Software Engineering Manager, Payments

Software Engineering Manager, Payments

TalentReach is hiring on behalf of a growth-stage fintech company building modern payments and banking infrastructure. This role is a high-impact engineering leadership position focused on scaling teams, strengthening engineering practices, and driving real productivity gains through thoughtful adoption of AI-assisted development tools.

This is a hands-on leadership role blending technical depth, process design, and people management. You'll lead engineers working on mission-critical payments systems while modernizing how software is built, tested, and delivered.

About the Role

As Software Engineering Manager, Payments, you'll be responsible for empowering engineers, improving workflows, and increasing delivery velocity by leveraging modern development practices and AI-enabled tooling. You'll establish strong engineering standards, drive adoption of tools that improve code quality and speed, and partner closely with product and leadership to ensure the team is aligned with business priorities.

What You'll Do

AI-Enabled Productivity & Engineering Enablement

Research, evaluate, and implement internal tools and frameworks that deliver measurable improvements in productivity and quality

Design and lead enablement and training initiatives to scale AI literacy across the engineering team

Identify and remove engineering bottlenecks using automation, diagnostics, and data-driven insights

Champion the practical use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, automated test generation, documentation assistants) across the full SDLC

Engineering Practice Leadership

Define and uphold modern engineering standards across code quality, testing, security, and documentation

Lead design and code reviews with a focus on maintainability, scalability, and AI-augmented workflows

Drive tool selection and standardization across CI/CD, testing frameworks, and secure development practices

Establish and evolve a mature Agile SDLC, including estimation, delivery planning, and execution standards

Ensure consistent use of tools such as Jira, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering metrics dashboards

Measurement, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

Define and track key engineering KPIs (e.g., velocity, cycle time, defect rates, reliability)

Build visibility into engineering health and maturity for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Lead continuous improvement initiatives informed by metrics, retrospectives, and team feedback

Team Leadership & Capacity Planning

Directly manage engineers, provide coaching, feedback, and career development support