Engineering Manager

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and scale one of the key engineering areas of our platform. You will lead several cross-functional teams through Team Leads and Engineering Managers and be responsible for people leadership, delivery excellence, and technical direction across a hybrid infrastructure. Depending on your background, you will lead one of three areas: Deposits and Payouts, which moves client funds in fiat and crypto from deposit to withdrawal; Identity and KYC, which takes clients from registration to full verification; or Core Ledger, Treasury and Custody, which keeps every balance accurate and protects client and company assets. Responsibilities - Lead and scale multiple cross-functional engineering teams (backend, frontend, infrastructure, mobile) through Team Leads and Engineering Managers, growing the area to up to 40 engineers - Own delivery, quality, and technical outcomes across your area, including cross-team initiatives and dependencies - Partner with Product, Trading, and Senior Engineering leadership to shape the area roadmap and translate business requirements into technical execution - Drive engineering processes across teams, including planning, estimation, CI/CD, code reviews, testing, and release management - Ensure technical alignment, high availability, and observability of systems running on hybrid infrastructure, while balancing technical debt with delivery velocity - Hire, mentor, and grow Team Leads and Engineering Managers, run performance calibration, and own promotion decisions - Plan headcount 1 to 2 years ahead, design team structure, and manage the area budget - Foster a culture of ownership, customer focus, and result orientation Requirements - At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend background, ideally including hands-on Ruby - At least 3 years of experience as an Engineering Manager, including managing Team Leads or Engineering Managers - Proven experience leading an engineering organisation of at least 20 engineers across several teams - Proven experience in headcount planning, team structure design, and budget management - Background in financial systems, trading platforms, or other high-reliability domains - Solid understanding of AWS, on-premise and hybrid infrastructure, CI/CD, deployment strategies, and observability tools - Upper Intermediate English proficiency Will be a plus - Experience building new teams from scratch and scaling an engineering organisation from one team to several - Experience with low-latency or high-throughput systems - Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools We offer - 20 paid vacation days per year - 10 paid sick leave days per year - Public holidays as per the company's approved Public holiday list - Medical insurance - Opportunity to work remotely - Professional education budget - Language learning budget - Wellness budget (gym membership, sports gear and related expenses)