Engineering Manager: Lead High-Impact Fintech Teams

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

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