Engineering Manager (Fintech)

Location: Remote in Europe, with availability for working hours within +/- 2 hours CET

Company

hirify.global provides a global card-issuing and payments platform for banks, fintechs, and digital brands.

What you will do

• Lead, support, and develop a high-performing engineering team of typically 8–12 people.
• Own predictable, high-quality delivery by shaping roadmaps with Product, managing risks and dependencies, removing blockers, and tracking outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership for high-volume, mission-critical transaction systems, including architecture, technical debt, reliability, maintenance, and release planning.
• Drive engineering best practices across testing, observability, CI/CD, AI usage, code quality, security, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Build an inclusive, psychologically safe, accountable team culture and support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career growth.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience managing engineering teams, including navigating difficult stakeholder situations and maintaining cross-functional alignment.
• Experience leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Strong technical background, typically equivalent to senior engineering level or above.
• Experience with agile delivery, planning, and continuous improvement practices.
• Comfort operating in distributed, cross-functional environments.
• Clear and thoughtful communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Empathetic leadership, ownership, and strong accountability.
• Ability to work remotely from Europe within +/- 2 hours CET.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-volume transaction systems and maintaining reliability, availability, and low defect density.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, globally distributed engineering organisation.
• Work on a high-scale payments platform with real-world impact in fintech.
• Opportunity to shape engineering culture, processes, and ways of working at scale.
• Structured career framework and opportunities for professional growth.
• Inclusive workplace committed to equal opportunity and diverse backgrounds.