Senior Engineering Manager: Lead 20+ Engineers & Scale Systems

Mollie; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Mollie is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the technical roadmap and delivery of our products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape strategy and direction, representing the team in technical discussions with partners.

Your impact will be visible, driving customer experience improvements and contributing to Mollie's growth. You will balance hands-on engineering with mentoring, shaping domain vision, and guiding initiatives that align with business goals.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and team development skills.
• Proven management experience with hiring and building teams.
• Hands-on experience building scalable, resilient full-stack systems.
• Bias for action while maintaining quality and learning from mistakes.
• Mentorship and teaching mindset to grow others.
• Collaborative spirit with openness and trust across teams.
• Always Be Shipping: delivering value to customers fast and reliably.

Responsibilities

• Lead a growing engineering team of 20+ engineers with hands-on leadership.
• Drive strategic technical decisions with cross-functional partners.
• Shape domain vision and set goals for product improvement.
• Identify improvements within the team and coordinate efforts to improve velocity.
• Mentor engineers and develop high-performing teams.
• Balance hands-on work with big-picture thinking and architecture.
• Maintain a results-driven mindset focused on delivering impact at scale.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Engineering excellence

Bias for action

Mentorship

Collaboration

Delivery mindset

Job description

Mollie is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the technical roadmap and delivery of our products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape strategy and direction, representing the team in technical discussions with partners.

Your impact will be visible, driving customer experience improvements and contributing to Mollie's growth. You will balance hands-on engineering with mentoring, shaping domain vision, and guiding initiatives that align with business goals.