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Senior Engineering Manager - Consumer Bank

Satispay - Milan, Lombardy, Italy - Hybrid - posted 2026-10-05

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Salary: EUR 97,200 - 0 / annual

Satispay is a fintech platform serving 6.5M+ users, offering payments, benefits, investing, and credit products. The company is building what it aims to be the most loved financial platform in the world, with a culture focused on solving real user problems and owning outcomes. As Senior Engineering Manager for the Consumer domain, you will set technical and organizational direction for a domain spanning three teams. You'll manage three direct-report Engineering Managers and one Staff Engineer, overseeing 15–25 engineers total. Your responsibilities include: - Leading and growing the Consumer domain with a focus on technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement across teams handling payments, money management, and credit access for millions of users. - Investing actively in coaching and developing your reporting managers, calibrating performance, and identifying stretch opportunities for both managers and individual engineers. - Translating product and business goals into a clear, predictable technical roadmap across multiple teams, resolving cross-team dependencies, and ensuring reliable execution. - Partnering closely with Product leadership, Staff/Principal Engineers, and peer Engineering Managers to align priorities and define engineering standards. - Keeping senior leadership informed on domain progress, risks, and blockers, translating technical complexity into business-relevant terms. - Providing architectural guidance across PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, AWS infrastructure (EC2/ECS/EKS, S3, Lambda, Kinesis, ElasticSearch), and Datadog. The role requires a servant-leader passionate about building high-performing teams of teams and developing other managers at the domain level. Satispay offers comprehensive support through its CareAbout program: private health insurance, psychological support, stock options, meal vouchers, relocation support, professional development, language courses, unlimited PTO, hybrid working (three days per week in-office: Tuesday, Thursday, plus one day of your choice), and enhanced parental leave. REQUIREMENTS: - 8+ years in backend engineering, with at least 4+ years managing engineers in a fast-paced, product-driven environment, including experience managing other managers. - Strong empathy and coaching skills with a proven track record of developing engineers and managers while fostering an inclusive culture. - Strong command of distributed systems and API design to guide multiple teams in building robust, scalable services in high-growth or regulated environments. - Proven ability to own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-team initiatives using Agile methodologies and metrics to improve velocity and quality. - Fluency in English with the ability to engage comfortably with engineers, non-technical stakeholders, and senior leadership. - Genuine interest in fintech and investment products, with an appreciation for building in a regulated, high-trust environment.

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