Engineering Manager

Remote, Europe

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and scale one of the key engineering areas of our platform. You will lead several cross-functional teams through Team Leads and Engineering Managers and be responsible for people leadership, delivery excellence, and technical direction across a hybrid infrastructure.

Depending on your background, you will lead one of three areas: Deposits and Payouts, which moves client funds in fiat and crypto from deposit to withdrawal; Identity and KYC, which takes clients from registration to full verification; or Core Ledger, Treasury and Custody, which keeps every balance accurate and protects client and company assets.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale multiple cross-functional engineering teams (backend, frontend, infrastructure, mobile) through Team Leads and Engineering Managers, growing the area to up to 40 engineers
  • Own delivery, quality, and technical outcomes across your area, including cross-team initiatives and dependencies
  • Partner with Product, Trading, and Senior Engineering leadership to shape the area roadmap and translate business requirements into technical execution
  • Drive engineering processes across teams, including planning, estimation, CI/CD, code reviews, testing, and release management
  • Ensure technical alignment, high availability, and observability of systems running on hybrid infrastructure, while balancing technical debt with delivery velocity
  • Hire, mentor, and grow Team Leads and Engineering Managers, run performance calibration, and own promotion decisions
  • Plan headcount 1 to 2 years ahead, design team structure, and manage the area budget
  • Foster a culture of ownership, customer focus, and result orientation

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend background, ideally including hands-on Ruby
  • At least 3 years of experience as an Engineering Manager, including managing Team Leads or Engineering Managers
  • Proven experience leading an engineering organisation of at least 20 engineers across several teams
  • Proven experience in headcount planning, team structure design, and budget management
  • Background in financial systems, trading platforms, or other high-reliability domains
  • Solid understanding of AWS, on-premise and hybrid infrastructure, CI/CD, deployment strategies, and observability tools
  • Upper Intermediate English proficiency

Will be a plus

  • Experience building new teams from scratch and scaling an engineering organisation from one team to several
  • Experience with low-latency or high-throughput systems
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools

We offer

  • 20 paid vacation days per year
  • 10 paid sick leave days per year
  • Public holidays as per the company's approved Public holiday list
  • Medical insurance
  • Opportunity to work remotely
  • Professional education budget
  • Language learning budget
  • Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)

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