🧑‍💻 Software Engineering (80%) You'll remain an active contributor to our production codebase, working alongside other engineers on challenging frontend projects. - Write, review, refactor and ship production code regularly using React, TypeScript and JavaScript. - Design and build sophisticated user interfaces for interacting with large datasets, including filtering, visualisation and complex configuration. - Take ownership of engineering tasks and features from technical design through implementation, testing and deployment. - Solve challenging problems involving frontend performance, scalability, state management and user experience. - Participate in technical discussions, code reviews, debugging and architectural decisions. - Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, Tech Leads and Software Engineers to deliver high-quality features. - Contribute to AI-powered product experiences and use modern development tools where appropriate. - Maintain the same technical expectations and engineering standards as our Senior Software Engineers. You'll continue to write production code, not simply oversee the engineers who do. 📚 Coaching & People Management (20%) Alongside your engineering responsibilities, you'll help other engineers develop their skills, confidence and careers. - Coach and mentor engineers, sharing technical knowledge and helping them improve their problem-solving abilities. - Hold regular 1:1 meetings with your direct reports to discuss progress, challenges and career development. - Provide constructive feedback, recognise achievements and support individual development plans. - Help engineers establish clear goals and understand the skills required to progress. - Support performance reviews and development discussions, including more challenging conversations when necessary. - Work alongside Tech Leads to understand engineers' technical contributions and development needs. - Help foster a collaborative engineering culture where people continuously learn from one another. At Pigment, technical leadership and people management are intentionally separated. Tech Leads own the technical direction of teams, while Engineering Managers focus on coaching and developing engineers alongside their own coding responsibilities. You'll initially focus on contributing as a Senior Engineer before gradually taking on direct reports. Who we're looking for You're an engineer first, with a genuine interest in developing people. - You have substantial professional software-engineering experience and are technically operating at a strong Senior Engineer level. - You're currently hands-on with production code and want coding to remain the majority of your working week. - You have strong frontend development experience with React, TypeScript and JavaScript. - You've built complex, scalable applications, ideally within B2B SaaS, enterprise software, analytics or data-intensive environments. - You have experience coaching, mentoring or supporting other engineers through code reviews, pairing, technical discussions or structured feedback. - You enjoy sharing knowledge and helping other engineers improve. - You're interested in taking ownership of 1:1s, career development and people-management responsibilities, or already have experience doing so. - You're comfortable solving complex technical challenges independently while collaborating with others. - You care about product quality, engineering standards and delivering meaningful value to customers. - You're fluent in English. French is not required. Previous formal people-management experience is a plus, but not a requirement. We're equally interested in strong Senior Engineers who have demonstrated the ability to coach others and are ready to take the next step. Our interview process Because Engineering Managers at Pigment spend approximately 80% of their time coding, they go through the same core technical assessments as our Software Engineers. We want you to understand these expectations from the beginning. 1️⃣  Technical Screen A technical discussion including a 15-minute code refactoring exercise. AI assistance is not permitted during the refactoring exercise. 2️⃣  Live Coding A hands-on algorithmic coding interview focused on problem-solving, code quality and technical reasoning. AI assistance is not permitted. 3️⃣  System Design A discussion exploring your approach to designing software systems, evaluating technical trade-offs and solving complex engineering problems. 4️⃣  Final Interview with the EML (Engineering Manager Lead) A conversation exploring your motivation, engineering mindset, approach to coaching and alignment with Pigment's culture and expectations. Important: Our Engineering Managers are assessed against the same senior technical engineering standards as our Software Engineers. This is a role for people who genuinely enjoy coding and want to keep doing it. Is this role right for you? You'll probably love this role if: - You enjoy writing code more than spending your day in management meetings. - You're a strong Senior Engineer who wants to help others grow. - You want to develop people-management skills without moving away from engineering. - You enjoy the challenge of balancing meaningful individual contributions with coaching responsibilities. This probably isn't the right role if: - You're looking to move away from hands-on software development. - You prefer managing delivery, budgets and team strategy over building software. - You haven't written production code regularly for some time. - You're looking for a traditional Engineering Manager position where engineering