Engineering Manager

Company Description

Hello! We're Teya.

Teya is a payment and software service provider, headquartered in London serving small, local businesses across Europe. Founded in 2019, we build easy to use, integrated tools that enable our members to accept payments and boost business performance.

At Teya we believe small, local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities.

We’re here because we don’t believe there’s a level playing field that gives small businesses with a fighting chance against the giants of the high street.

We’re here because we see banks and legacy service providers making things harder for them. We don’t think the best technology or the best service should be reserved for those with the biggest headquarters.

We’re here to fight for a future where small, local businesses can thrive, and to commit the same dedication they offer all of us.

Become a part of our story.

We’re looking for exceptional talent to join our mission. We offer a chance to create impact in a high-energy and connected culture, while benefiting from continuous learning opportunities, a supportive community which is proud to serve our mission, and comprehensive benefits.

Job Description

As an Engineering Manager at Teya, you will be working with a team that has strong Fintech experience and you will help develop and execute the the future of our Acquiring offering. You will lead the product to guarantee a customer experience that is both scalable and secure.

Your Team:

As an Engineering Manager at Teya, you'll spearhead our engineering teams, guiding them through the development lifecycle to deliver solutions that simplify and enhance the business operations of our customers. Your role involves strategic planning, hands-on management, and a direct connection to customer experiences to ensure that our products are resonating with and valuable to them. You will champion the principles of quality coding, maintainable software design, and a culture of continuous improvement.

We're on the lookout for someone who is not only technically adept but also passionate about learning, leading, and excelling in their role. You'll need a strategic and analytical mindset, a vision for the future, and a comprehensive understanding of how digital payment processes work. Your ambition should match our own, aiming to grow with Teya and to seize the opportunities to shape the direction of our engineering endeavours.

On a regular day as a Engineering Manager you will:

• Manage the careers and growth of a diverse team of individual contributors. Set goals and development tasks supporting the team with feedback and development plans and conduct the team’s performance review;

• Collaborate with peers across Teya to deliver world class services for small business owners in Europe;

• Master Quality of Delivery as a way to ensure team velocity and performance;

• Monitor metrics as a way to ensure that SLO’s and error budget are under control;

• Own the definition, prioritization, evolution, and delivery of development projects towards meeting business and technology goals, contributing to the roadmap definition and execution;

• Lead the design of efficient, scalable, high throughput, highly reliable cloud based software systems;

• Participate and contribute in the recruitment processes in planning the upcoming team needs, conducting interviews and designing the onboarding processes;

• Work closely with key stakeholders within the engineering, product, project, and sales teams.

Qualifications

Your Story

• 3+ years leading development teams, managing the full lifecycle of key features, including planning, delivery, and ongoing maintenance.

• 5+ years of past experience as a software engineer, preferably on a object-oriented language with clear understanding of reliability engineering

• Professional experience leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, scaling) of multiple new and existing systems.

• Proven ability to document and communicate technical decisions to a diverse audience.

• Ability to solve problems in code using data structures and algorithms and be able to analyze the time and space complexity of those solutions.

Ideal candidates will have worked with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, etc.) Who have worked with high performance backend services written in Java family class of languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala, etc.) and are extremely focused on resilience and performance.

Additional Information

The Perks

• We trust you, so we offer flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team;

• Physical and mental health support through our partnership with GymPass giving free access to over 1,500 gyms in the UK, 1-1 therapy, meditation sessions, digital fitness and nutrition apps;

• Our company offers extended and improved maternity and paternity leave choices, giving employees more flexibility and support;

• Cycle-to-Work Scheme;

• Health and Life Insurance;

• Pension Scheme;

• 25 days of Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays);

• Office snacks every day;

• Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment in Central London.