Senior Engineering Manager (m/f/n) – Payments & Checkout

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

International environment

Job summary

InPost Group is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Payments & Checkout. You will own an expanding engineering organization, driving technical excellence and architecture decisions within the Pay domain.

You will develop leaders, promote AI-enabled engineering practices, and collaborate with Product, Business, and Engineering stakeholders to deliver scalable fintech solutions across Europe.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical background in Java ecosystem (Spring Boot) or equivalent stack.
• Experience leading multi-team engineering organizations.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth and scalability of payment, checkout, and sales products.
• Lead an engineering org of ~24–25 engineers across 3 teams.
• Develop Engineering Managers and senior engineers; build leadership pipeline.
• Set technical standards across the domain and align with stakeholders.
• Shape AI adoption strategy and measure business impact.
• Define domain KPIs, OKRs, SLAs and improve delivery metrics.
• Represent engineering in strategic, cross-functional talks.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud (GCP)

Engineering leadership

Data-driven decisions

AI adoption

OKRs/KPIs

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

5+ years in software leadership

Tools

Spring Boot

JVM ecosystem

Job description

Senior Engineering Manager (m/f/n) – Payments & Checkout

• Full-time

InPost Group (Euronext: INPST) is Europe's leading out-of-home e-commerce delivery platform, operating over 50,000 automated parcel machines (APMs) and PUDO points across Poland, the UK, France, Italy, and Benelux - processing tens of millions of transactions annually. Beyond logistics, InPost is building a full e-commerce services layer: InPost Pay is our integrated checkout and payments product embedded directly into the merchant journey, with ambitions that extend into digital wallets, embedded finance, and AI-assisted commerce. This is fintech at logistics scale - and we are just getting started.

As you probably know, a lot is happening at InPost. We build products and services that support millions of users and transactions every day. One of the key areas within our ecosystem is InPost Pay, where we develop solutions focused on digital payments, checkout experiences, and sales enablement.

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager who will take ownership of a growing engineering organization within the Pay domain. This is an opportunity for a leader who can scale teams, develop engineering leaders, drive technical excellence, and remain a credible partner in architectural and technology discussions.

What will you be responsible for?

• Driving the growth and scalability of technology teams supporting payment, checkout, and sales-related products.
• Leading an engineering organization of approximately 24–25 engineers across 3 teams:
  • two teams led through Engineering Managers,
  • one team managed directly.
• Developing Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, and senior engineering talent while building a strong leadership pipeline.
• Establishing and maintaining technical, architectural, and delivery standards across the entire domain.
• Shaping technology strategy in close collaboration with Product, Business, and Engineering stakeholders.
• Managing dependencies across teams and ensuring high-quality delivery at scale.
• Identifying and removing organizational and technical bottlenecks that impact product development and business outcomes.
• Defining and driving the domain's AI adoption strategy, identifying opportunities where AI can improve engineering productivity, software quality, and operational efficiency.
• Promoting responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation across engineering teams while measuring business and engineering impact.
• Leading the organization through data-driven decision-making by defining, monitoring, and improving domain-level KPIs, OKRs, SLAs, and engineering performance metrics.
• Using engineering insights and metrics to continuously improve delivery effectiveness, platform reliability, team productivity, and customer outcomes.
• Representing the engineering organization in strategic initiatives and cross-functional leadership discussions.

An ideal profile includes:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and technology leadership.
• Experience managing Engineering Managers and multi‑team engineering organizations.
• Strong technical foundation gained as a Software Engineer.
• Hands‑on experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Excellent understanding of distributed systems, microservices, event‑driven architectures, and modern backend engineering practices.
• Experience working with cloud environments (Google Cloud is a strong advantage).
• Experience defining technical standards, SDLC processes, governance models, and engineering operating frameworks.
• Ability to translate engineering strategy into measurable business outcomes and effectively communicate with senior stakeholders.

Must have:

• Hands‑on technical background in the Java ecosystem (Spring Boot) or equivalent enterprise microservices stack (e.g., .NET/C#); sufficient depth to be a credible technical partner in architecture reviews and engineering decisions.
• Experience within a production environment.
• Experience operating in large‑scale product organizations.
• Proven success in building and scaling engineering organizations through leaders.
• Experience implementing or scaling AI‑enabled engineering practices and tools.
• Strong understanding of engineering metrics, KPIs, OKRs, and organizational performance management.
• Ability to use data and measurable outcomes to drive technology and organizational decisions.

Nice to have:

• Experience in fintech, digital payments, checkout platforms, or embedded finance products.
• Experience working in organizations building payment processing, commerce, digital wallet, or transaction‑heavy platforms.
• Background in successful technology scale‑ups that have grown both products and engineering organizations rapidly.
• Experience in regulated crypto fintech - crypto exchanges, digital asset custodians, or blockchain‑based payment infrastructure operating under financial supervision (e.g., MiCA, FCA, or equivalent licensing frameworks).
• Demonstrated impact of AI adoption on engineering velocity, developer experience, or software quality.
• Experience building management dashboards and using data analytics to drive strategic decisions.

Why Join InPost?

• Opportunity to work in a diverse, international, and cross‑functional environment, along with leading experts.
• You work and learn from a senior leader and their leadership bench, extending your experience and exposure in the e‑commerce and logistics industry.
• InPost is a growing company that offers an increasing number of opportunities in several locations in Europe.
• Fulfilling careers with a range of benefits, training opportunities for self‑development.
• You will feel a part of the InPost community that makes an impact on sustainability, convenient deliveries, and circular economy every day.
• Excellent working environment and Flexible hours.
• We offer the B2B type of contract for this role.