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4 days ago

Senior Engineering Manager - Payment

  • Paris
  • Full Time
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Company
Malt
Location
Paris Germany
Posted
4 days ago
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Job description

đŸȘ Discover our galaxy
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
Ready to help shape the future of work? Your next chapter starts here! đŸȘ

Explore your future career 🔭

As our Senior Engineering Manager - Payment, your mission is to own the payment strategy for the product engineering team. You are taking care of the performance, productivity, and innovation in this scope. You are a hands-on manager; you are close to the topics your teams are handling, iterate on your scope with your team and challenge them to always optimize user experience and deliver value.
Furthermore, you are 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 ✹
  • Lead and inspire a high-performing team
    You’ll manage 1 product squad (6 to 10 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
    You’ll 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. You’ll 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
    You’ll set and track the right KPIs to measure impact, velocity, and quality and ensure that delivery is predictable and transparent. As part of Malt’s Engineering Manager Guild, you’ll also help scale what works across the org by contributing to shared rituals, tooling, and process improvements.

  • Own our payments and financing ecosystem
    You’ll be the primary tech point of contact for our external financial partners, from PSPs to cash advance providers. You’ll ensure smooth integration, operational reliability, and long-term scalability in this core part of Malt’s product.

    • About you 🧑‍🚀
  • You’re comfortable navigating fast-paced, evolving environments. Whether it’s managing technical migrations, shifting team structures, or aligning business and tech priorities.
  • You’ve mastered agile methodologies, and you know how to build high-performing product teams. You’ve 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.
  • You’re someone who doesn’t 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)
  • You’re 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 don’t need to be an expert, but you’re eager to explore how it can help your team deliver more value, faster.

    • How to join the mission? 🚀

  • 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 Malt’s long-term vision (interview at the Paris office)

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    Malt is the perfect space to thrive personally and professionally đŸ’«
    - Onboarding: Before easing into your new role, you’ll 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 you’re interested in learning more about any topic relevant to Malt’s business, just tell us the books you’d like to read, and we’ll order them for you—without any questions asked or approval processes to follow
    - Team building events organized every year
    Ready? Get your ticket to Malt đŸȘ
    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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