Software Engineering Manager – FinTech (Consumer Finance / BNPL)

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-functional team of backend, frontend, and mobile engineers to design, build, and scale mission critical systems powering our BNPL and digital credit products. You’ll balance hands-on technical leadership with team development, ensuring delivery speed, architectural soundness, and product quality in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of software engineers through mentorship, hiring, and structured career development.
• Partner with Product, Data, and Risk teams to design scalable architectures supporting credit, payments, and merchant integrations.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery - from technical design and code reviews to deployment and post-launch reliability.
• Drive engineering excellence through process optimization, automated testing, and continuous delivery best practices.
• Ensure compliance with security, data protection, and fintech regulatory Standards.
• Collaborate with the Head Of Engineering and CTO on technology roadmaps and build-vs-buy decisions to accelerate product evolution.
• Monitor, analyze, and improve system performance, ensuring low latency, high availability, and data integrity across services.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or team management role.

• Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams, including hiring, onboarding, and developing high-performing engineers.

• Deep understanding of backend service design, distributed systems, and API driven architectures.
• Experience building finance-related platforms (e.g., BNPL, lending, payments, or digital banking).
• Strong command of modern tech stacks (e.g., Python, Java, Node.js, or Go).
• Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), caching systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Practical knowledge of PCI DSS, KYC, data privacy, and payment system integrations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of delivering in agile environments.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with credit risk or underwriting systems.
• Exposure to modern data and analytics ecosystems (e.g., Kafka, ..).
• Cloud environments experience (preferably AWS)
• Interest in technical leadership development, architecture councils, or platform engineering.

Why Join Us

• Be part of a mission-driven team changing financial inclusion in the region. Work with a modern tech stack and scalable platform.
• Drive meaningful engineering decisions and shape the technology culture from within.
• Competitive compensation, equity options, and growth opportunities in a high impact role.