Engineering Manager (Kotlin)
At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.
Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether
The Purpose:
As an Engineering Manager for our Billing team, you will play a pivotal role in a strategic, high-impact initiative: the consolidation of our existing regional billing systems into a new, modern Global Billing System. This is a unique opportunity to build a critical system from the ground up, prioritising its successful delivery and execution, and shaping its future capabilities.
You will lead and inspire a talented team of engineers, including many new members, guiding them through this exciting transition phase. Your focus will be on building a robust, scalable, and flexible billing platform that not only meets current customer needs but also unlocks new business opportunities and supports seamless migration for our existing client base. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who is passionate about building great products and even greater teams.
What you’ll be doing:
- Partner closely with Product Management, stakeholders, and customers to understand requirements, define the product roadmap, and ensure the system is optimized for diverse customer use cases and enables new business opportunities.
- Drive the technical vision, design, and development of the new Global Billing System. Be hands-on, contributing to code reviews, architectural discussions, and problem-solving.
- Plan and oversee the migration of existing customers from legacy regional systems to the new Global Billing System, ensuring minimal disruption and a positive customer experience.
- Champion best practices in software development, including agile methodologies, CI/CD, testing, and operational support. Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of the billing platform.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product, operations, and other engineering teams, to ensure alignment and successful project delivery.
- Build, lead, and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Provide guidance and support as the team navigates the challenges of building a new system and integrating new members.
What you’ll need / Your Profile:
- Proven Engineering Leadership: Demonstrable experience leading and managing software engineering teams, with a track record of successful project delivery.
- Hands-on Kotlin Experience: Strong proficiency and hands-on experience with Java/Kotlin. You are comfortable diving into the codebase, participating in technical discussions, and guiding architectural decisions.
- Billing Systems Expertise (Preferred): Experience with billing systems, payment platforms, or financial technology is highly advantageous. Understanding of invoicing, subscription management, and revenue recognition concepts is a plus.
- Experience with System Transitions/Consolidations: Proven experience leading teams through significant technical transitions, such as system migrations, consolidations, or building new platforms from scratch.
- Strong People Management Skills: Passion for developing and mentoring engineers, fostering a positive and productive team environment. Experience in managing and growing teams, especially during periods of change.
- Agile Advocate: Solid understanding and experience with Agile development methodologies.
- Excellent Communicator: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Problem Solver: A pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and make sound technical decisions.
Tech stack you will get to work with:
- Kotlin for GBS, Java, C++ for the legacy systems
- Cloud-native microservice architecture on AWS
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Event-driven architectures
- Infrastructure-as-Code, e.g., Terraform
What's in it for you ? :
Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year
Learning and Development - We offer a 1000 EUR annual budget to support your professional growth, because investing in your development benefits us all.
Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including accident insurance, disability insurance, direct insurance (bAV) and travel insurance.
Enhance Family Leave - We understand the importance of family - that's why we offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments.
Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet
Professional and personal development - We provide leadership cafes, on-the-job training, and access to LinkedIn learning to help you gain knowledge beyond your role. We also offer German language courses to our non native speakers employees.
Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.
Our office - Located on St.-Martin-Straße, one stop from Ostbahnhof on the 3 and 7 S-lines. The office is situated in a modern and spacious building with fully multimedia-equipped meeting rooms for up to 30 people. The 4th floor features a kitchen and a lunch area, providing a comfortable space for meals and breaks.
Our Principles:
We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.
We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent
We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.
We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.
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