Engineering Manager - Payments

Engineering Manager - Money Flows Team

Porto Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home

Ebury is a Global FinTech: we apply new technologies to enhance and automate financial services and processes. This allows small and medium-sized businesses to trade and transact internationally by eliminating boundaries related to more traditional.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented engineers in the development and maintenance of our cutting-edge financial technology platform.

As an Engineering Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of your domain, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet the needs of our customers. You will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence while driving continuous improvement and professional growth within your team.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

• Domain Ownership: Own a specific domain/subdomain, defining and setting the 0–6 month technical roadmap.
• Architectural Oversight: Partner with senior engineers to ensure long-term architectural consistency.
• System Integrity: Take accountability for the reliability, availability, and security of our systems.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure all systems have appropriate support, SLAs, on-call rotas, and comprehensive documentation.

Delivery Management:

• Execution: Responsible for team delivery, including sprint planning and monitoring overall project health.
• Flow Optimization: Assess the criticality of unplanned work to minimize context-switching and unnecessary pressure.
• Capacity Planning: Balance team bandwidth with roadmap demands and business priorities.
• Quality at Speed: Instill a sense of urgency while maintaining a healthy balance between velocity and code quality.
• Incident Response: Ensure all incidents are owned and resolved efficiently.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Product Partnership: Act as the primary liaison between Engineering and Product, ensuring full alignment on goals and strategy.
• Communication: Proactively communicate progress and escalate blockers or risks effectively to stakeholders.

People Management:

• Team Stability: Lead and stabilize a team of engineers across various seniority levels.
• Growth & Coaching: Provide active coaching, regular performance reviews, and clear career pathing.
• Culture: Foster an environment of extreme ownership, psychological safety, and radical feedback.
• Talent Acquisition: Demonstrate a proven ability to hire, grow, and retain high-performing engineering talent.

Process & Performance:

• Execution: Ensure company processes are executed effectively and in a timely manner.
• Metrics-Driven: Accountable for team KPIs, including velocity, quality, on-time delivery, morale, and staffing.
• Budgeting: Manage limited budgets for tooling or specific project-related costs.

Qualifications:

• Leadership Experience: Proven track record as an Engineering Manager or in a similar leadership role supporting engineers.
• FinTech Expertise: Previous experience specifically within the payments industry is highly preferred.
• Technical Depth: Deep understanding of software development methodologies, agile processes, and industry best practices.
• Soft Skills: Excellent interpersonal, communication, and decision-making abilities.
• Mindset: A strong passion for technology, innovation, and solving complex problems.

What We Offer:

• Compensation: Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Impact: The opportunity to work on challenging and rewarding projects in the FinTech space.
• Environment: A collaborative, supportive, and high-energy work culture.
• Growth: Be a key player in a dynamic and rapidly growing company.