Taxfix Group
Fintech
EngineeringManager
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“Engineering Manager at Taxfix Group. Skills: leading and coaching a software engineering team, system design, delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives, improving engineering practices, AI adoption, technical excellence, platform fundamentals, pragmatic decision-making, product roadmap work, operational reliability work. Lead a cross-functional engineering team. Build and operate platform capabilities”
What You'll Achieve.
directly impact conversion, retention, and revenue; meeting high bars for correctness, auditability, security, and customer trust; define and align on a north-star metric; connect team work to business outcomes
Industry & Context.
solution-finders; pragmatic decision-making; pragmatic scope decisions
Work from abroad for up to six weeks every year.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience leading and coaching a software engineering team (ideally in a product environment), technical foundation (backend and/or distributed systems) and confidence in system design, Track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives and handling ambiguity, Experience improving engineering practices: reliability, testing, metrics, and delivery processes, Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, Experience using AI assistants in real ability to critically evaluate AI output (know when to trust, edit, or reject); builds AI-assisted workflows for self and team, Can articulate the north-star metric being moved and connect team work to business outcomes, Raises blockers early, shares context proactively, gives and receives feedback directly
Nice to Have
Experience in fintech, payments, subscriptions, billing, or other regulated domains, Privacy & security awareness in high-trust products (GDPR / financial data handling), Comfort operating in ambiguity and iterating quickly: ships early, learns from signal, improves continuously
What You'll Do.
Lead a cross-functional engineering team
Build and operate platform capabilities
and develop software engineers
Set development goals
Actively manage performance
Build a high-performance team culture
Champion AI adoption within the team
Encourage AI-assisted workflows
Own the team’s outcomes and delivery cadence
Define and align on a north-star metric
Run lean planning/prioritization
Drive continuous improvement
Lead end-to-end delivery of projects across the monetization stack
Balance product roadmap work with operational reliability work
Drive architecture and design decisions
Ensure engineering standards
Coach engineers through design reviews
and incident retrospectives
Partner with platform/security and architecture counterparts
Partner closely with Product
Collaborate with Finance/Accounting
Collaborate with Customer Support/Operations
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Build a high-performance team culture rooted in psychological safety, ownership, and continuous improvement; Be a multiplier leader who makes others faster through clear, direct communication, coaching, and consistently raising the bar on engineering craft and collaboration; Partner with platform/security and architecture counterparts to meet org-wide standards and reduce systemic risk; Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data/Analytics to shape strategy, define success metrics, and make pragmatic scope decisions; Collaborate with Finance/Accounting on topics like revenue recognition, refunds, and operational controls; Collaborate with Customer Support/Operations to reduce manual work and improve self-serve capabilities
Communication Scope
Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders; clear, direct communication
Process & Methodology
run lean planning/prioritization, unblock quickly, drive continuous improvement, lead end-to-end delivery of projects
Full Job Description
OUR STORY: Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We're working on fixing that. Our intuitive app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence. Spread across Germany, Spain and the UK, the team at Taxfix Group with its brands Taxfix and Steuerbot, is a compassionate group of solution-finders. We speak our minds openly, and with over 400 professionals, including tax experts, developers, and IT security experts, we're rich in ideas and voices. The group has facilitated more than 3.5 billion euros in tax refunds for its customers since its founding in 2016. YOUR CHALLENGE: The Monetization team owns the full subscription lifecycle, payment processing, invoicing, and entitlements infrastructure that underpins Taxfix's revenue. When a customer pays, upgrades, renews, or gets access to a premium feature, that's us. You will lead a cross-functional engineering team that builds and operates these platform capabilities that directly impact conversion, retention, and revenue - while meeting high bars for correctness, auditability, security, and customer trust. LEAD AND GROW THE TEAM - Hire, coach, and develop software engineers — run meaningful 1:1s, set development goals, and actively manage performance - Build a high-performance team culture rooted in psychological safety, ownership, and continuous improvement - Be a multiplier leader who makes others faster through clear, direct communication, coaching, and consistently raising the bar on engineering craft and collaboration - Champion AI adoption within the team — encourage AI-assisted workflows and continuously raise the bar on how AI is used to improve productivity OWN DELIVERY AND EXECUTION - Own the team’s outcomes and delivery cadence: define and align on a north-star metric, run lean planning/prioritization, unblock quickly, and drive continuous improvement - Lead end-to-end delivery of pro
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