GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking. 

GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.

We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.

At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help! 

And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!

The Role

As an Engineering Manager at GoCardless, you’ll be helping us build creative and fulfilled product engineering teams, technically leading them to become the best engineers they can be.

You will lead talented and creative engineers who build products and systems they are proud of. You will push for exceptionally high-quality work and empower our engineers to make a big impact.

You will have responsibility for one or more teams of between five to eight software engineers and you’ll work closely with commercial and operational stakeholders.

What Excites You

• Building high performing teams: You hire and grow engineers into being the best they can be while maintaining a supportive and engaging team culture.
• Delivery: You’ll work with your team to deliver a consistent, positive impact across your product area. You'll be comfortable delivering a range of projects, from MVP experiments testing a hypothesis to a new feature.
• The latest technologies: You’re excited about the opportunities AI presents and how to incorporate it seamlessly into the product.
• Experimentation and data-driven decision-making: You’ll use data to back up and inform your thinking.
• Raising the technical bar: You'll drive high standards for technical design and implementation, ensuring our systems are robust, operationally excellent, and deliver an outstanding user experience for our merchants.
• Living our values: You'll embody our company's values, helping us work with one another effectively and with respect.

What Excites Us

• High performance: experience building and running highly engaged and motivated teams that deliver on their commitments.
• Professional experience in coding: Full-stack or Backend experience with a commitment to building reliable, well-tested systems. You know what good is and can inspire a team to achieve excellence.
• Effective communication: Experience explaining technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaboration and cross-functional work: We have a Product Manager and a Designer as part of our team. In addition, we work with our Business Intelligence (BI) team and many 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 encounter, 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.

Salary range: £ 100,000 - £ 150,000 (gross)

Base salary range: 

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

• 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: Generous holidays, 3 volunteer days, and 4 wellness days annually.

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 whilst 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.

We’re building the payment network of the future, and to achieve our goal, we need a diverse team with a range of perspectives and experiences. As of July 2024, here’s where we stand:

• 45% identify as women 
• 23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed, or Other 
• 10% identify as LGBTQIA+ 
• 9% identify as neurodiverse 
• 2% identify as disabled 

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report 

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. Check out our sustainability action plan here. 

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