Were looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Payments Engineering team and drive our next phase of growth.
What you'll be doing:
Lead and mentor a team of 6 talented software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.
Oversee core backend systems that are crucial to the e-commerce checkout process, ensuring 99.99% uptime with the goal of reaching 99.9999% in the next few years.
Balance priorities between new feature development, stability, and system resilience.
Act as an owner of mission-critical systems, leading technical vision and investment discussions in partnership with the product team.
Be hands-on in your first year to gain deep knowledge of the systems and guide the team effectively.
Collaborate closely with product managers, analysts, and data scientists to drive precision and innovation in our solutions.
Lead efforts to improve customer onboarding, ensuring smooth and quick integration of our payment products.
Proven experience as an Engineering Manager, with a strong background in backend development and mission-critical systems (4+ years hands-on).
Track record of hiring, leading, and developing top-tier engineering talent.
Strong ability to evaluate technical investments based on ROI, balancing business value and effort.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong collaboration skills, working effectively across product, data science, and engineering teams.
Fluent in written and spoken English.
It'd be cool if you also have:
Experience with Node.js, Postgres (AWS RDS), and Redis (AWS ElastiCache).
Previous experience scaling businesses in Payments or Fintech sectors.
Experience growing secondary product lines to large-scale success.
