Engineering Manager - Payments Integrations

Jobgether; Lavamünd; Remote; EUR 201.000 - 254.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Fully remote

Home office allowance

Equipment provided

Stock options

Health plan

Flexible days off

Language courses

Professional development

Global projects

Cross-functional exposure

Zusammenfassung

Jobgether is seeking an Engineering Manager - Payments Integrations to lead a multidisciplinary team connecting a global payments platform with PSPs, acquirers and gateways. You will own the technical direction for scalable, low-latency backend systems and integration frameworks, working with Product, Compliance and Business teams to deliver a fast-moving roadmap.

The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical ownership across architecture, development, deployment, and production

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience managing and growing engineering teams.
• Hands-on backend engineering with Go.
• 8+ years of hands-on production Go experience.
• Strong understanding of microservices and APIs.
• Secure software development practices and OWASP concepts.
• Experience with AI-first engineering practices and automated testing.

Aufgaben

• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team with focus on technical excellence and ownership.
• Hire, mentor, and coach engineers at different levels with clear feedback.
• Own the full lifecycle of payments integrations with PSPs, acquirers, and gateways.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews and complex troubleshooting.
• Establish engineering standards for coding, testing, observability, and maintainability.
• Ensure secure SDLC across the team and compliance requirements.
• Guide architectural decisions for low-latency, highly available backends and microservices.
• Evolve APIs and integration frameworks to scale across countries and providers.
• Champion AI-assisted development and automated testing practices.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, Business and stakeholders on roadmap delivery.
• Balance technical priorities with business needs in a fast-moving environment.
• Promote practical agile ways of working and monitor production performance.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Communication

English proficiency

Agile

Problem solving

Tools

Go (Golang)

SQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Claude Code

Jobbeschreibung

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Engineering Manager - Payments Integrations based in Switzerland.

Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for connecting a global payments platform with PSPs, acquirers, and payment gateways worldwide.
You will own the technical direction and delivery of critical payment integrations that support international expansion.
The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical ownership across architecture, development, deployment, and production operations.
You will help shape scalable, low-latency, highly available backend systems and integration frameworks used across multiple markets.
Working closely with Product, Compliance, and Business teams, you will translate a fast-moving roadmap into reliable technical solutions.
You will also champion AI-assisted engineering practices, embedding modern development and testing tools into the team's daily workflows.
This is an opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to build a high-performing team while solving complex infrastructure challenges at global scale.

Accountabilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering technical excellence, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Hire, mentor, coach, and support engineers at different levels through clear expectations, regular feedback, and structured development.

• Own the full lifecycle of integrations with payment service providers, acquirers, and payment gateways, from technical design through deployment and production monitoring.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture design, code reviews, complex troubleshooting, and technical decision-making.

• Establish and maintain engineering standards covering coding practices, testing, observability, documentation, and maintainability.

• Ensure secure software development practices are embedded across the team, including OWASP principles, data privacy, and relevant compliance requirements.

• Guide architectural decisions for low-latency, highly available backend systems and microservice-based architectures.

• Drive the evolution of APIs and integration frameworks that can scale across countries, payment methods, and providers.

• Champion an AI-first engineering culture by establishing effective practices for AI-assisted development, code generation, and automated testing.

• Partner closely with Product, Compliance, Business, and other stakeholders to deliver against a rapidly evolving roadmap.

• Balance technical priorities, business requirements, team capacity, and delivery timelines in a fast-moving environment.

• Promote agile ways of working that are practical, adaptable, and effective for the team.

• Monitor production performance and help ensure the reliability, scalability, security, and quality of payment integrations.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing and growing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, mentoring, and performance management.

• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to make architectural decisions and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Significant hands-on backend engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Golang or a comparable programming language.

• 8+ years of hands-on production experience with Go (Golang) is required.

• Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, and modern integration patterns.

• Experience working with SQL and relational databases.

• Solid knowledge of secure software development practices and OWASP principles.

• Experience establishing or championing AI-first engineering practices, including AI-assisted coding, automated testing, and LLM-powered code generation using tools such as Claude Code or similar.

• Experience working in agile engineering environments and adapting processes based on team needs and practical outcomes.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

• Experience in the payments industry or working with PSP integrations is an advantage.

• Hands-on experience with cloud and DevOps technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is preferred.

• Strong ownership mindset, problem-solving ability, and enthusiasm for building reliable technology and high-performing teams.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Fully remote work with the flexibility to work from anywhere in Europe.

• One-time home-office allowance to help create a comfortable and effective workspace.

• Company-provided work equipment.

• Stock options.

• Health plan available wherever you are.

• Flexible days off.

• Language courses supporting professional and personal development.

• Professional development and skills-building courses.

• Opportunities to work on global payment infrastructure and complex technical challenges.

• International, collaborative environment with exposure to cross‑functional product, business, and compliance teams.