Engineering Manager
Unstoppable starts with people. The future of payments is being built today, and at Paymentology , we are looking for people who want to help shape it. We power card issuing for leading banks, fintechs and digital brands across the globe, and as we continue to grow, we are looking for curious, ambitious people who thrive on solving complex challenges, embrace innovation and want to make a tangible impact at global scale.
As an Engineering Manager at Paymentology, you will lead one, mission‐critical engineering team, balancing people leadership, delivering excellence and technical guidance.
Your primary responsibility is to create an environment where engineers can do their best work, growing as individuals, delivering high‐quality systems and contributing to a strong, supportive engineering culture.
You will partner closely with Product and other cross‐functional stakeholders to shape and deliver meaningful outcomes, while ensuring your teams operate effectively, sustainably and with high standards.
This role sits at the intersection of people, delivery and technology with a strong emphasis on leading through culture, clarity, and accountability.
What You'll do
Build, support and develop a high‐performing team of engineers (typically 8-12 individuals)
Coach, mentor and provide continuous feedback to support career growth and progression
Create clear development plans and help individuals grow
Foster a psychologically safe, inclusive and high‐trust team environment
Actively manage performance, recognising strong contributions and addressing challenges early
Support hiring, lead onboarding and team growth in line with Paymentology's needs
Deliver Outcomes Reliably
Own delivery of team commitments, ensuring predictable, high‐quality execution
Partner with Product to shape roadmaps, scope work and align priorities
Maintain clear and accurate delivery plans, proactively managing risks and dependencies
Remove blockers and ensure smooth collaboration between teams
Drive operational excellence, including incident response and continuous improvement
Ensure visibility of progress, metrics and outcomes across stakeholders
Provide Technical Leadership
Bring experience leading mission‐critical, high‐volume transaction systems, including balancing technical debt and reliability risks, and planning safe maintenance and release cycles.
Bring a strong technical foundation,
enabling sound decision‐making and guidance
Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions, to ensure systems are scalable, reliable and maintainable
Drive engineering best practices (testing, observability, CI/CD, AI usage, code quality, security)
Support engineers in solving complex technical challenges without becoming a bottleneck
Maintain awareness of system health, operational patterns and technical risks.
How you'll work
This role aligns internally with the Engineering Manager (M3) level, where impact is measured through team outcomes, people growth, delivery effectiveness, and the reliability and availability of the systems the team owns.
You will
Be future‐focused and pragmatic: keep systems stable while making steady, incremental improvements, anticipating risks, shaping roadmaps, and evolving team processes.
Drive excellence every day: maintaining high standards in delivery, quality and operations
Show accountability : owning outcomes and leading decisively during challenges
Inspire Growth : developing your team, and yourself, and strengthening team capability
Communicate to Collaborate: ensuring alignment across teams and stakeholders
Lead with Humanity : building trust, inclusion and a strong team culture
Who you are
At least three years' experience managing engineering teams, with examples of navigating difficult stakeholder situations and maintaining alignment across functions.
An experienced engineering leader with a passion for people development and team success
Proven track record of leading high‐performing engineering teams and delivering outcomes
Strong technical background (typically equivalent to a senior engineering or above)
Comfortable operating in distributed, cross‐functional environments
Experienced in agile delivery, planning and continuous improvement practices A clear, thoughtful communicator who can engage both technical and non‐technical stakeholders
Someone who leads with empathy,
ownership and a strong sense of accountability
What Success Looks Like
Your team consistently delivers high‐quality outcomes aligned to business goals The services your team owns maintain a 99.99% availability with a low defect density, all whilst maintaining high standards of external comms to users and clients.
Engineers in your team are growing, engaged and performing at their best
Delivery is predictable, transparent and continuously improving
Technical quality and operational standards are high and sustained
Team culture is collaborative, supportive and accountable
Why Join Paymentology
Working on a global, high‐scale payments platform that has real world impact – it's not abstract, it's salaries, rent, medicine. It has to work!
Be part of a remote‐first, globally distributed engineering organisation (for this role you will need to be +/- 2 hours CET)
Lead teams solving complex, meaningful problems in fintech
Shape engineering culture, process and ways of working at scale
Grow your career with a clear and structured career framework
At Paymentology , we believe that making a difference starts with the people behind the work. You will be part of a diverse, global team of Paymentologists who are united by a shared mission to advance the world through payments.
This is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful work, collaborate across markets and functions, and help shape the future of a business with global reach and real impact.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on any unlawful ground, including race, colour, ethnicity, sex, gender, pregnancy, marital status, family responsibility, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, language or HIV status.
Paymentology will never request any form of payment from applicants at any stage of our recruitment process, including for applications, interviews, training or job placements. If anyone asks you for money while claiming to act on behalf of Paymentology, please treat this as fraudulent and do not make any payment. All legitimate Paymentology vacancies are advertised via our official careers page , and our recruitment emails are sent only from official Paymentology domains.
