Engineering Manager - Payments Platform

About the role

Paymentology powers card issuing for banks, fintechs and digital brands worldwide. As an Engineering Manager you will lead one mission-critical engineering team of typically 8-12 engineers, balancing people leadership, delivery and technical guidance. The role sits at the intersection of people, delivery and technology, with a strong emphasis on leading through culture, clarity and accountability. It aligns with the Engineering Manager (M3) level, measured by team outcomes, people growth, delivery effectiveness and system reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Build, support and develop a high-performing team, coach and mentor engineers, set development plans and foster a psychologically safe, inclusive environment
• Manage performance, support hiring and onboarding, and drive team growth
• Own delivery of team commitments, partner with Product on roadmaps and priorities, and keep delivery plans clear and accurate
• Remove blockers, drive operational excellence including incident response, and share progress and metrics with stakeholders
• Bring experience leading high-volume transaction systems, balance technical debt and reliability risks, and plan safe maintenance and release cycles
• Contribute to architecture decisions and drive engineering best practices such as testing, observability, CI/CD, code quality and security

Required profile

• At least three years' experience managing engineering teams, including handling difficult stakeholder situations
• Proven track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering outcomes
• Strong technical background, typically equivalent to a senior engineer or above
• Experience in agile delivery, planning and continuous improvement
• Clear communicator able to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Comfortable in distributed, cross-functional environments; for this role you must be within +/- 2 hours of CET

What we offer

• A remote-first, globally distributed engineering organisation
• Work on a global, high-scale payments platform
• A clear and structured career framework