Engineering Manager II

GoCardless Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GoCardless Ltd, a Mollie company, is seeking an Engineering Manager for Payment Success. You will lead a cross-functional team of engineers, a designer and data scientists, building intelligent products that use machine learning and AI.

You will take ownership of the payment intelligence products we have already built, and work with your team and product manager to decide what we build next. You will be accountable for the quality, delivery and operation of everything the team ships, and you

Qualifications

• Strong backend development experience with Python and Ruby on Rails.
• Frontend experience in JavaScript/React and building reliable, well-tested systems.
• Demonstrated ability to ship production software with quality and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, a designer and data scientists.
• Own the payment intelligence products and define what to build next.
• Ensure quality, delivery and operation of everything the team ships and mentor engineers.

Skills

Python

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript

React

Job description

About us

GoCardless, a Mollie company, is a global leader in bank payments. Over 100,000 businesses, from start‑ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect, manage and send bank payments through Direct Debit, real‑time payments and open banking. With US$130bn+ processed annually across 30+ countries, we handle recurring and one‑off payments without the chasing, stress, or expensive fees. Our end‑to‑end payment platform also features AI‑powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud, alongside connections to over 350 platforms businesses use everyday.

We are headquartered in the UK, with teams and operations spanning North America, Europe and Asia‑Pacific. For more information, please visit www.gocardless.com and follow us on LinkedIn ----- is the leading payments and financial services partner for business, rooted in Europe, with global reach.

The role

Payment Success helps merchants get paid and keep their cash flow reliable. We predict which payments are likely to fail, recover the money when they do, and protect merchant cash flow across our payment rails.

As Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross‑functional team of engineers, a designer and data scientists, building intelligent products that use machine learning and AI.

You will take ownership of the payment intelligence products we have already built, and work with your team and product manager to decide what we build next. We give teams problems to solve rather than tasks to complete, so you and your team will own what gets built, how it gets built and how success is measured.

You will be accountable for the quality, delivery and operation of everything the team ships, and you will look after your people through 1:1s, feedback and career development. You'll step in wherever the team needs you, and earn credibility with senior engineers and data scientists within the team and across product development.

What excites you

• Shipping stuff: you'll work with your team to support changes to completion, delivering consistent positive impact across your product area. Being comfortable delivering a range of projects: from MVP experiments testing a hypothesis to a new feature


• Developing talent: You hire and grow engineers into being the best engineers they can be, while maintaining a supportive and engaging team culture


• Raising the technical bar: You insist on high standards of technical design and implementation and ensure your systems are operationally excellent


• Deliver project work while managing the expectations of your stakeholders


• Plan and prioritise impactful technical investment initiatives for your teams


• Be a reflection of the GC Values that help us work with one another effectively

What excites us

• Professional experienced in coding - with Python and Ruby on Rails for backend and JavaScript/React on frontend, and a commitment to building reliable, well‑tested systems


• Enthusiastic about working in a strong culture of experimentation , testing and learning - to help us in experimenting ways to grow our product!


• Someone excited about supporting and growing a group of engineers, helping them become the best engineers they can be


• Somebody able to effectively communicate - mainly technical topics to technical and non‑technical audiences


• Collaboration and cross‑functional work - we have a Product Manager, Designer and Data Scientists as part of our team and work with a lot of other commercial teams across the business


• High agency: We're after people who aren't afraid of a challenge and will take ownership of problems they come across, help to resolve them and adapt to a constantly changing environment

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