Engineering Manager (L5/L6) (Money Flows)
Engineering Manager (Money Flows)
Location: Sydney Office (Hybrid: 4 days office / 1 day WFH)
Department: Engineering
About The Role
The Engineering team at Ebury is looking for an Engineering Manager to play a pivotal role in evolving our core transactional platform. In this position, you will shape the technical direction of your domain, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet our customers' needs. You will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence within your team while driving continuous improvement and growth.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
Domain Ownership: Own a domain/subdomain, setting the 0-6 month technical roadmap.
Architecture: Work with senior engineers to ensure architectural consistency across services.
System Health: Accountable for the reliability, availability, and security of our systems.
Operational Readiness: Ensure all systems have appropriate support, SLAs, on-call rotas, and documentation.
Delivery Management
Execution & Velocity: Responsible for team delivery, planning sprints, and overseeing overall project health.
Work Prioritization: Assess the criticality of unplanned work to minimize context-switching and unnecessary pressure.
Capacity Planning: Balance team capacity effectively with roadmap demands while instilling urgency to balance velocity and quality.
Incident Ownership: Ensure all platform incidents are fully owned and resolved efficiently.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Product Partnership: Act as the primary liaison between engineering and product, partnering with your product counterpart to ensure full alignment.
Communication: Communicate progress transparently and escalate issues effectively.
People Management
Team Leadership: Lead a team of engineers across varying levels, creating group stability and a culture of ownership and feedback.
Talent Development: Provide coaching, regular performance reviews, and clear career pathing.
Performance & Well-being: Manage performance and team well-being, initiating corrective actions when needed.
Hiring & Retention: Demonstrate the ability to hire, grow, and retain high-performing engineering talent.
Process & Performance
KPI Accountability: Accountable for team-level success and KPIs (velocity, quality, on-time delivery, morale, and staffing).
Execution: Ensure company processes are effectively and timely executed.
Budgeting: Manage a limited budget for tools or specific project costs as needed.
Qualifications
Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar engineering leadership role.
Deep understanding of software development methodologies, agile processes, and industry best practices.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational abilities.
A strong passion for technology, innovation, and modern system design.
Note: If you're excited about this opportunity but your background doesn't match every requirement perfectly, we still strongly encourage you to apply! You may be the right candidate for this or other open roles at Ebury.
What We Offer
Compensation: Competitive base salary + discretionary performance-based bonus.
Global Impact: A dynamic, international environment offering massive scale and high-visibility exposure.
Growth: Continued personal development through structured training and professional certifications.
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