The Role
Lead the Card Activation engineering team while remaining hands-on with backend development and architecture. Drive scalable distributed systems, cross-team projects, technical debt management, incident response, roadmap planning, AI adoption, and engineering excellence. Hire, mentor, and evaluate team members; collaborate with Product and stakeholders; improve delivery transparency, team productivity, and business outcomes.
Summary Generated by Built In
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save by reshaping their relationship with money. Over 25 million users choose Tabby to stay in control of their spending and make the most out of their money.
The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 70,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA, and SHEIN use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby generates over $18 billion in annual transaction volume for its partner brands and is the highest-rated, most-reviewed, largest, and fastest-growing FinTech in the GCC region.
Tabby launched in 2019 and has since raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors, and is now valued at $6,5 billion.
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead Tabby Card Activation team. You’ll combine strong technical expertise with people leadership, acting as a playing coach who stays hands-on with the codebase while driving architectural decisions, engineering excellence and team development. Working closely with Product and other cross-functional teams, you’ll help build scalable solutions that support Tabby Card’s growth, monetization and customer experience.
The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 70,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA, and SHEIN use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.
Tabby generates over $18 billion in annual transaction volume for its partner brands and is the highest-rated, most-reviewed, largest, and fastest-growing FinTech in the GCC region.
Tabby launched in 2019 and has since raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors, and is now valued at $6,5 billion.
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead Tabby Card Activation team. You’ll combine strong technical expertise with people leadership, acting as a playing coach who stays hands-on with the codebase while driving architectural decisions, engineering excellence and team development. Working closely with Product and other cross-functional teams, you’ll help build scalable solutions that support Tabby Card’s growth, monetization and customer experience.
What you’ll bring:
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally including 2+ years of Golang (not a must).
- 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, preferably at a fast-growing fintech or e-commerce company.
- Experience building scalable, distributed systems and working with high-load architectures.
- Solid understanding of backend tools and technologies, we use PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, GitLab, and a microservices architecture.
- Experience integrating third-party APIs and contributing to product development.
- A passion for writing clean, testable, and maintainable code.
- A proactive mindset and the ability to work independently.
- Strong communication skills in English.
Responsibilities:
- Lead large cross-team projects and drive them to production.
- Stay hands-on as a playing coach: write code, participate in architectural discussions, and contribute to key technical decisions.
- Review feature designs and ensure non-functional requirements are met.
- Oversee technical debt management and incident handling.
- Drive the effective adoption of AI tools and practices across the SDLC and team processes to improve engineering productivity.
- Contribute to quarterly planning and roadmap definition.
- Hire, evaluate, mentor, and motivate team members.
- Build cross-team and cross-functional collaboration to increase efficiency.
- Foster a results- and business-oriented culture.
- Monitor key team performance indicators.
- Ensure process and delivery transparency for stakeholders and partner functions.
- Optimize processes to improve productivity.
What we offer:
- Full-time B2B contract
- Fully remote setup
- Up to 20% tax allowance
- 22 paid leave days annually
- Stock options (ESOP) in a fast-scaling, pre-IPO company
- Flexi benefits you can use for wellness, travel, or learning
- Work alongside a high-performing, international engineering team in a global fintech unicorn
Relocation support is available to our hubs in Armenia, Georgia, Serbia, Portugal, and Spain, including flights, temporary accommodation and legal setup.
About
Tabby creates financial freedom in the way people shop, earn and save, by reshaping their relationship with money.The company’s flagship offering allows shoppers to split their payments online and in-store with no interest or fees. Over 32,000 global brands and small businesses, including Amazon, Noon, IKEA and Shein use Tabby to accelerate growth and gain loyal customers by offering easy and flexible payments online and in stores.Tabby has generated over $7 billion in transaction volume for its partner brands and has the highest rated, most reviewed, largest and fastest growing app of any fintech in the GCC region.Tabby launched operations in 2020 and has raised +$1 billion in equity and debt funding from global and regional investors.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- 2+ years of Golang experience
- 2+ years of Engineering Manager experience
- Experience building scalable distributed systems and high-load architectures
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, GitLab, and microservices architecture
- Experience integrating third-party APIs and contributing to product development
- Ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code
- Proactive mindset and ability to work independently
- Strong English communication skills
- Experience at a fast-growing fintech or e-commerce company
Tabby Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Tabby and has not been reviewed or approved by Tabby.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working hours and a trust-based model are highlighted as core perks, suggesting autonomy in managing schedules and location. A customizable annual allowance (“Flexi Perks”) can be directed toward health, wellness, education, or travel, indicating benefits adaptability to individual needs.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Participation in an employee stock option plan (ESOP) is emphasized, indicating access to potential upside from company growth. Company materials frame equity as part of a competitive package for tech talent.
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Affordable Benefits — Company-provided health insurance is commonly cited as a standard inclusion for regional hires. Visa sponsorship is also noted, reducing personal costs associated with employment in the region.
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The Company
What We Do
Tabby is a financial technology company on a mission to create financial freedom by reshaping people's relationship with money through buy now, pay later services, allowing consumers to split purchases into interest-free payments.