work is mainly delegated to others. At Pigment, you don't have to choose between being an excellent engineer and helping other engineers grow. ## What you will get - Competitive salary - Equity - The best health insurance with Alan Blue is entirely free for you and your family 💙 - Trust and flexible working hours - Brand new offices in the heart of Paris, London, New York, and, Toronto - Remote-friendly environment We conduct background checks as part of our hiring process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. This may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally permitted, criminal records. Any checks will be conducted lawfully prior to formal employment contracts being signed, with candidate consent, and information will be treated confidentially. Pigment is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity is a strength and fosters innovation. We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability,  sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, social origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We may process your personal data in accordance with our HR Data Protection Notice. ## About Pigment ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Pigment is a unified enterprise planning platform that empowers finance, sales, and HR teams to plan, make decisions, and adapt to change using AI-powered agents. - **Entity Type**: Private (last fundraising at $145M) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Éléonore Crespo (Co-CEO) and Romain Niccoli (Co-CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Enterprise Business Planning Software; Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A); Sales & HR Planning - **Target customers**: B2B, mid-market to enterprise (Finance, Sales, HR teams) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Improve the way businesses plan, make decisions, and drive growth” by building a unified platform with the fastest time to value for any business user. [pigment.com/about-us](https://www.pigment.com/about-us) ## Products & Services - **Pigment Platform** (SaaS): A cloud-based planning and decision-making platform that combines AI agents, collaborative modeling, and flexible scaling. Key components: - **Modeler Agent**: Allows users to describe business intent in natural language to create and evolve governed planning models. - **Analyst Agent**: Proactively scans metrics, uncovers trends, flags anomalies, and builds reports. - **Connections**: Integrates with any AI system, ERP, or data source. [pigment.com](https://www.pigment.com/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (last fundraising round of $145M, likely Series C or D – exact series not specified in provided data). - **Key Metric**: Total funding (implied from “last fundraising at $145M”) – further details not fully stated, but backed by top-tier investors. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Iconiq Growth, IVP, Meritech (board members from these firms have backed companies like Snowflake, Anthropic, Dropbox, Zoom). [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount ~650 employees (as of latest data). - 91% eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) in November 2024 survey. - 32% female representation; 76/100 EgaPro Index score in 2025. - Global presence: offices in Paris, London, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Austin. - Rapid scaling with mentions of “global impact” and “expanding across markets.” ## Competitive Advantages - **Category-defining product**: Rated ~4.7/5 on Gartner Peer Insights for usability and AI strategy. - **High hiring bar**: “Great people build great companies” – reflected in strong eNPS and culture. - **AI-first planning**: Patent-pending technology with embedded AI agents that operate on governed data in real time. [pigment.com](https://www.pigment.com/) - **Collaborative by design**: Unifies Finance, Sales, HR, and Ops on the same data and assumptions, enabling instant cross-functional visibility. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling globally while expanding into new markets. - Deepening AI capabilities to democratize planning and accelerate time-to-value for business users. - Building a unified enterprise platform that spans all planning functions. [pigment.com/about-us](https://www.pigment.com/about-us) ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Strong values cultivated via inclusive workshops; high engagement (91% eNPS). Annual global offsite in the South of France, plus local team events and celebrations (“Pigmentversary”). - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Three working location types – Office-based (1 remote day/week), Hybrid (up to 8 remote days/month), Fully remote (expected in office 2 days/month). Each role posting indicates the policy. [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) - **Perks**: Competitive salary (top 25% of Comptryx benchmarks), stock options, extensive medical/dental/vision, annual Learning & Development stipend, generous paid time-off and parental leave, remote work stipend, referral bonuses. - **Engineering Culture**: Cross-functional 1:1s, case studies in hiring process; 4-day in-person onboarding cohort experience; average 20% of eligible Pigmenauts promoted annually; internal role transitions encouraged. [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) ## Sources 1. [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) 2. [pigment.com/about-us](https://www.pigment.com/about-us) 3. [pigment.com](https://www.pigment.com/) 4. 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