Our partner is looking for an Engineering Manager - Payments Integrations based in Spain. Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for connecting a global payments platform with PSPs, acquirers, and payment gateways worldwide. The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical ownership across architecture, development, deployment, and production operations.

You will help shape scalable, low-latency, highly available backend systems and integration frameworks used across multiple markets. You will also champion AI-assisted engineering practices, embedding modern development and testing tools into the team's daily workflows. This is an opportunity for an experienced Engineering Manager to build a high-performing team while solving complex infrastructure challenges at global scale.

Accountabilities

Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering technical excellence, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Own the full lifecycle of integrations with payment service providers, acquirers, and payment gateways, from technical design through deployment and production monitoring. Establish and maintain engineering standards covering coding practices, testing, observability, documentation, and maintainability.

Ensure secure software development practices are embedded across the team, including OWASP principles, data privacy, and relevant compliance requirements. Guide architectural decisions for low-latency, highly available backend systems and microservice-based architectures. Champion an AI-first engineering culture by establishing effective practices for AI-assisted development, code generation,



and automated testing.

Promote agile ways of working that are practical, adaptable, and effective for the team. Monitor production performance and help ensure the reliability, scalability, security, and quality of payment integrations.

Requirements Proven experience managing and growing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, mentoring, and performance management. Significant hands-on backend engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Golang or a comparable programming language. 8+ years of hands-on production experience with Go (Golang) is required.

Experience working with SQL and relational databases. Solid knowledge of secure software development practices and OWASP principles.

Experience establishing or championing AI-first engineering practices, including AI-assisted coding, automated testing, and LLM-powered code generation using tools such as Claude Code or similar.

Experience working in agile engineering environments and adapting processes based on team needs and practical outcomes. Full professional proficiency in written and spoken English. Hands-on experience with cloud and DevOps technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is preferred.

Fully remote work with the flexibility to work from anywhere in Europe. One-time home-office allowance to help create a comfortable and effective workspace. Health plan available wherever you are. Language courses supporting professional and personal development.

Professional development and skills-building courses. Opportunities to work on general payment infrastructure and complex technical challenges.

📌 Remote Engineering Manager (Madrid)
🏢 Jobgether
📍 Madrid