Hands-On Engineering Manager — Lead Scalable Systems

Mollie; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mollie is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a growing team of application engineers across Europe, shaping technical roadmaps and collaborating with cross-functional partners. You will influence product quality, scalability, and innovation while mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.

The role combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, requiring strong communication, a customer-centric mindset, and a track record of delivering high-impact, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of managing multidisciplinary teams, with a proven ability to recruit, retain, and grow top engineering talent.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor engineering teams. Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Significant hands-on experience building scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant systems on the JVM or PHP stacks.
• Strong understanding of product development principles and a customer-centric approach.
• Balance speed and quality, make quick decisions, and learn from mistakes.
• Ownership and enthusiasm; see new tasks as growth opportunities.
• A mindset of delivering value to customers with speed and quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead a growing team of application engineers with a hands-on leadership approach.
• Bring strong technical expertise in large-scale distributed systems and guide teams through complex transitions.
• Drive strategic technical decisions with cross-functional teams and initiatives aligned with business goals.
• Identify improvements, propose actionable solutions, and coordinate efforts to improve velocity and effectiveness.
• Shape the broader domain vision, influence strategic direction, and set goals for product improvement.
• Balance hands-on engineering with big-picture thinking and mentor high-performing teams.
• Maintain a results-driven mindset focused on delivering impact at scale.

Skills

Management

Leadership

Product sense

Problem solving

Bias to action

Shipping mindset

Communication

Team mentoring

Tools

JVM

PHP

Job description

Mollie is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a growing team of application engineers across Europe, shaping technical roadmaps and collaborating with cross-functional partners. You will influence product quality, scalability, and innovation while mentoring engineers and driving architectural decisions.

The role combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, requiring strong communication, a customer-centric mindset, and a track record of delivering high-impact, scalable systems.