Engineering Manager in England

Join to apply for the Engineering Manager role at GoCardless. This role is part of GoCardless, a global bank payment company that collects and sends payments through direct debit, real‑time payments, and open banking. We process over US$130bn of payments annually across 30+ countries, helping customers manage recurring and one‑off payments with AI‑powered solutions to improve success and reduce fraud. Our open banking connectivity spans more than 2,500 banks, and we are headquartered in the UK with offices in London, Leeds, Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, and the United States.

The technical challenges span from simplifying banking scheme building to optimizing the time required to render our dashboard.

You will enjoy being an Engineering Manager at GoCardless if:

• You’re looking to champion a great engineering culture within GC and in the wider engineering community;
• You enjoy collaborating and learning from people from various backgrounds and experiences;
• You want to feel proud of the work you’re doing and its impact on real customers.

Our engineers contribute to the engineering culture within and outside of GoCardless: they contribute to Open Source Software projects and share learnings in post‑mortems, conferences and on our blog.

Our technologies: We endeavour to build simple, reliable systems and we believe in using the best technologies for each task.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join GoCardless in our London office as an Engineering Manager. In this role you will:

• Lead talented and creative engineers in the Growth Group to build features and experiments to drive customer acquisition, engagement, and retention;
• Work closely with Product Managers and Product Designers to translate growth goals into actionable technical roadmaps;
• Partner with Growth Marketing to define and execute growth initiatives;
• Push for exceptionally high‑quality engineering work whilst moving at a fast pace.

What excites you:

• Shipping stuff: you’ll work with your team to support changes to completion, delivering consistent positive impact across Product Growth.
• Being comfortable delivering a range of projects: from MVP experiments testing a hypothesis to a new feature;
• Developing talent: You hire and grow engineers into being the best engineers they can be, while maintaining a supportive, engaging, and inclusive team culture;
• Raising the technical bar: You insist on high standards of technical design and implementation and ensure your systems are operationally excellent;
• Deliver project work while managing the expectations of your stakeholders;
• Plan and prioritise impactful technical investment initiatives for your teams;
• Be a reflection of the GC Values that help us work with one another effectively.

What excites us:

• Full‑stack engineering background – whilst this role is not hands‑on, we seek someone familiar with full‑stack technologies and practices to lead teams to build reliable, well‑tested systems;
• Previous experience leading engineering teams and readiness to take on challenging teams;
• Enthusiasm about working in a strong culture of experimentation, testing and learning to help us experiment ways to grow our product;
• Someone excited about supporting and growing a group of engineers, helping them become the best engineers they can be;
• Somebody able to effectively communicate – mainly technical topics to technical and non‑technical audiences;
• Collaboration and cross‑functional work – we have Product Managers and Product Designers as part of our team, and work closely with BI Analysts, Growth Marketers, and other commercial teams across the business;
• High agency – we’re after people who aren’t afraid of a challenge and will take ownership of problems they come across, help to resolve them and adapt to a constantly changing environment.

We don’t expect you to meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply.

The Good Stuff!

• Wellbeing: Dedicated support and medical cover to keep you healthy.
• Work Away Scheme: Work from anywhere for up to 90 days in any 12‑month period.
• Hybrid Working: Our hybrid model offers flexibility, with in‑office days determined by your team.
• Equity: All permanently employed GeeCees get equity to share in our success.
• Parental leave: Tailored leave to support your life’s great adventure.
• Time off: Annual holiday leave based on your location, supplemented by 3 volunteer days and 4 wellness days.

Life at GoCardless: We’re an organisation defined by our values; we start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s 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 while 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.

Diversity & Inclusion: 45% identify as women; 23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed, or Other; 10% identify as LGBTQIA+; 9% identify as neurodiverse; 2% identify as disabled. We have employee resource groups and a D&I report.

Sustainability at GoCardless: We’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and leaving a sustainable world for future generations. As co‑founders of the Tech Zero coalition, we’re working towards a climate‑positive future.

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Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: IT Services and IT Consulting