Engineering Manager

Company Description

We’re Checkout.com – you might not know our name, but companies like eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony do. That moment when you check out online? We make it happen.

Checkout.com is where the world checks out. Our global network powers billions of transactions every year, making money move without making a fuss. We spent years perfecting a service most people will never notice. Because when digital payments just work, businesses grow, customers stay, and no one stops to think about why.

With 19 offices spanning six continents, we feel at home everywhere – but London is our HQ. Wherever our people work their magic, they’re fast-moving, performance-obsessed, and driven by being better every day. Ideal. Because a role here isn’t just another job; it’s a career-defining opportunity to build the future of fintech.

Job Description

Global payments are complex and ever-evolving. At Checkout our Software Engineers develop the next-generation payments technologies that enable our Merchants to boost their acceptance rates, cut processing costs, fight fraud, and create cutting edge technology that enables extraordinary customer experiences. 

We're looking for Engineering Managers who bring fresh ideas, have a curious nature and are passionate about working in an Engineering environment which focuses on building products to achieve the company's strategic goals. You’ll get to work with teams from across Checkout.com’s portfolio of products and services who all have a real customer first philosophy.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and grow high performing teams that drive projects critical to Checkout's needs. We need our managers to be versatile, display exceptional leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. 

• Passionate about leading technical teams, being a leader as well as a manager

• Experience leading a multidisciplinary technical engineering team on technically and conceptually exciting problems

• Proven experience in recruiting or building and developing a team

• Experience in crafting and leading scalable, high-efficiency, or highly available systems

• Solid understanding of SDLC principles and Architectural and Design patterns for Backend and/or Frontend components

• Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment using DevOps principles

• Experience with cloud-based application development (we use AWS)

• Enjoy learning new skills and using the best tools for the job

• Payments or financial knowledge is a plus, but not a necessity.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Manage and support our multidisciplinary team of engineers working on proprietary algorithms as well as help them advance in their careers

• Support the design, development, and delivery of new product features across our multi-stack ecosystem

• Take ownership of the architecture, solutions and the delivery of projects

• Uphold high standards for our uptime and latency requirements while not sacrificing the veracity of API responses

• Participate in maintaining the team’s cohesion and healthiness

• Handle our incident response and post-incident investigation processes; participate in on-call rotations

• Make critical choices in planning for the long-term vision of our infrastructure and its quality while not overengineering

• Maintain high-quality standards for code, infrastructure, and documentation

• Support the creation and maintenance of user documentation

Bring all of you to work 

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive – through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity – and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.
 

Life at Checkout.com

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.

Curious about what it’s like to be part of our team? Visit our Careers Page to learn more about our culture, open roles, and what drives us.

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