Engineering Manager – Payments

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

📋 Description

• Lead and develop multiple engineering teams within the Payments sector.

• Take ownership of engineering delivery across payments infrastructure and platform functionalities.

• Ensure the reliability and uptime of systems responsible for financial transactions.

• Be responsible for financial accuracy at the systems level (e.g., consistency, reconciliation, and failure management).

• Drive architectural coherence and the long-term advancement of payment systems.

• Establish engineering benchmarks for scalability, observability, testing, and resilience.

• Enhance operational maturity, incident management, and excellence in production.

• Collaborate closely with Banking, Compliance, Risk, and Finance teams regarding regulatory and operational obligations.

• Work with Product teams on prioritization and implementation, while ensuring clear engineering ownership.

• Cultivate a robust engineering culture characterized by high ownership and accountability.

• Mentor engineering leads and senior engineers.

• Drive recruitment and scaling of the organization as the payments business expands.

• Balance execution speed with system reliability, accuracy, and compliance requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering.

• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams in fintech or high-scale distributed systems.

• Extensive experience with payments, banking infrastructure, acquiring, remittance, wallets, or financial platforms.

• Proven history of leading teams that operate mission-critical systems.

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, integrations, and transactional architectures.

• Experience in building systems with high availability and reliability standards.

• Capability to design systems that effectively manage failures, retries, and eventual consistency.

• Familiarity with regulated environments and financial compliance standards.

• Strong foundations in engineering management: delivery, team development, hiring, and performance oversight.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Exceptional communication and leadership abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Options for remote and hybrid work.

• Medical insurance and health & wellness benefits.

• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

• A vibrant events program featuring both online and in-person activities.

• Opportunities for rapid professional growth – we value merit and provide chances for international expansion.

• Performance-based rewards and recognition for your contributions to Salmon’s long-term success.

• New office located in Manila, Philippines.