Engineering Manager - Java/Kotlin Backend | Remote/Hybrid

Plata Card; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support to Cyprus, Georgia,

Flexible work from offices or remote

Healthcare Coverage

Education Budget

Wellness Budget

Vacation policy

Job summary

Plata Card is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a backend team building the core services behind our financial products. You will own delivery, technical direction and people growth, shaping engineering culture with significant autonomy and collaboration with product and neighboring teams.

You will drive architecture for high-load distributed systems, mentor engineers, and help scale Plata Card’s platforms to deliver reliable services for customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading a software engineering team, with the ability to mentor engineers and drive growth.
• 5+ years of hands-on backend development, building robust, distributed systems.
• Deep experience designing, building and operating production systems with high throughput and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, owning delivery, priorities and timelines.
• Own the team’s technical direction and architecture decisions.
• Partner with product and other teams to deliver reliable, scalable services.

Skills

Leadership

Backend development

Distributed systems

Java/Kotlin

Kubernetes

AWS

Design & architecture

English (B2+)

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Java/Kotlin

Job description

Plata Card is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a backend team building the core services behind our financial products. You will own delivery, technical direction and people growth, shaping engineering culture with significant autonomy and collaboration with product and neighboring teams.

You will drive architecture for high-load distributed systems, mentor engineers, and help scale Plata Card’s platforms to deliver reliable services for customers worldwide.