Engineering Manager, Payments Platform (Treasury & FX)

Flywire; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global payments company seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a high impact team in optimizing payment processing and automation. The successful candidate will oversee team activities, mentor engineers, and tackle complex technical challenges. Ideal applicants will have over 4 years in team management and at least 6 years of software engineering expertise, particularly in FinTech. Competitive compensation and a dynamic work environment are offered, along with opportunities for professional growth and wellbeing programs.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Work wellbeing programs

Dynamic global team environment

Great talent development programs

Qualifications

• Over 4 years managing engineering teams, ideally in regulated industries.
• At least 6 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong background in designing and scaling distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high impact engineering team focused on payment processing.
• Hire, mentor, and develop team members.
• Set priorities and track success against goals.
• Provide technical direction and solve complex challenges.
• Manage estimates and risks across multiple projects.

Skills

Managing engineering teams

Collaboration

Communication

Designing distributed systems

FinTech experience

HTMX

AWS

Job description

Engineering Manager, Payments Platform (Treasury & FX)

Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate!

Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we're on a mission to deliver the world's most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software - to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease no matter where they are in the world.

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded a decade ago to solve high stakes, high value payments in education, using modern technology. Today, we've digitized payments for more than 3,300+ global clients across education, healthcare, travel & B2B, covering more than 240 countries and territories and supporting over 140 currencies. With over 1,000+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 14 offices worldwide, we're looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

London Hybrid (open to UK remote for the right candidate)

As Engineering Manager, you'll lead a high impact team focused on end to end optimization and automation in payment processing, reducing manual effort in treasury management and FX trading, and delivering measurable business impact. This role combines technical leadership with people management: you'll drive high quality, scalable solutions while mentoring and growing talented engineers.

What you'll do:

• Lead and support the day to day activities of a high impact engineering team
• Hire, mentor, and develop team members, fostering ownership and accountability
• Set priorities, track success against goals, and ensure delivery to high standards
• Provide technical direction, driving pragmatic and scalable solutions
• Solve complex technical challenges with deep analysis
• Manage estimates, risks, and progress across multiple projects
• Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability remain central to delivery
• Partner with Product Managers, QA, SRE, and stakeholders across the organization
• Influence product and platform strategy through technical insights

What we're looking for:

• 4+ years managing engineering teams (ideally in a regulated industry)
• 6+ years professional software engineering experience
• Proven background in designing and scaling distributed systems
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• FinTech or payments industry experience is a strong plus
• Frontend: HTMX
• Cloud: AWS
• Don't worry if you haven't used all of these - we value smart, fast learners.

Why Flywire?

Make a real impact on global payments infrastructure. Work with a collaborative, high performing team. Grow your career in a supportive and innovative environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation, including Restricted Stock Units
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flying Start - Our immersive Global Induction Program
• Work with brilliant people that will keep you on your toes, learn more about their journeys by checking out on social media
• Dynamic & Global Team (we have been collaborating virtually for years!)
• Wellbeing Programs (Mental Health, Wellness) with Global FlyMates
• Be a meaningful part in our success - every FlyMate makes an impact
• Competitive time off including FlyBetter Days to volunteer in a cause you believe in and
• Digital Disconnect Days!
• Great Talent & Development Programs

Submit today and get started! We are excited to get to know you! Throughout our process you can expect to meet with different FlyMates including the Hiring Manager, peers on the team, the VP of the department, and a skills assessment. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will walk you through the steps and be your \"go to\" person for any questions.

Flywire is an equal opportunity employer. With over 30 nationalities across 12 different offices, and diversity and inclusion at the core of our people agenda, we believe our FlyMates are our greatest asset, and we're excited to watch our unique culture evolve with each new hire.