Software Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

• Help shape and drive a multi-year technology strategy for a complex platform that supports customers across multiple geographies.
• Lead one or more software engineering teams, designing scalable solutions and owning the full software development lifecycle—from design and delivery to ongoing operation and maintenance.
• Manage and develop engineers through regular coaching, guidance, and mentorship, supporting both their day-to-day work and long-term career growth.
• Attract, onboard, develop, and retain diverse talent while building an inclusive, collaborative team culture.
• Lead by example and help raise the bar for technical quality, operational excellence, and system design across your team and the broader engineering organisation.
• Identify and drive improvements to engineering skills, standards, practices, architecture, and documentation.
• Facilitate technical discussions and decisions, helping teams weigh trade-offs and align on effective solutions.
• Integrate AI into team management and engineering workflows, helping the team adopt AI tools and practices to improve how we plan, build, test, and operate software.
• Continuously challenge established approaches and look for ways to improve our technology, practices, and outcomes.

Requirements:

• A results-oriented, collaborative, pragmatic mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Hands-on experience driving release engineering in a high-growth environment; prior platform experience is required.
• A good understanding of modern deployment methodologies, including progressive delivery and blue-green deployments.
• Experience working with containers, container orchestration, and deployment automation.
• 12+ years of engineering experience, including at least 3-5 years leading high-performing teams.
• Experience making architectural and design decisions for large-scale platforms, with an understanding of trade-offs between time to market and flexibility.
• Significant experience managing people and supporting their growth and performance.
• Experience designing and building scalable, general-purpose products with an outstanding user experience.
• Experience hiring and developing engineering teams and culture, and leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• The ability to communicate and collaborate across the organisation, influence decisions with and without direct authority, and communicate inclusively and persuasively.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance technical and business requirements.
• Payments experience is preferred.

Skills

Blue-Green Deployment, Containers, Deployment Automation, Kubernetes, Progressive Delivery, Release Engineering