Engineering Manager at Yoco

About the role

• You will be leading the SDK team (Or Tappy Team) this team is responsible for the interface in the payment SDK which is used in all our Android card machines and POS integrations, and is responsible for the payment flow. The team has recently been involved in a very exciting project doing cloud integrated payments through our POS integrations, and is currently a team of 5 Senior Frontend/Fullstack Engineers, overall reporting into the Associate Engineering Director of Payments.

What you will be doing

Engineering Managers (EMs) at Yoco focus on the following:

• People: Retain and grow existing talent, and attract new talent. As an Engineering Manager you will lead approximately 10 engineers spread across 1 or 2 teams.
• Practices: Continuously improve engineering practices. As an Engineering Manager you will be expected to lead simple initiatives across Engineering that improve engineering practices.
• Delivery: Just as Product Managers are accountable for what teams build, Engineering Managers are accountable for how the what is delivered to our customers. To implement the how requires a detailed understanding of the what. We expect timely delivery with industry-leading quality and non-functional requirements (e.g. security, performance, etc.).
• Technical: Contribute to the Engineering technical direction and ensure that your teams are aligned with this technical direction. This might mean getting technically involved (e.g. coding, code reviews, etc.) to ensure that the initiatives move forward.

About you

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Experience managing a team of up to 10 engineers
• Experience leading a globally distributed team
• A track record of retaining, growing and hiring great people
• Experience in managing engineering teams in a product-based company (instead of a services-based company)
• Experience in driving business success and product development in a highly cross-functional organisation
• The ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility
• Experience in payments and/or POS solutions is a bonus