Engineering Team Manager - Financial Solutions

Fairygodboss; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible paid time off

Education reimbursement

Life and income protection

Pension benefits with employer match

Job summary

Squarespace is looking for a Product Engineering Manager in Dublin to lead a team of software engineers. This role emphasizes guiding engineers through ambiguity, nurturing their development, and ensuring a culture of psychological safety. You will collaborate with various teams to champion and define an optimal engineering roadmap that aligns with the company's innovative solutions.

The ideal candidate will possess over 3 years of experience managing engineering teams and a solid background in deploying applications across large codebases.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing a Product Engineering team of four or more engineers.
• 7+ years deploying apps across large codebases with many contributors.
• Ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Guide high-performing software engineers when there is ambiguity.
• Grow the career development of direct reports through regular feedback.
• Champion and execute an optimal roadmap across teams.

Skills

Managing Product Engineering teams

Deploying apps across large codebases

Translating technical concepts

Prioritizing inclusive culture

Job description

Overview

Squarespace provides innovative financial solutions to empower merchants, ensuring hassle‑free payments. The Financial Solutions Risk team builds features that protect customer finances, enabling trust and reliability across the entire purchasing journey. This hybrid role is based in Dublin, working 3 days per week, reporting to the Financial Solutions International Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Nurture high performing software engineers by guiding navigation when there is ambiguity.
• Distill the scope of the team and help hire a balanced group of engineers that will excel as a unit.
• Grow the career development of direct reports through regular 1:1s with direct, actionable feedback.
• Celebrate wins that motivate the team’s positive culture and robust dynamic.
• Evaluate consistently to improve team efficiency and effectiveness when required.
• Evolve a deep understanding of local systems to identify appropriate architectural decisions.
• Thread with Product, Design & Engineering to champion, define and execute an optimal roadmap.
• Bond across Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, Data Science and Business Operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of recent experience managing a Product Engineering team of four or more engineers.
• 7+ years of industry experience deploying apps across large codebases with many contributors.
• Ability to fluently translate, document and present technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong technical foundations to navigate the inherent tradeoffs with product engineering decisions.
• A manager who prioritizes an inclusive culture of psychological safety with technical rigor.

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you, your spouse or partner and your dependent children, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Life and income protection.
• Fertility and adoption benefits.
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription.
• Global Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension benefits with employer match.
• Flexible paid time off.
• 26 weeks paid maternity leave and 12 weeks paid paternity leave.
• 2 weeks paid family care leave.
• Education reimbursement.
• Employee donation match to community organizations.
• 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
• Free lunch and snacks.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design‑driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. It empowers millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with tools to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. The suite of products includes websites, domains, e‑commerce, marketing tools, and scheduling with Acuity, as well as social media management with Bio Sites and Unfold. Squarespace has over 1,700 employees, headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace.