Engineering Manager, Lemfi

• Impact-Driven: You prioritize meaningful outcomes over technical output. You focus on delivering measurable business and user value, always aiming to maximize the impact of your work
• Technically Hands-On: You bring deep experience in building scalable, distributed systems using Go Lang or Java. You know how robust, production-grade code looks and bring strong judgment to architecture, system design, and observability
• Influential Without Authority: You've successfully guided technical direction across multiple teams or functions, aligning stakeholders and driving momentum through influence, mentorship, and example not just org charts
• Strategic Collaborator: You’re equally comfortable reviewing pull requests or partnering with senior product and business leaders. You proactively identify opportunities to improve both the product and the way it's built
• Growth-Oriented: You’re naturally curious and eager to learn, especially in areas beyond your current expertise whether that’s machine learning, mobile, or emerging technologies. You embrace learning as a path to expanding your impact
• Builder at Heart: You take a pragmatic, hands-on approach to solving problems. You enjoy getting deep into the stack to understand the trade-offs, remove blockers, and deliver solutions that move the team forward
• AI-Native Mindset: You’re actively exploring how AI can enhance engineering productivity, from streamlining tasks to unlocking new approaches to problem-solving. Whether you’re already experienced or rapidly learning, you embrace the opportunity to work smarter and stay ahead
• 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong focus on scalable, production-ready systems
• Deep expertise in backend technologies, including hands-on experience with Go Lang or Java for building distributed services
• Proven track record of driving technical excellence in observability covering logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
• Skilled in designing, building, and evolving RESTful APIs, with a focus on long-term maintainability and backward compatibility
• Practical application of Domain-Driven Design and modular architecture to manage complexity and improve codebase clarity
• Experience with asynchronous processing patterns such as coroutines, message queues, and event streaming with Kafka
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL), including schema evolution, query optimization, and transaction handling
• Solid grasp of secure coding practices, with awareness of OWASP and other industry standards
• Hands-on experience using container technologies (e.g., Docker) throughout the software development lifecycle
• Advocates for pragmatic, shift-left test automation practices to ensure reliability and speed
• Ability to translate product and business requirements into AWS-based architectures, balancing security, cost-efficiency, and simplicity
• Previous team leading experience as an Engineering Manager or Delivery Lead
• Leading with empathy, but delivering honest feedback without compromising growth
• Process oriented mindset. Track record of introducing and automating processes improving delivery and product KPIs

Desirable

• Join a fast-paced, multinational fintech startup where collaboration, humility, and ownership define how we work
• At LemFi, we’re passionate about solving complex challenges while delivering an exceptional customer experience across borders
• Our teams are deeply committed to their craft and regularly contribute beyond their core responsibilities to help each other succeed
• You’ll work at the heart of LemFi’s Remittance Platform, which processes tens of millions of cross-border transactions each month
• Your work will span a diverse set of goals from expanding into new geographies to combating fraud and optimizing the performance and success rates of money transfers
• The impact is real: you’ll help improve the lives of immigrants around the world who rely on LemFi to send money home safely and efficiently
• Drive architectural and technical strategy in your product squad, making scalable, well-informed decisions and guiding them from concept to production
• Establish and uphold the benchmark for technical quality spanning design, implementation, testing, reliability, and scalability across the engineering organization
• Work closely with stakeholders across Product, Data and Growth to align technical direction with broader company priorities
• Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers and technical leads, supporting their growth in both technical capability and leadership
• Amplify team effectiveness by bringing clarity to ambiguous challenges, removing blockers, and enabling sound decision making through strong technical insight and clear communication
• Shape and evolve company-wide engineering standards, continuously identifying ways to improve tooling, processes, and practices for long-term impact
• Take line management responsibility to conduct regular 1:1s and shape engineers growth paths validated by performance reviews