Engineering Manager

**A pioneer and market leader in Embedded Finance, Unnax is committed to supporting financial players in designing services and payment experiences that users love.**

Headquartered in Barcelona, Unnax is at the forefront of the Banking-as-a-Service and Open Finance movements in Europe and Latin America. Our mission is to offer banking technology as a service to any company aiming to enhance user experience and operational efficiency. We achieve this through our API-based regulated solutions covering Bank accounts, Payment solutions, Open Banking / Finance, and more.

A Spanish Electronic Money Institution, Unnax is a rapidly growing fintech company, holding passports to operate in all European countries.

We are a trusted partner to the top financial industry players and software editors in Europe, and we have achieved this by scouting the best talents. Joining Unnax means being a part of an inclusive, multicultural, and international team of over 60 employees.

As Engineering Manager, you will directly report to the Head of Engineering.You will sit on top of the “BaaS and Payments” and “DX & UX” technical direction, consisting of 3 features squads (Onboarding & AML, Core Banking & Payments, and Admin & Widgets) with Lead Developers. You will oversee the delivery and the technical performance for all the products developed and maintained by those squads.

A direct manager of 17 Developers in Spain and France, the Engineering Manager will drive ambition through leadership, and leverage its people management skills to build long-term motivation and performance.

Your missions:

- Participating in the Engineering Department's vision and organization to meet our development challenges
- Manage the development team of 4 product oriented squads.
- Responsible for recruiting team members and participating in the onboarding of new hires. Ensure group cohesion and mindset.
- Setting objectives and KPI to measure team performance and development quality. Use those metrics to analyze and improve the teams’ effectiveness. Communicate this information (in insights) to management.
- Coach and provide support to Lead Developers.
- As Engineering Manager you will define and run the rituals necessary to ensure the delivery.
- Maintain a constant link between squads and external stakeholders to increase the teams’ business knowledge - don’t become a firewall
- Maintain a healthy understanding of the regulatory and security framework around Unnax
- Challenge technical decisions, help team members define the best technical solution to meet the business objectives

**Qualities and skills required**:

- Solid experience in software development.
- At least 2 years of proven experience in leading and managing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating successful team development and project delivery.
- Fluent in Spanish and English, French will be a plus
- Ability to mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, productivity, and continuous learning within the team.
- Able to balance between development quality and velocity in the product delivery
- Capable of clearly articulating technical concepts to diverse stakeholders (Product, DevOps, Compliance and Legal)
- Knowledge of Microservices Architecture, gRPC will be a plus.
Prior experience in a fintech environment will be a plus

**Recruitment process**:

- HR online interview
- In-person interview with the Head of Engineering
- Online interview with CTO
- Online interview with Chief People Officer
- Unnax is an Equal Opportunity Employer which means we pledge to not discriminate against employees based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please let us know what you need and we will do our best to accommodate_