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Senior Engineering Manager

  • Hybrid
    • Paris, Île-de-France, France
  • €75,000 - €100,000 per year
  • Tech

If you’re ready to guide, build, and inspire in equal measure—we’d love to hear from you. Let’s redefine finance operations, together.

Job description

Our Vision & Mission

AI is rewriting how enterprises run. Payflows is the platform making it happen.

The world’s largest companies are held back by complexity — disconnected systems, slow approvals, and manual workflows across Finance, Procurement, and Operations.

Payflows is building the AI-native Finance OS for enterprise — connecting every process, person, and system so work just flows. Approvals route automatically, payments execute intelligently, and leaders gain real-time visibility into how, when, and why money moves.

In a world where speed, control, and intelligence define competitive advantage, Payflows enables global enterprises to operate with precision — powered by AI.

One intelligent platform, endless possibilities.

The Role: Engineering Manager

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how Payflows builds — from system architecture to team culture.

You’ll lead a group of talented engineers to deliver world-class products that power finance teams across the globe.

This is not a management-only role. It’s a builder’s leadership role — where you lead through clarity, mentorship, and technical excellence.

Your Mission

Shape the Roadmap

  • Translate product vision and business priorities into clear engineering goals.

  • Prioritise effectively and align the team around high-impact initiatives.

Lead by Example

  • Stay technically hands-on where it matters — reviewing critical PRs, guiding architecture discussions, and unblocking complex challenges.

  • Set the technical direction and raise the standard for excellence.

Coach and Develop Talent

  • Mentor engineers through feedback, goal-setting, and structured growth paths.

  • Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning.

Drive Delivery

  • Partner with Product to plan sprints, scope features, and manage trade-offs between speed and quality.

  • Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery across all projects.

Balance Innovation and Stability

  • Champion clean, scalable architecture while driving down tech debt.

  • Build strong foundations that enable fast, sustainable growth.

Elevate Engineering Culture

  • Push for smarter tools, better processes, and sharper execution.

  • Foster cross-functional collaboration that accelerates innovation.

Job requirements

Who you are

  • You have 2+ years of engineering management experience, with a proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams.

  • You have a strong technical foundation — capable of guiding deep architectural discussions and making sound trade-offs.

  • You’re product-driven — you think about impact, user outcomes, and business value before lines of code.

  • You’re an excellent communicator who brings clarity and alignment across teams.

  • You thrive in fast-paced, high-intensity environments where ownership is everything.

Your Skills

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience coding in Python or another OOP language.

  • Deep understanding of backend architecture, microservices, REST APIs, and performance optimisation.

  • Strong experience with PostgreSQL, data modelling, and query optimisation.

  • Confident using Git and CI/CD pipelines in modern development workflows.

  • Familiarity with serverless infrastructure (AWS), event-driven systems, and containerisation is a plus.

  • Experience in B2B SaaS, ERP, or BaaS integrations is highly desirable.

Our Stack

  • Backend: Python / Flask / SQLAlchemy

  • Frontend: TypeScript / Vue3 / Amplify

  • Data: PostgreSQL / DynamoDB / S3

  • Infrastructure: AWS / Serverless / Docker / Airflow / Databricks

  • Tooling: Git / GitLab / Sentry

Our Non-Negotiables

Resilience — We’re on a multi-decade mission to reinvent enterprise finance. You embrace hard problems and thrive in the fight.
Hunger — You push yourself (and the company) to raise the bar and maximise impact.
Trustworthiness — You take ownership, solve problems, and get it done with integrity and consistency.

This isn’t a maintenance role.
It’s a chance to build systems that power the future of enterprise finance.

If you’re obsessed with engineering excellence, driven by impact, and ready to lead with precision — welcome to Payflows.

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