Engineering Manager

Description
As
Engineering Manager
for our
Back-office engineering teams,
you will own the day-to-day leadership, delivery, and development of a team of senior engineers working on the core of our platform. You will report directly to the
Ohpen Landing Platform (OLP)
Engineering Director and work closely with our OLP architects, product team, and client-facing teams.
This is
a people-first leadership role
. You will be expected to build a high-performing, motivated team, drive delivery with clarity and accountability, and create the conditions for your engineers to do their best work. You are not expected to be the best coder in the room - you are expected to make the room better.
Briefing

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Lead and develop a team of senior engineers based primarily in
Brati
slava
and
Amsterdam, with full ownership of performance, growth, and team health
Drive delivery of product and platform initiatives with clarity on scope, timelines, and trade-offs - and communicate these proactively to stakeholders
Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence within your team
Collaborate with product
team
and client success teams to translate business requirements into executable engineering plans
Establish and
maintain
clear metrics for team performance, delivery quality, and operational health

• and

act on them
Actively embed AI tooling and an AI-first mindset into how your team designs, builds, and ships software
Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and
retaining
top engineering talent
Identify
and address risks early - whether technical, delivery-related, or people-related
About You
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Experience & background
Proven experience as an Engineering Manager leading
multiple
software
engineering
teams
Background in enterprise SaaS - you understand regulated, production-critical environments
,
background
in
financial services
is an advantage
Experience delivering complex software
platforms
; you can have an informed technical conversation without being in the weeds
Track record
of building delivery structure: OKRs, RAG reporting, sprint discipline, and metrics that
actually drive
decisions
Demonstrated ability to develop engineers - not just manage them
Mindset & approach
Results-oriented: you set clear goals, hold yourself and your team accountable, and
don't
mistake activity for progress
AI-native: you actively explore how AI tooling can accelerate your team's output, improve quality, and reduce toil - and you bring your team along on that journey
Direct and honest communicator - you surface problems early, propose solutions, and
don't
wait for someone else to call it
Comfortable with ambiguity: you can
operate
in a scaling
organization
where not everything is defined yet
Our working language is English
Why us?
WHAT WE OFFER
A leadership role with real ownership at a company that is scaling into Tier 1 financial institutions
A collaborative, international engineering culture across Amsterdam,
London,
Barcelona, Bratislava
and
Ž
ilina
Competitive salary and benefits package
The opportunity to shape how AI changes the way a fintech engineering team works - not as a buzzword, but as a practical daily reality