13d 14h ago
Engineering Manager
Primer·General · Fintech
📡Fully Remote
pythonsoftware_architecture
Engineering Manager
Primer | General | Fintech
Fully Remote
Full Time
Position:
Engineering Manager
Company:
Primer
Location:
United Kingdom; Hungary; Ireland; Poland; Portugal; Romania; South Africa
Employment type:
Full time
Work Arrangement:
Remote
Short Summary:
Primer is the unified infrastructure for global payments, providing finance and payments teams with visibility and control to reduce complexity and improve performance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a cross-functional team spanning frontend, mobile, and backend.
- Own a defined area of software architecture, ensuring delivery, quality, and technical direction.
- Run an effective development process, including sprint health and incident response.
- Grow engineers through feedback, performance conversations, and stretch assignments.
- Collaborate with product to scope initiatives and prioritize deliverables.
- Stay involved with the team's technical work to contribute to design discussions.
- Define metrics for team systems to explain performance and drive improvements.
- Handle difficult conversations proactively to prevent escalation.
Requirement:
- Experience managing engineers across frontend, mobile, and backend.
- Background as a software engineer with hands-on experience in production systems.
- Proven track record of building effective development processes.
- Technically credible to evaluate design decisions and challenge assumptions.
- Comfortable with operational ownership, including incident management.
- Clear communication with stakeholders and leadership.
- Ability to operate with meaningful autonomy.
- Nice to have: Experience managing full-stack or cross-functional teams, particularly in backend (Python), fintech, or payments.
Benefits:
- Fully remote and globally distributed work environment.
- Competitive share options.
- Uncapped holiday, with a minimum of 25 days.
- Co-working space access across major cities.
- Workations and company retreats.
- Best equipment for your role.
- £500 towards home office setup.
- Generous learning budget.
- Private medical insurance.
- Additional perks and benefits depending on location.
Engineering Manager
Company:
Primer
Location:
United Kingdom; Hungary; Ireland; Poland; Portugal; Romania; South Africa
Employment type:
Full time
Work Arrangement:
Remote
Short Summary:
Primer is the unified infrastructure for global payments, providing finance and payments teams with visibility and control to reduce complexity and improve performance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a cross-functional team spanning frontend, mobile, and backend.
- Own a defined area of software architecture, ensuring delivery, quality, and technical direction.
- Run an effective development process, including sprint health and incident response.
- Grow engineers through feedback, performance conversations, and stretch assignments.
- Collaborate with product to scope initiatives and prioritize deliverables.
- Stay involved with the team's technical work to contribute to design discussions.
- Define metrics for team systems to explain performance and drive improvements.
- Handle difficult conversations proactively to prevent escalation.
Requirement:
- Experience managing engineers across frontend, mobile, and backend.
- Background as a software engineer with hands-on experience in production systems.
- Proven track record of building effective development processes.
- Technically credible to evaluate design decisions and challenge assumptions.
- Comfortable with operational ownership, including incident management.
- Clear communication with stakeholders and leadership.
- Ability to operate with meaningful autonomy.
- Nice to have: Experience managing full-stack or cross-functional teams, particularly in backend (Python), fintech, or payments.
Benefits:
- Fully remote and globally distributed work environment.
- Competitive share options.
- Uncapped holiday, with a minimum of 25 days.
- Co-working space access across major cities.
- Workations and company retreats.
- Best equipment for your role.
- £500 towards home office setup.
- Generous learning budget.
- Private medical insurance.
- Additional perks and benefits depending on location.
Required Skills
pythonsoftware_architecture
Required Languages
🇬🇧 English
Key competency: General