Delivery Hero
FinTech
EngineeringManager
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“Engineering Manager at Delivery Hero. Skills: People leadership, Technical judgment, Distributed systems, Payments infrastructure. Lead backend engineers. Run 1:1s”
What You'll Achieve.
Grow high-performing team; Maintain technical bar; Create financial flexibility; Enable smooth transactions
Industry & Context.
Improve payment success rates; Reduce fraudulent transactions; Handle peak load; Cost-efficient load handling
On-call health
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven experience managing engineering teams (6+), Deep background in distributed systems, Understand lifecycle of Postgres/Kafka stack, Proficient in agile methodologies, Familiarity with financial systems, Familiarity with auditability, Familiarity with PCI-DSS compliance, Familiarity with 'zero-error' mindset
Nice to Have
Experience with JVM/Kotlin/Java
What You'll Do.
Lead backend engineers
Manage performance cycles
Participate in design reviews
Participate in architectural discussions
Own team-level delivery
Prioritize team tasks
Balance engineering quality
Balance product velocity
Partner with stakeholders
Translate technical constraints
Represent engineering
Uphold engineering standards
Evolve engineering standards
Foster culture of ownership
Build diverse team culture
Build inclusive team culture
Ensure psychological safety
Maintain on-call culture
Resolve incidents effectively
Conduct blameless post-mortems
Address systemic issues
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional forums; Cross-functional projects
Communication Scope
Explain cascading failure; Explain business pivot
Process & Methodology
Agile methodologies, Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in around 65 countries worldwide powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero. We are on the lookout for an Engineering Manager to lead one of our Payments engineering teams — a group of 6–10 backend engineers building the payments infrastructure that powers Delivery Hero across 70+ countries. This role sits at the intersection of people leadership, technical depth, and cross-functional collaboration. You will grow a high-performing team, maintain a strong technical bar, and be the connective tissue between engineering execution and broader product and business goals. Be part of building the financial backbone of Delivery Hero. You’ll develop products that empower millions of customers and merchants, from seamless payments to innovative financial solutions like wallets and credit. Your work will support our path to profitability by creating financial flexibility for users and enabling smooth transactions across our markets. Some problems we work on: * How do we improve payment success rates at global scale while keeping the system simple and resilient? * How do we reduce fraudulent transactions without adding friction to the payment journey? * How do we handle peak lunch and dinner load cost-efficiently across multiple regions? * How do we help engineers grow and do the best work of their careers? What you will do: * Team Leadership: Own the day-to-day leadership of a team of 6–10 backend engineers — running 1:1s, perform
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