Delivery Hero

FinTech

EngineeringManager

€105–155k ~AI est. Berlin, Germany FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

FinTech
Problems you'll solve

Improve payment success rates; Reduce fraudulent transactions; Handle peak load; Cost-efficient load handling

Eligibility Requirements

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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