Engineering Manager (Fintech)

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Our emphasis lies in people-centric approaches and optimizing the selection processes. Our mission is to revolutionize companies by seamlessly integrating top-tier talent. What sets us apart is our in-depth understanding of each partner (being their best influencer!), addressing not only their needs but also capturing their essence.

Our partner is a rapidly expanding fintech firm based in Barcelona, focused on providing flexible working capital and invoice advance solutions for businesses and entrepreneurs throughout Spain.

Mission:

We are currently looking for a Engineering Manager who wants to lead people and strengthen technology teams: someone with a genuine passion for developing talent, a solid technical vision, and the drive to build a culture of high excellence. You will oversee performance, make decisions to ensure quality and progress, and define strategies to meet deadlines.

The Role:

• Lead, motivate, and support the professional growth of engineers and technical team leads through weekly 1:1s and individual career development plans.

• Manage team performance by setting clear expectations, providing ongoing feedback, and supporting team members through improvement processes or role transitions.

• Oversee the team's technical quality, including code reviews, coding standards, architecture, and infrastructure.

• Identify, prioritize, and address technical debt, communicating its impact to relevant stakeholders.

• Anticipate risks and improvement opportunities before they become pain points, proposing solutions with sound technical judgment and a team-oriented mindset.

• Guide the team through production incident resolution and post-mortem analyses to strengthen system resilience.

• Define and maintain agile working methodologies, meeting dynamics, and internal communication channels.

• Ensure technical excellence and development team efficiency, enabling the agile delivery of value through robust and scalable solutions.

• Lead the management of area resources and tooling (DevOps/DevEx) to accelerate and automate development workflows.

• Collaborate to translate strategic vision into team roadmaps.

• Report directly to the CTO, providing a coherent view of the technology strategy aligned with company goals, delivery performance, and individual team performance.

What we need:

• At least 3 years of experience leading engineering teams 8-10 or more people, with demonstrated ability to develop talent (promotions, career plans, performance improvements).

• At least 5 years of solid software development experience, with a minimum of 2 in Senior Engineer or above roles: ability to contribute to technical decisions, code reviews, and define quality standards.

• Leadership competencies in mentoring and development, communication and feedback, performance management, and effective delegation.

• Clear and direct communication skills, with the ability to deliver difficult feedback and handle complex conversations with empathy.

• Data-driven mindset: use of team metrics (eNPS, lead time, satisfaction) to continuously improve operations.

• Experience with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and ability to facilitate planning sessions, retrospectives, and workshops.

• Strong software engineering fundamentals.

• Prior experience working with engineering performance metrics (e.g. DORA Metrics).

• Proactive approach to planning and prioritization.

• Ability to translate business objectives into achievable technical commitments.

• Results-oriented mindset.

What we offer:

• A committed and fast-growing team. You will be joining at a key moment, with a lot to build and a real opportunity to make an impact.

• Hybrid work model in Barcelona with flexible hours.

• Offices near the beach with a terrace and pet friendly environment.

• Flexible compensation plan.

• Health insurance fully covered by the company.

• 2 team events per year to disconnect and recharge.