As an Engineering Manager at Paymentology, you will lead one, mission‐critical engineering team, balancing people leadership, delivering excellence and technical guidance.
Your primary responsibility is to create an environment where engineers can do their best work, growing as individuals, delivering high‐quality systems and contributing to a strong, supportive engineering culture.
You will partner closely with Product and other cross‐functional stakeholders to shape and deliver meaningful outcomes, while ensuring your teams operate effectively, sustainably and with high standards.
This role sits at the intersection of people, delivery and technology with a strong emphasis on leading through culture, clarity, and accountability.
What You'll do
Build, support and develop a high‐performing team of engineers (typically 8-12 individuals)
Coach, mentor and provide continuous feedback to support career growth and progression
Create clear development plans and help individuals grow
Foster a psychologically safe, inclusive and high‐trust team environment
Actively manage performance, recognising strong contributions and addressing challenges early
Support hiring, lead onboarding and team growth in line with Paymentology's needs
Deliver Outcomes Reliably
Own delivery of team commitments, ensuring predictable, high‐quality execution
Partner with Product to shape roadmaps, scope work and align priorities
Maintain clear and accurate delivery plans, proactively managing risks and dependencies
Remove blockers and ensure smooth collaboration between teams
Drive operational excellence, including incident response and continuous improvement
Ensure visibility of progress, metrics and outcomes across stakeholders
Provide Technical Leadership
Bring experience leading mission‐critical, high‐volume transaction systems, including balancing technical debt and reliability risks, and planning safe maintenance and release cycles.
Bring a strong technical foundation,
enabling sound decision‐making and guidance
Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions, to ensure systems are scalable, reliable and maintainable
Drive engineering best practices (testing, observability, CI/CD, AI usage, code quality, security)
Support engineers in solving complex technical challenges without becoming a bottleneck
Maintain awareness of system health, operational patterns and technical risks.
How you'll work
This role aligns internally with the Engineering Manager (M3) level, where impact is measured through team outcomes, people growth, delivery effectiveness, and the reliability and availability of the systems the team owns.
You will
Be future‐focused and pragmatic: keep systems stable while making steady, incremental improvements, anticipating risks, shaping roadmaps, and evolving team processes.
Drive excellence every day: maintaining high standards in delivery, quality and operations
Show accountability : owning outcomes and leading decisively during challenges
Inspire Growth : developing your team, and yourself, and strengthening team capability
Communicate to Collaborate: ensuring alignment across teams and stakeholders
Lead with Humanity : building trust, inclusion and a strong team culture
Who you are
At least three years' experience managing engineering teams, with examples of navigating difficult stakeholder situations and maintaining alignment across functions.
An experienced engineering leader with a passion for people development and team success
Proven track record of leading high‐performing engineering teams and delivering outcomes
Strong technical background (typically equivalent to a senior engineering or above)
Comfortable operating in distributed, cross‐functional environments
Experienced in agile delivery, planning and continuous improvement practices A clear, thoughtful communicator who can engage both technical and non‐technical stakeholders
Someone who leads with empathy,
ownership and a strong sense of accountability
What Success Looks Like
Your team consistently delivers high‐quality outcomes aligned to business goals The services your team owns maintain a 99.99% availability with a low defect density, all whilst maintaining high standards of external comms to users and clients.
Engineers in your team are growing, engaged and performing at their best
Delivery is predictable, transparent and continuously improving
Technical quality and operational standards are high and sustained
Team culture is collaborative, supportive and accountable
Why Join Paymentology
Working on a global, high‐scale payments platform that has real world impact – it's not abstract, it's salaries, rent, medicine. It has to work!
Be part of a remote‐first, globally distributed engineering organisation (for this role you will need to be +/- 2 hours CET)
Lead teams solving complex, meaningful problems in fintech
Shape engineering culture, process and ways of working at scale
Grow your career with a clear and structured career framework
At Paymentology , we believe that making a difference starts with the people behind the work. You will be part of a diverse, global team of Paymentologists who are united by a shared mission to advance the world through payments.
This is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful work, collaborate across markets and functions, and help shape the future of a business with global reach and real impact.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on any unlawful ground, including race, colour, ethnicity, sex, gender, pregnancy, marital status, family responsibility, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, language or HIV status.
Paymentology will never request any form of payment from applicants at any stage of our recruitment process, including for applications, interviews, training or job placements. If anyone asks you for money while claiming to act on behalf of Paymentology, please treat this as fraudulent and do not make any payment. All legitimate Paymentology vacancies are advertised via our official careers page , and our recruitment emails are sent only from official Paymentology domains.