Backend Engineering Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Backend Engineering Manager (Fintech): Steering an engineering squad to deliver scalable backend services that underpin core financial products with an accent on architectural stewardship and coding standardization. Focus on shaping the technical roadmap to support business aims within a dynamic fintech market landscape.

Location: Must be based in Paris

Company

A prominent fintech challenger operating across Europe, championing innovation, collaboration, and responsible governance.

What you will do

• Articulate and champion the backend platform's technical strategy, ensuring alignment with product and business priorities.
• Oversee architecture decisions to ensure scalability, resilience, security, and performance.
• Nurture a diverse engineering team, guiding career growth and succession planning.
• Translate requirements into robust systems and roadmaps through cross-functional collaboration.
• Institutionalize delivery excellence through disciplined processes for code quality, testing, and release governance.
• Steer budget, staffing, and hiring to sustain momentum on strategic platform initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated success leading backend teams in complex, reliability-driven domains.
• Deep expertise in at least one major backend framework and ecosystem (e.g., Java, Scala, Go, Python).
• Hands-on experience with cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proven ability to design secure, scalable APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with annual performance-driven bonus.
• Robust health coverage and retirement savings plan.
• Hybrid and remote-friendly work arrangements.
• Structured career development, mentorship, and ongoing training opportunities.
• Join a mission-driven fintech culture leveraging modern technology stacks.