Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike - with a vision to help all businesses 'go beyond'.

With great ambitions driving us forward, we can't say we've got this whole thing figured out. We're looking for an Engineering Manager to join our Authentication and Authorisation team where you'll be responsible for the strategy, delivery and outcomes for the Pleo's product IAM. Success in this role means defining and executing a sensible migration path between SMB and Enterprise architectures and modernising our current auth capabilities while maintaining high security, compliance, performance and trust.

You'll report to our VP of Engineering and you'll lead, mentor and grow a team of 6- 10 software engineers. You'll work closely with Product, Security, Compliance and Core Platform teams to align priorities and manage dependencies, and you'll collaborate across the wider Backend & Infrastructure group to keep technical direction and platform standards coherent. Ultimately, your role is to foster an environment where engineers can do their best work and grow - as individuals and as a team - by setting clear expectations, ensuring our ways of working enable delivery (rather than slowing it down) and holding a high bar for quality.

As an Engineering Manager, you will: Update legacy auth services, reducing risk and technical debt while maintaining high security, compliance, performance and trust. Continuously improve how we build software - strengthening operational excellence, quality and ways of working. Solid experience as an Engineering Manager (or equivalent people‐lead role),



with meaningful people leadership impact (including coaching and performance support).

Amazon

Cognito, Auth0, Stytch) within a product centric organisation. Strong stakeholder management across engineering, product and risk‐focused partners with clear and consistent communication.

A bias for action: you can lead through ambiguity and still create momentum, rather than getting stuck in analysis Background as a software architect or staff‐level engineer before moving into people leadership.

Experience scaling teams (hiring and building clear ownership) while maintaining delivery quality. You care deeply about people's leadership and you want your team to grow, thrive and ship great software together. In your first 6 months, you'll take ownership of the auth platform roadmap, build strong alignment across Backend & Infrastructure stakeholders and drive tangible progress on rolling out a new identity platform for our Enterprise offerings.

Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays (additional days may apply in select countries based on local standards). For our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice Intro call: 30min chat with our Talent Partner to discuss the role and your background. 45-minute experience-based conversation with our VP of Engineering to deep dive into (technical) leadership experience, achievements and complexity you've been used to.

CV writing and content: Profile to role fit: This role is a strong match if you've led an engineering team in a product environment and you bring real depth in authentication and authorisation (for example, implementing or running platforms like Cognito/Auth0/Stytch, and working with standards like OAuth, SAML and OIDC).

📌 Backend Engineering Manager /Remote/ (Madrid)
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