Engineering Manager Financial Services

You will lead Backend, Mobile, and Web engineers and partner with Product Management to deliver global in-person acquiring products. You will set technical direction, oversee reliable production systems, guide vendor and hardware integrations, lead payment-platform transformations, and scale localized payment networks across markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team of Backend, Mobile, and Web engineers
• Own the technical direction and end-to-end delivery of in-person acquiring products
• Oversee reliable live ePOS, Tap to Pay, mobile application, and pricing-engine systems
• Lead architectural strategy for third-party vendor integrations and hardware partnerships
• Drive platform transformation initiatives and scale localized payment networks
• Guide architecture decisions and translate product strategy into reliable platform solutions
• Champion engineering practices across development, testing, deployment, and monitoring

Requirements

• Direct experience managing, coaching, and developing cross-functional Backend, Mobile, and Web engineering teams
• Expertise in at least one core engineering domain or platform
• Experience building robust applications, server-side systems, mobile deployment architecture, and scalable systems
• Experience with scalable, reliable cloud-native solutions, microservices, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems
• Experience integrating complex third-party vendors, hardware providers, and external payment networks
• Experience owning technical solutions throughout their lifecycle
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to stakeholders
• FinTech experience in acquiring, in-person payments, ePOS systems, or payment gateway integrations is highly desirable

Benefits

• Share options
• Generous annual leave and bank holidays
• Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Paid and unpaid sabbatical options
• Private family health insurance with OPD coverage and top-up options
• Accidental and life insurance
• Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops
• Paid volunteering and development days
• Annual learning and development budget
• Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually
• Home office setup contribution
• Laptop ownership
• Office snacks, coffee, tea, and lunch where available
• Flexible working hours