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Senior Engineering Manager - Payment
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Join the Future of Work! Malt is Europe's leading freelance marketplace, connecting over 1,000,000 talented freelancers with 100,000+ companies. Founded in 2013, we're transforming how work gets done through our tech-powered, human-centered platform. What makes us different:
- A diverse team of 600 Malters across 6 European countries
- A culture that champions equality (50% of our Comex are women) and inclusive growth
- Backed by top investors including ISAI, Serena Capital, Eurazeo Growth, Goldman Sachs, and BPI
- A mission to give everyone the freedom to work differently
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We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead the payment strategy for the product engineering team. You will take care of the performance, productivity, and innovation in this scope. You like to be seen as a hands-on manager, you like to be close to the topics your teams are handling and be able to challenge them to always optimize user experience and deliver value.
You're someone energized by removing obstacles, streamlining processes, and enabling your team to deliver exceptional results while supporting their professional growth and overall well-being.
Key Responsibilities âš
- Lead and inspire a high-performing team: Youâll manage 2 Products squads (8 to 2 engineers), creating the conditions for them to thrive: clear direction, strong rituals, and a collaborative culture. You foster alignment through regular team moments stand-ups, retros, and workshops and care deeply about team morale and engagement
- Co-build product and technical strategy: Youâll help craft the vision and strategy for the Payment & Cash Advance domain, ensuring your teams are fully aligned on goals and the path to get there. Youâll translate high-level objectives into actionable plans, and keep everyone focused on what matters most: delivering value to users
- Raise the bar on delivery and engineering excellence: Youâll set and track the right KPIs to measure impact, velocity, and quality and ensure that delivery is predictable and transparent. As part of Maltâs Engineering Manager Guild, youâll also help scale what works across the org by contributing to shared rituals, tooling, and process improvements
- Own our payments and financing ecosystem: Youâll be the primary tech point of contact for our external financial partners, from PSPs to cash advance providers. Youâll ensure smooth integration, operational reliability, and long-term scalability in this core part of Maltâs product
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- Youâre comfortable navigating fast-paced, evolving environments. Whether itâs managing technical migrations, shifting team structures, or aligning business and tech priorities
- Youâve mastered agile methodologies, and you know how to build high-performing product teams. Youâve worked in a scale-up or hyper-growth environment, and you understand how to balance speed, scalability, and quality
- A significant experience as a senior individual contributor as backend/fullstack (ideally in java/Kotlin): You enjoy being part of code review, MR, architecture discussion, and technical quality
- You have an expertise in payment systems at scale. You understand the constraints and opportunities that come with building for this domain
- Youâre someone who doesnât wait for instructions; you act. You identify problems, propose solutions, and rally the right people to move forward.
- Fluent in written and spoken English (French is a plus)
- Youâre able to explain complex technical or strategic topics to a range of audiences. You know that communication is what makes good teams great
- You keep an eye on emerging tech, especially around AI. You donât need to be an expert, but youâre eager to explore how it can help your team deliver more value, faster
How to join the mission? đ
- First call with Alex, our Talent Acquisition Business Partner, to better understand your background, aspirations, and answer any questions you may have. (45 minutes)
- Interview with Claire (CTO) to delve into your experience and the specifics of the role. (60 minutes)
- Product case and debrief with our engineering management team to explore how you collaborate with stakeholders, manage conflicts, delivery, and innovation
- Technical case and debrief with staff engineers to validate your mastery of technical and architectural subjects
- Final interview with Caroline (CFO) to discuss Maltâs long-term vision (interview at the Paris office)
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- Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, youâll spend your first week learning about our culture, products, and services with other new joiners at our office in Paris
- Equity: Every Malter is entitled to stock options
- Malt sabbatical: Every three years, all Malters are entitled to a one month fully paid sabbatical leave
- Free books: If youâre interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Maltâs business, just tell us the books youâd like to read, and weâll order them for youâwithout any questions asked or approval processes to follow
- Team building events organized every year
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At Malt, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We recruit based on skills, experience, and potential, without any form of discrimination related to age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability. Our mission is to create a work environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and safe to thrive.
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