Mollie

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EngineeringManager

Milan, Italy FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Engineering Manager at Mollie. Skills: Engineering Management, Distributed Systems, Team Leadership. Lead application engineers. Define technical roadmap”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver impact at scale; Deliver impact at speed; Consistently delivering value to customers

Industry & Context.

Payments
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving skills; Analytical skills

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

2+ years of managing multidisciplinary teams, Proven ability to recruit, retain, and grow top engineering talent, Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor engineering teams, Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, Great active listener, Significant hands-on experience in building scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant systems, Hands-on experience in building full-stack products, Understanding of product development principles, Customer-centric approach, Bias Towards Action, Analytical and problem-solving skills, Passion for finding creative solutions, Ownership and enthusiasm, Always Be Shipping Mindset

Nice to Have

Experience on the JVM or PHP stacks

What You'll Do.

Lead application engineers

Define technical roadmap

Deliver technical roadmap

Shape product strategy

Shape product direction

Represent engineering in discussions

Identify team improvements

Propose actionable solutions

Coordinate efforts to improve team velocity

Coordinate efforts to improve team effectiveness

Help shape domain vision

Influence strategic direction

Set goals for product improvement

Balance hands-on engineering

Mentor high performing teams

Develop high performing teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with cross-functional teams; Drive technical decisions with cross-functional teams; Lead cross-domain technical initiatives

Communication Scope

Communication skills; Interpersonal skills; Collaboration skills

Full Job Description

Your opportunity: At Mollie, we’re on a mission to make payments and money management effortless for every business in Europe. We started 20 years ago when we launched a more direct, affordable way for companies to get paid. That provided an alternative to the frustrating, overpriced solutions that banks offered at the time. Today, we serve more than 250,000 businesses across Europe with an all-in-one solution that simplifies payments and money management. And we’re a 850-strong team of product, finance, support, commerce, and engineering specialists working across Europe – from Lisbon to London. As a hands-on Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team of skilled engineers in defining and delivering the technical roadmap for our products. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you'll help shape product strategy and direction, while representing engineering in key technical discussions. Your work will directly influence product quality, scalability, and innovation, playing a critical role in our overall success. What you'll be doing: - Lead a growing team of application engineers, with a hands-on leadership approach expected from all engineering managers - Bring strong technical expertise and a proven track record in large-scale distributed systems and/or guiding teams through complex technical transitions - Drive strategic technical decisions in collaboration with cross-functional teams, and lead cross-domain technical initiatives that align with overall business and product goals - Identify improvements within the team, propose actionable solutions, and coordinate efforts to improve team velocity and effectiveness - Help shape the broader domain vision, influence strategic direction, and set goals for ongoing product improvement - Balance hands-on engineering with big picture thinking, taking pride in mentoring and developing high performing teams - Maintain a results driven mindset focused on delivering impact at scale and speed What you have: - Management Experi

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