Engineering Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Fintech): Leading a globally distributed engineering team that builds customer-facing billing interfaces, APIs, and workflows on top of hirify.global’s global billing platform with an accent on system thinking and cross-functional collaboration. Focus on driving engineering excellence, operational maturity, and product quality.

Location: United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden

Company

hirify.global, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a globally distributed team of engineers (backend, frontend, full-stack).
• Drive technical direction and execution for customer-facing billing experiences and billing APIs.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Technical Leads, SRE, and peer Billing teams to deliver a modern, intuitive billing experience.
• Establish strong operational discipline: on-call excellence, incident follow-through, reliability metrics, and continuous improvement.
• Build clear roadmaps, define priorities, and ensure predictable delivery.
• Improve engineering quality, development workflows, testing infrastructure, and documentation.

Requirements

• Experience leading and growing diverse engineering teams as a people manager.
• A strong engineering foundation (backend or full-stack), enabling you to discuss architecture, design, and tradeoffs with confidence.
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution in a distributed, cross-team environment.
• A deep focus on operational excellence, reliability, and customer experience.
• Understanding of large-scale data pipelines, APIs, or complex distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence and align across multiple stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience in billing systems, fintech, metering, subscription platforms, or financial reporting.
• Familiarity with any of the major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience building and operating customer-facing financial UX or APIs.
• Background as a hands-on software engineer (backend, full-stack, or systems).
• Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOX or similar) or secure data handling.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love