Engineering Manager

The role

You will lead a team of software engineers focused on integrating the platform with third-party partners like payment processors and BNPL providers. You will shape strategy and execution for mission-critical integrations in a Java and Python environment.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers.
• Guide architecture and design for third-party integrations.
• Oversee the full integration lifecycle from planning to production support.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, and Business stakeholders.
• Set and uphold high engineering standards through code reviews and mentorship.
• Foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Monitor performance, resolve incidents, and conduct postmortems.
• Lead, support, and grow a team delivering customer-facing and platform capabilities.
• Guide architecture for the self-serve customer portal, transaction dashboards, and routing engine.
• Lead incident response and retrospectives.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years in an engineering management or technical leadership role
• Proven experience working in Java and Python-based systems
• Deep understanding of third-party APIs, data integration, and secure data transmission protocols (REST, SOAP, OAuth, etc.)
• Understanding of Microservices, AWS, CI/CD Pipelines, Springboot, Caching Mechanism
• FinTech or Payments experience is required
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong decision making, ability to influence engineering teams and product stakeholders
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Annual leave, public holidays, and wellbeing-focused time away from work
• Work remotely from eligible locations for up to 90 days per year
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Enhanced parental and family-friendly leave policies
• Opportunities to learn, grow, and build a career

Before you apply

• We do not accept speculative CVs or candidate profiles from Recruitment Agencies.

About the company

APEXX is a global payment orchestration platform with teams across the UK and India. The company builds technology that enables merchants to connect to the global payment ecosystem through a single integration.