Engineering Manager, Data
GoCardless
Lisbon, Portugal
Full-Time
$130
RemoteManager
GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.
GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.
We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.
At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! Were committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner were here to help!
And remember: we dont expect you to meet every single requirement. If youre excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Data and Analytics Platform teams. You will be accountable for building and operating the foundational data infrastructure that powers decision-making across GoCardless, while developing a high-performing team of data engineers. You'll sit within our Data and Business Systems group and will be responsible for two critical platform areas:
Core Data Platform - providing unified, governed data ingress and movement into the GoCardless data estate, including batch ingestion, CDC replication, streaming infrastructure, and schema validation.
Analytics Platform - delivering trusted analytics, shared metrics, and decision support through analytical storage, semantic layers, governance, and self-service tooling.
This is a leadership role that balances technical accountability with people management. You'll own the reliability, standards, and evolution of these platforms while growing the engineering talent that builds and operates them.
You'll be accountable for your teams delivering against their platform objectives, owning the technical vision and roadmap for Core Data Platform and Analytics Platform. This means guaranteeing reliability and resilience, defining supported patterns and governance frameworks, and managing platform costs and efficiency. You'll enable self-service adoption through documentation and tooling that allow teams to ship data solutions confidently. As a people leader, you'll:
Base salary range: 70,400 - 105,600
Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.
We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure its aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.
Were building the payment network of the future, and to achieve our goal, we need a diverse team with a range of perspectives and experiences. As of July 2024, heres where we stand:
If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latestD&I Report
Were committed to reducing our environmental impact and leaving a sustainable world for future generations. As co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, were working towards a climate-positive future. Check out our sustainability action plan here.
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