Engineering Manager - Billing & Payments (f/m/d)

Awin Benelux; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexi-Week

Flexi-office

Work Expense Contribution & Remote Wir

Health and Wellbeing

Development - Awin Academy

Appreciation program

Job summary

Awin in Amsterdam is seeking an Engineering Manager for Billing & Payments to shape a new engineering team and drive delivery in complex financial workflows.

The role focuses on people, delivery, and impact, leading a 5–6 person team across hubs, coaching for growth, and aligning with product goals and OKRs to improve overall velocity and system health.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering.
• 2+ years in an engineering manager or similar leadership role.
• Experience building and scaling distributed teams.
• Strong coaching mindset for team development.
• Confidence in financial/payments domain (billing, invoicing).
• Solid technical foundation for architecture discussions.
• Mentor teams on testing, CI/CD, and best practices.
• Strategic thinking on long-term tech direction with observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 5–6 engineers across multiple hubs.
• Coach engineers and support both career growth and technical excellence.
• Foster feedback loops for continuous learning and improvement.
• Create a safe, empowering environment with clear ownership.
• Partner with Product Management to define goals, priorities, OKRs.
• Own delivery commitments and improve team effectiveness and predictability.
• Collaborate with tribes, platform and enabling teams.
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and development plans.
• Represent the team to stakeholders and contribute to engineering strategy.

Skills

8+ years software engineering

2+ years engineering leadership

Distributed team leadership

Coaching and mentoring

Payments domain experience

System design & architecture

Testing and CI/CD excellence

Data-driven decision making

AI-aware / innovative mindset

Job description

In the Billing & Payments Tribe, we design the experiences that define how our customers pay—and how our partners get paid. As we scale, we’re creating a new engineering team and are looking for an Engineering Manager - Billing & Payments (f/m/d) to shape it from the ground up.

This role is ideal for an experienced people leader who thrives in complex domains, values strong feedback loops, and enjoys building autonomous, high-performing teams with real ownership and impact.

Purpose of Position

As an Engineering Manager, your primary focus is people, delivery, and impact.

You will:

• Lead and grow a team of 5–6 engineers across Germany, Romania, and other engineering hubs
• Coach and mentor engineers, supporting both career growth and technical excellence
• Foster strong feedback loops that support continuous learning and improvement
• Create a safe, empowering environment where decisions are delegated and ownership is clear
• Partner closely with Product Management to define team goals, priorities, and OKRs
• Own delivery commitments and continuously improve team effectiveness and predictability
• Collaborate with other tribes, platform teams, and enabling teams (Product, DevOps, UX, InfoSec, etc.)
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and individual development planning
• Represent your team toward stakeholders and contribute to engineering-wide strategy

Skills & Expertise

Required:

• 8+ years experience in software engineering
• 2+ years in an Engineering Manager or similar leadership role (Technical Leads transitioning into management are welcome)
• Experience building and scaling teams in distributed environments
• Strong coaching mindset with a passion for developing people
• Confidence operating in a financial or payments domain (e.g. billing, invoicing, payment flows, compliance)
• A solid technical foundation that allows you to understand and discuss architecture and system design
• Guide teams on testing, CI/CD, and engineering best practices
• Consider long-term technical strategy, trade-offs, and system interactions
• A data-informed approach to decision-making, with a bias toward observability and learning
• A proactive mindset toward AI and emerging technologies, with the curiosity and willingness to experiment, learn, and leverage them to drive team efficiency and innovation

What we value

Beyond technical and leadership experience, we care deeply about:

• Clear, thoughtful communication—adapted to technical and non-technical audiences
• Pragmatic problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Curiosity about the business, customers, and the “why” behind the work
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to continuous improvement

Our Offer

• Flexi-Week: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing by offering you a four-day Flexi-Week (with one lighter or completely disconnected day per week) at full pay, with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance.
• Flexi-office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our hybrid/remote working scheme which is designed to foster a culture of mutual trust and working flexibility.
• Work Expense Contribution & Remote Working Furniture: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs, as well as a furniture package to support you in setting up a comfortable workspace when working from home.
• Health and Wellbeing: With our support and access to various initiatives and sports offers, you can focus on your mental and physical wellbeing.
• Development: We’ve built our extensive training suite, Awin Academy, to cover a wide range of skills that support your professional and personal growth, with trainings conveniently packaged to help your overall development.
• Appreciation: Thank and reward colleagues by sending them a voucher through our peer-to-peer recognition programme.

We are hiring in multiple countries for this role. Additional benefits, including health and wellbeing offerings, will be discussed during the initial interview.

Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture.

Like all businesses, we’ve had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual ‘Life @ Awin’ hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities.