Engineering Manager - Payments
LeoVegas
Job Summary
We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on building internal tooling and APIs within the payments sector. Your responsibilities will include ensuring system reliability, delivering new features, and driving business-critical initiatives. You will oversee daily operations, manage technical execution, and support team growth, covering the entire employee lifecycle from hiring to development. This involves running daily standups, conducting one-on-ones, driving goal setting, leading hiring and onboarding, providing technical guidance, and monitoring engineering KPIs. You will also participate in code reviews, lead technical discussions, monitor system health, manage incidents, plan and execute sprints, optimize CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with product and QA teams. Additionally, you will champion quality in all releases, enforce incident management processes, and report progress to stakeholders.
Must Have
- 5+ years as an engineer developing web applications and APIs
- Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams
- Transparent and inspiring leadership style
- Excellent communication skills
- Deep understanding of Agile methodologies
Good to Have
- Experience in the payments domain
- Knowledge of the iGaming industry
Perks & Benefits
- Hybrid work policy
- 4 weeks of Workation (T&C apply)
- Competitive base salary
- Benefits package (800 PLN monthly)
- Complimentary snacks and drinks
- Complimentary breakfast on Mondays
- Team and office social events
- Equipment: MacBook Pro 16" (or 14")/M1 Pro 10-core/GPU 16-core/32GB/512GB SSD + smartphone (iPhone or Samsung)
Job Description
- Run daily standups
- Hold regular one-on-ones
- Drive goal setting and career development
- Lead hiring and onboarding
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship
- Track and act on engineering KPIs
- Participate in code reviews and pull request approvals
- Lead technical discussions and discovery sessions
- Monitor system health and manage incidents
- Plan and execute sprints and roadmap deliverables, ensuring clear timelines and resource alignment
- Optimize CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Work closely with engineering, product, and QA teams
- Champion Quality in all releases by ensuring proper regression testing and automation coverage in collaboration with QA engineers
- Enforce incident management processes
- Report on progress, risks, and changes to stakeholders related to development and operations
- Contribute to the engineering, SDLC and QA strategy.
- Conduct performance reviews and support career growth
- Maintain strong communication with stakeholders
- Solid engineering background, spending at least 5+ years working as an engineer developing web applications and APIs
- Proven experience in leading and managing engineering teams
- Transparent and inspiring leadership style that builds trust
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to guide and challenge teams effectively when needed
- Deep understanding of Agile software development methodologies
- Experience in payments domain
- Knowledge of the iGaming industry
- Hybrid work policy
- 4 weeks of Workation (T&C apply)
- Competitive base salary
- Benefits package (800 PLN monthly)
- Our office provides complimentary snacks and drinks; on Mondays, we serve complimentary breakfast
- Team and office social events throughout the year
- Equipment: MacBook Pro 16" (or 14")/M1 Pro 10-core/GPU 16-core/32GB/512GB SSD + smartphone (iPhone or Samsung)