Engineering Manager

Paymentology; Portugal; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Paymentology is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a mission-critical engineering team, driving people growth, reliable delivery and robust technical leadership. You will partner with Product and cross-functional teams to shape roadmaps, manage risks, and deliver high-quality systems at global scale.

You will lead a team of engineers (typically 8–12), coach through career development, and foster an inclusive, high-trust culture while maintaining focus on operational excellence and strong

Qualifications

• At least three years’ experience managing engineering teams.
• Experienced engineering leader with a passion for people development and team success.
• Proven track record of leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering outcomes.
• Strong technical background (typically equivalent to a senior engineering or above).
• Comfortable operating in distributed, cross-functional environments.
• Experienced in agile delivery, planning and continuous improvement practices.
• A clear, thoughtful communicator who can engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Someone who leads with empathy, ownership and a strong sense of accountability.

Responsibilities

• Build, coach and grow a high-performing team of engineers (typically 8–12).
• Coach, mentor and provide continuous feedback to support career growth.
• Create clear development plans and help individuals grow.
• Foster a psychologically safe, inclusive and high-trust team environment.
• Own delivery of team commitments with predictable, high-quality execution.
• Partner with Product to shape roadmaps, scope work and align priorities.
• Maintain clear delivery plans, proactively managing risks and dependencies.
• Remove blockers and ensure smooth collaboration between teams.
• Drive operational excellence, including incident response and continuous improvement.
• Ensure visibility of progress, metrics and outcomes across stakeholders.
• Lead technical guidance on mission-critical, high-volume systems; balance debt and reliability risks.
• Contribute to architectural decisions to ensure scalable, maintainable systems.
• Drive engineering best practices (testing, observability, CI/CD, security).
• Support engineers in solving complex technical challenges without becoming a bottleneck.
• Maintain awareness of system health, operational patterns and risks.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile delivery

Job description

Unstoppable starts with people. The future of payments is being built today, and at Paymentology, we are looking for people who want to help shape it. We power card issuing for leading banks, fintechs and digital brands across the globe, and as we continue to grow, we are looking for curious, ambitious people who thrive on solving complex challenges, embrace innovation and want to make a tangible impact at global scale.

As an Engineering Manager at Paymentology, you will lead one, mission-critical engineering team, balancing people leadership, delivering excellence and technical guidance.

Your primary responsibility is to create an environment where engineers can do their best work, growing as individuals, delivering high-quality systems and contributing to a strong, supportive engineering culture.

You will partner closely with Product and other cross-functional stakeholders to shape and deliver meaningful outcomes, while ensuring your teams operate effectively, sustainably and with high standards.

This role sits at the intersection of people, delivery and technology with a strong emphasis on leading through culture, clarity, and accountability.

What You'll do:

Lead and Grow People

• Build, support and develop a high-performing team of engineers (typically 8-12 individuals)

• Coach, mentor and provide continuous feedback to support career growth and progression

• Create clear development plans and help individuals grow

• Foster a psychologically safe, inclusive and high-trust team environment

• Actively manage performance, recognising strong contributions and addressing challenges early

• Support hiring, lead onboarding and team growth in line with Paymentology's needs

Deliver Outcomes Reliably

• Own delivery of team commitments, ensuring predictable, high-quality execution

• Partner with Product to shape roadmaps, scope work and align priorities

• Maintain clear and accurate delivery plans, proactively managing risks and dependencies

• Remove blockers and ensure smooth collaboration between teams

• Drive operational excellence, including incident response and continuous improvement

• Ensure visibility of progress, metrics and outcomes across stakeholders

Provide Technical Leadership

• Bring experience leading mission-critical, high-volume transaction systems, including balancing technical debt and reliability risks, and planning safe maintenance and release cycles.

• Bring a strong technical foundation, enabling sound decision-making and guidance

• Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions, to ensure systems are scalable, reliable and maintainable

• Drive engineering best practices (testing, observability, CI/CD, AI usage, code quality, security)

• Support engineers in solving complex technical challenges without becoming a bottleneck

• Maintain awareness of system health, operational patterns and technical risks.

How you'll work:

This role aligns internally with the Engineering Manager (M3) level, where impact is measured through team outcomes, people growth, delivery effectiveness, and the reliability and availability of the systems the team owns.

You will:

• Be future-focused and pragmatic: keep systems stable while making steady, incremental improvements, anticipating risks, shaping roadmaps, and evolving team processes.

• Drive excellence every day: maintaining high standards in delivery, quality and operations

• Show accountability : owning outcomes and leading decisively during challenges

• Inspire Growth : developing your team, and yourself, and strengthening team capability

• Communicate to Collaborate: ensuring alignment across teams and stakeholders

• Lead with Humanity : building trust, inclusion and a strong team culture

Who you are:

• At least three years’ experience managing engineering teams, with examples of navigating difficult stakeholder situations and maintaining alignment across functions.

• An experienced engineering leader with a passion for people development and team success

• Proven track record of leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering outcomes

• Strong technical background (typically equivalent to a senior engineering or above)

• Comfortable operating in distributed, cross-functional environments

• Experienced in agile delivery, planning and continuous improvement practices

• A clear, thoughtful communicator who can engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Someone who leads with empathy, ownership and a strong sense of accountability

What Success Looks Like:

• Your team consistently delivers high-quality outcomes aligned to business goals

• The services your team owns maintain a 99.99% availability with a low defect density, all whilst maintaining high standards of external comms to users and clients.

• Engineers in your team are growing, engaged and performing at their best

• Delivery is predictable, transparent and continuously improving

• Technical quality and operational standards are high and sustained

• Team culture is collaborative, supportive and accountable

Why Join Paymentology:

• Working on a global, high-scale payments platform that has real world impact – it’s not abstract, it’s salaries, rent, medicine. It has to work!

• Be part of a remote-first, globally distributed engineering organisation (for this role you will need to be +/- 2 hours CET)

• Lead teams solving complex, meaningful problems in fintech

• Shape engineering culture, process and ways of working at scale

• Grow your career with a clear and structured career framework

At Paymentology, we believe that making a difference starts with the people behind the work. You will be part of a diverse, global team of Paymentologists who are united by a shared mission to advance the world through payments.
This is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful work, collaborate across markets and functions, and help shape the future of a business with global reach and real impact.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on any unlawful ground, including race, colour, ethnicity, sex, gender, pregnancy, marital status, family responsibility, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, language or HIV status.