Engineering Manager - CDI (F/M)

lemonwayjobcareers; Paris; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working and remote policy

Food allowance with a Swile card

50% reimbursement of Navigo pass

Alan Health Insurance

25 days of holidays + RTT

Annual Holidays Bonus

Seniority benefits

International environment

Résumé du poste

lemonwayjobcareers is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Payments Tribe in Paris. This role involves people management, technical leadership, and stakeholder coordination, driving the next-generation card payment stack and cash management platform.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in leading engineers and strong technical skills in distributed backend services. The position offers a CDI contract, flexible working policy, and several perks including health insurance and a food allowance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (5+ years) in leading engineers.
• Strong technical skills with complex, distributed backend services.
• Experience working with distributed or nearshore teams is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Create conditions for effective squad operation and delivery.
• Lead squads’ delivery with clear goals and execution paths.
• Act as main point of contact for stakeholders across teams.

Connaissances

Technical leadership

People management

Stakeholder coordination

Collaboration skills

Experience with distributed backend services

Knowledge of payments processing

Outils

C#

MS SQL

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

AI tools

Description du poste

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

If you do not meet all the requirements, but believe you can succeed in this role, we encourage you to apply.

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
• 50% reimbursement of your Navigo pass
• 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.