Engineering Manager (CDI)

Requirements

• Proven experience (5+ years) of leading engineers with an emphasis on implementing best in class principles
• Skilled collaborator able to effectively coordinate efforts across multiple teams and functions
• Experience working with distributed or nearshore teams is a plus
• Strong technical skills with experience working on complex, distributed backend services
• Familiarity with our technical stack based on C#, MS SQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Actively leverage AI tools to improve engineering productivity and practices
• (Nice to have) Knowledge of payments processing in a regulated environment
• If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you can succeed in this role, we encourage you to apply

What the job involves

• We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Payments Tribe, a critical part of our platform powering the payment experience across channels. You will report to the Head of Engineering, and manage 9 engineers across 2 squads (Core, Pay)
• You will play a key role in enhancing our platform and raising the bar for the service provided to our customers, working across payment APIs, processing, reconciliation, and core banking systems
• This role combines people management, technical leadership, and stakeholder coordination for a Tribe that is central to both current and future projects for Lemonway. You will drive the delivery of our next-generation card payment stack for acquiring and issuing, as well as our cash management platform
• Create the conditions for the squads to operate effectively and deliver consistently
• Hire, develop and retain high‑performing engineers in partnership with HR
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in development practices, processes and knowledge sharing
• Lead the squads’ delivery across short- and long-term initiatives by setting clear goals, and execution paths in ambiguous contexts
• Own the scope end‑to‑end ensuring solutions deliver meaningful value to customers and the business
• Guide technical decisions to ensure high standards of reliability, quality, and security across systems
• Drive cross-team initiatives to continuously raise the bar of our engineering standards
• Partner with Product to define and drive a clear, realistic roadmap with strong alignment on delivery and quality
• Frame and communicate trade-offs between feature delivery, reliability, support, and technical debt
• Act as the main point of contact for stakeholders across engineering, product, and business teams
• Own the technical relationship with our third-party providers including integrations, performance, and escalations