Senior Engineering Manager - Fintech Engineering (m/f/n)

About this role

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who will take ownership of a growing engineering organization within the Pay domain . This is an opportunity for a leader who can scale teams, develop engineering leaders, drive technical excellence, and remain a credible partner in architectural and technology discussions. What will you be responsible for? Defining and owning the multi-quarter engineering strategy for your platform area: architecture evolution, team topology, capability building, and technical risk management.

Leading 2–3 Engineering Managers across a total area of 8–20 engineers: developing them as leaders, holding delivery and quality accountability, and building alignment and collaboration between their teams. Combining product direction, architectural input from Staff Engineers, and operational insights from Engineering Managers into a coherent, executable area strategy. Defining organizational structure across the area: team boundaries, headcount planning, hiring strategy, and role definitions aligned to product and technical goals.

Serving as the executive engineering voice for your area, representing engineering to VP and C-level leadership with technical credibility and commercial framing. Driving an AI-first engineering culture across the area: harness adoption, agentic operations, and data emission discipline enforced consistently through your Engineering Managers. Partnering with Product, Business, and Engineering stakeholders to align strategy and drive outcomes.

Managing cross-team dependencies and ensuring high-quality delivery at scale. Must have: 10+ years of experience in backend software engineering and technology leadership , including 2+ years managing Engineering Managers within a multi-team organization. University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field. Experience operating in large-scale product organizations. Strong organizational design experience - team topology, headcount planning, and scaling without adding coordination overhead (2+ years).

Proven ability to build and execute multi-quarter, area-level strategic roadmaps that synthesize product, architecture, and operational inputs. Strong cross-functional leadership with product, design, data, compliance , and finance stakeholders. Excellent executive communication skills, written and verbal, for VP and C-suite audiences. Technical credibility sufficient to engage in architecture reviews and risk assessments alongside Staff Engineers.