Engineering Manager

👇 What you will do

• Work closely with Product Managers and Product Designers to identify user problems and solutions, and translate them into technical requirements.
• Design & implement system architecture alongside backend, frontend and mobile engineers.
• This is a hands-on role with technical work taking approximately 40% of the time.
• Manage and mentor senior developers.
• Perform code reviews and audits across frontend and backend codebases.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and operational inefficiencies.
• Document technical infrastructure, systems and components.
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends and developments.
• Research and prototype technologies and integrations.
• Analyze and vet all third-party integrations.
• Adopt an attitude of extreme transparency about challenges, failures and successes.
• Set up, manage and improve CI/CD and release processes.

You’re a great fit if you

• Design robust technical designs, balancing simplicity with thoroughness.
• Are capable of producing clear, correct, and high-quality code.
• Effectively manage technical debt.
• Embed security into design from the outset.
• Introduce innovative, modern technologies to teams, products, and codebases.
• Automate processes and establish effective monitoring.
• Are adept at breaking down complex problems into manageable deliverables and first versions.
• Champion quality through rigorous testing, peer reviews, and continuous improvement.
• Are attentive to details and enjoy getting to the root cause of problems.
• Experiment with new ideas and deploy them through gradual releases.
• Handle on-call responsibilities and provide effective support for production issues.
• Operate independently with minimal supervision in dynamic environments.
• Communicate clearly in writing and speech; value documentation, transparency, and knowledge sharing, including diagrams.
• Demonstrate excellent project management skills, including setting, committing to, and proactively communicating deadlines.
• Are able to break down a project into tasks that are consumable by engineers.

You have

• More than 7 years of professional experience with a minimum of 2 years as a tech lead.
• Ability to lead and manage people effectively with strong leadership and organizational abilities.
• Proven track record of designing and developing complex system architecture.
• Prior experience in working with Scrum and/or Agile methodologies.
• Exceptional time management skills and the ability to delegate effectively and efficiently.
• BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field.
• Track record of ideation and innovating excellent technology at scale.
• Deep and broad technical expertise (backend, frontend, mobile, devops, system architecture, testing, etc.).
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement of development practices and processes.

Bonus if you have

• Payments, Issuance, Fraud, Risk, E-Commerce or Finance background.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails, React, Flutter, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, DevOps, Automation, BigQuery, SQL databases, Pub/sub.