Engineering Manager - Money Flows
London Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home
Ebury is a Global FinTech: we apply new technologies to enhance and automate financial services and processes. This allows small and medium-sized businesses to trade and transact internationally by eliminating boundaries related to more traditional.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented engineers in the development and maintenance of our cutting-edge financial technology platform.
As an Engineering Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of your domain, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet the needs of our customers. You will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence while driving continuous improvement and professional growth within your team.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:
- Domain Ownership: Own a specific domain/subdomain, defining and setting the 0–6 month technical roadmap.
- Architectural Oversight: Partner with senior engineers to ensure long-term architectural consistency.
- System Integrity: Take accountability for the reliability, availability, and security of our systems.
- Operational Excellence: Ensure all systems have appropriate support, SLAs, on-call rotas, and comprehensive documentation.
Delivery Management:
- Execution: Responsible for team delivery, including sprint planning and monitoring overall project health.
- Flow Optimization: Assess the criticality of unplanned work to minimize context-switching and unnecessary pressure.
- Capacity Planning: Balance team bandwidth with roadmap demands and business priorities.
- Quality at Speed: Instill a sense of urgency while maintaining a healthy balance between velocity and code quality.
- Incident Response: Ensure all incidents are owned and resolved efficiently.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Product Partnership: Act as the primary liaison between Engineering and Product, ensuring full alignment on goals and strategy.
- Communication: Proactively communicate progress and escalate blockers or risks effectively to stakeholders.
People Management:
- Team Stability: Lead and stabilize a team of engineers across various seniority levels.
- Growth & Coaching: Provide active coaching, regular performance reviews, and clear career pathing.
- Culture: Foster an environment of extreme ownership, psychological safety, and radical feedback.
- Talent Acquisition: Demonstrate a proven ability to hire, grow, and retain high-performing engineering talent.
Process & Performance:
- Execution: Ensure company processes are executed effectively and in a timely manner.
- Metrics-Driven: Accountable for team KPIs, including velocity, quality, on-time delivery, morale, and staffing.
- Budgeting: Manage limited budgets for tooling or specific project-related costs.
Qualifications:
- Leadership Experience: Proven track record as an Engineering Manager or in a similar leadership role supporting engineers.
- FinTech Expertise: Previous experience specifically within the payments industry is highly preferred.
- Technical Depth: Deep understanding of software development methodologies, agile processes, and industry best practices.
- Soft Skills: Excellent interpersonal, communication, and decision-making abilities.
- Mindset: A strong passion for technology, innovation, and solving complex problems.
What We Offer:
- Compensation: Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Impact: The opportunity to work on challenging and rewarding projects in the FinTech space.
- Environment: A collaborative, supportive, and high-energy work culture.
- Growth: Be a key player in a dynamic and rapidly growing company.
About Us
Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.
Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1700 staff with a presence in more than 29 markets worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Vancouver to Auckland, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.
Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.
None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.
At Ebury, we’re committed to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. We’re proud to have active employee networks and ESG initiatives that reflect our inclusive culture, including our Women’s Network, LGBTQIA+ Network, and Veterans Network. These communities provide spaces for connection, mentorship, advocacy, and collaboration across our global teams.
We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our future.
Please submit your application on the careers website directly, uploading your CV / resume in English.
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Ebury London, England Office
100 Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1E 5JL
