Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ireland.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and nurture an engineering team within the Pay Pillar.

• Cultivate a culture centered around continuous learning, personal development, and transparent communication to boost team engagement and performance.

• Actively engage in the recruitment, onboarding, and establishment of a diverse and inclusive team.

• Deliver strong technical leadership, ensuring adherence to best practices, scalability, and maintainability in all solutions.

• Collaborate closely with the Principal Engineer to effectively prioritize and tackle technical challenges.

• Contribute directly when necessary—reviewing code, assisting with system design, and directing the team in constructing complex distributed systems.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other Engineering teams to provide cohesive, high-quality solutions.

• Advocate for the observability strategy, ensuring that service level objectives (SLOs) are established and achieved.

• Implement comprehensive monitoring tools to proactively identify and resolve system issues.

• Lead the execution of essential technical projects, ensuring timely delivery while upholding quality standards.

• Provide regular updates to the Senior Engineering Manager regarding progress, strategy, and team challenges that require assistance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 2 years of proven impact in a similar leadership position, managing direct reports at scale.

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Strong expertise and 5 years of professional experience in object-oriented software design (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Ruby).

• Experience in designing scalable and resilient solutions, preferably within the fintech sector.

• Ability to collaboratively lead the evolution of team strategies, establishing clear roadmaps and goals and delivering them in a healthy, predictable, and sustainable manner.

• Comfort in coaching team members, clearly communicating expectations, and providing frequent individual feedback.

• A strong track record of fostering close working relationships with product counterparts and external stakeholders (including payment providers or third-party solutions), inspiring and motivating teams while enhancing quality and productivity, all while maintaining technical innovation and excellence.

• A strategic thinker with the capacity to articulate and share ideas in meaningful ways within a fast-paced and evolving environment, demonstrating a high degree of autonomy.

• Experience managing Agile teams and driving improvements across the entire development process.

• Background in developing and supporting engineers in their personal growth and career advancement, fostering an environment where communication, teamwork, and collaboration are recognized and rewarded.

• A strong focus on quality while enhancing efficiency, delivering value, and minimizing waste.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Your wellbeing is a priority for us - we offer private healthcare, 2 Wellness Days, an employee assistance program, and a free online GP service.

• To support your financial wellbeing, we provide competitive compensation, an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, pension plans, life assurance, and income protection.

• We make commuting easier by offering a bike-to-work scheme and tax saver transport tickets.

• We support the women at Phorest by providing 2 weeks of leave for fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, and menopause.

• We care for your family, offering enhanced maternity and paternity benefits.

• We cultivate our own talent! We provide an excellent learning environment and extensive development opportunities, running development programs and offering access to numerous online resources, including LinkedIn Learning.

• Planning to move? Phorest employees are entitled to 3 moving days.