Engineering Manager - CDI (F/M)

Lemonway; Paris; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Swile meal card

Alan Health Insurance

25 days of holidays

RTT

Annual holidays bonus

Seniority benefits

International environment

Résumé du poste

Lemonway is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Payments Tribe, a core part of our platform powering the payment experience across channels. You will report to the Head of Engineering and manage 9 engineers across 2 squads (Core, Pay), driving the delivery of our card payment stack and cash management platform.

This role blends people leadership with technical vision, requiring collaboration with Product and business teams to define a roadmap and ensure reliable, secure backend systems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (5+ years) leading engineers.
• Experience coordinating across multiple teams and functions.
• Experience with distributed or nearshore teams is a plus.
• Strong backend development skills in complex distributed services.
• Familiarity with C#, MS SQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Willingness to leverage AI tools to boost productivity.
• Knowledge of payments processing in regulated environments is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Create conditions for squads to operate effectively and deliver.
• Hire, develop and retain engineers in partnership with HR.
• Lead delivery across short- and long-term initiatives with clear goals.
• Own end-to-end scope ensuring value to customers and the business.
• Frame trade-offs and communicate with product, engineering, and business teams.
• Manage relationships with third-party providers including integrations and escalations.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Distributed systems

Backend development

C#

MS SQL

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

AI tooling

Payments domain knowledge

Outils

C#

MS SQL

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Description du poste

Your mission

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Payments Tribe, a critical part of our platform powering the payment experience across channels. You will report to the Head of Engineering, and manage 9 engineers across 2 squads (Core, Pay). You will play a key role in enhancing our platform and raising the bar for the service provided to our customers, working across payment APIs, processing, reconciliation, and core banking systems. This role combines people management, technical leadership, and stakeholder coordination for a Tribe that is central to both current and future projects for Lemonway. You will drive the delivery of our next-generation card payment stack for acquiring and issuing, as well as our cash management platform.

Your Responsibilities

People management

• Create the conditions for the squads to operate effectively and deliver consistently
• Hire, develop and retain high-performing engineers in partnership with HR
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in development practices, processes and knowledge sharing

Technical leadership

• Lead the squads' delivery across short- and long-term initiatives by setting clear goals, and execution paths in ambiguous contexts
• Own the scope end-to-end ensuring solutions deliver meaningful value to customers and the business
• Guide technical decisions to ensure high standards of reliability, quality, and security across systems
• Drive cross-team initiatives to continuously raise the bar of our engineering standards

Stakeholder coordination

• Partner with Product to define and drive a clear, realistic roadmap with strong alignment on delivery and quality
• Frame and communicate trade-offs between feature delivery, reliability, support, and technical debt
• Act as the main point of contact for stakeholders across engineering, product, and business teams
• Own the technical relationship with our third-party providers including integrations, performance, and escalations

Your Qualifications

• Proven experience (5+ years) of leading engineers with an emphasis on implementing best in class principles
• Skilled collaborator able to effectively coordinate efforts across multiple teams and functions
• Experience working with distributed or nearshore teams is a plus
• Strong technical skills with experience working on complex, distributed backend services
• Familiarity with our technical stack based on C#, MS SQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Actively leverage AI tools to improve engineering productivity and practices
• (Nice to have) Knowledge of payments processing in a regulated environment

What's In For You

• Contract type - CDI (Full Time - Permanent Employment Contract)
• Location - super cool office based in central Paris (Sentier)
• Flexible working and remote policy up to 2 days a week
• Enjoy your food allowance with a Swile card
• Alan Health Insurance
• 25 days of holidays + RTT
• Annual Holidays Bonus
• Seniority benefits
• International environment

Lemonway is committed to promoting diversity, in particular by fostering gender balance and the employment of people with disabilities.