Perk
SaaS
EngineeringManager-CardsExperienceEU
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“Engineering Manager - Cards Experience EU at Perk. Skills: People management, Technical leadership, Cards experience, Spend domain. Lead distributed engineers. Build core card spending experience”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver a 7 star experience
Industry & Context.
Problem finder; Problem solver
Based within commuting distance, Relocation assistance
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5-8 years managing software engineers, Managed 8-10 software engineers, Technical background in software engineering, Experience managing larger teams, Experience building processes and systems of delegation, Act as a problem finder and solver technically and organisationally, Run effective performance reviews
Nice to Have
Deep domain expertise in payments, Deep domain expertise in banking integrations, Deep domain expertise in financial systems
What You'll Do.
Lead distributed engineers
Build core card spending experience
Manage senior engineers
Partner with staff engineers
Deliver complex initiatives
Shape technical direction
Support team navigation
Balance delivery needs
Balance platform sustainability
Balance platform maintainability
Accountable for delivery
Accountable for personal development
Act as servant leader
Adapt leadership style
Take care of individuals' performance
Support career journey
Act as technical champion
Ensure team has context
Build systems meeting needs
Build systems meeting standards
Enable collaboration within team
Support team through challenges
Develop long-term strategy
Evolve long-term strategy
Develop roadmap for team
Evolve roadmap for team
Work with Product Manager
Align with Tribe mission
Strategic team building
Strategic team planning
Build highly available features
Scale features with growth
Part of engineering growth
Work with business metrics
Deliver 7 star experience
Provide feedback to stakeholders
Provide feedback to business
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional stakeholders; Builders (Product and Eng); Wider business
Process & Methodology
Thoughtful prioritization
Full Job Description
About Us Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact. We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem http://www.perk.com/shadow-work-report. Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work. At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team. Visit www.perk.com http://www.perk.com to learn more. As an Engineering Manager for the Cards Experience EU team, you’ll lead a distributed group of experienced engineers responsible for building and evolving the core card spending experience within the Spend domain. You’ll manage a team of predominantly senior engineers located across multiple European hubs, partnering closely with staff engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver complex, high-impact initiatives in a fast-moving environment. The team is currently focused on several urgent strategic projects, requiring strong technical leadership, thou
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