Engineering Manager, Token
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1-2 days a week in office
Open banking platform for account-to-account payments
Job no longer available
Open banking platform for account-to-account payments
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Token’s mission is to drive the shift from traditional payment methods to faster, fairer, lower-cost bank payments.
Role
Who you are
- At least 8-10 years of total engineering experience, including a minimum of 3+ years in engineering management, ideally transitioning from Senior or Principal Engineer roles
- Proven ability to lead and manage teams of up to 10+ engineers, with experience growing leaders from within, helping struggling team members, and fostering a positive team culture
- Experience managing at least two agile teams in a fast-paced, dynamic, and culture-dependent environment
- Strong hands-on expertise with our tech stack: Java, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, and gRPC, with about 30% focus on technical contribution alongside people and project management
- Demonstrated ability to attract, hire, and coach world-class engineers, grow teams by hiring top senior talent, and build trust and career growth for team members
- Experience working closely with Product and other stakeholders to develop new features and drive technical innovation
- Culture and mindset are more important than industry background, though FinTech experience is a plus
- Role is based in Berlin with a hybrid work model; candidates should be available to work onsite at least once or twice a week
What the job involves
- As Engineering Manager you will specialise in designing and building the platform, leading the team to meet planned outcomes and delivery goals. Our ideal candidate is eager to constantly modernise our architecture into the latest and greatest while keeping an eye on the stability of our existing platform
- Your team are responsible for designing, building, and scaling the platform whilst having the opportunity to learn all you need to know about A2A payments
- Our engineers are inclusive and enthusiastic to cooperate with different teams with versatile cultures and across multiple time zones. Tokenites have an aptitude for leadership and are self-motivated to take on the challenging task of keeping up with the ever-growing world of open payments
- Lead, architect, and build cutting-edge payment solutions using Java, MariaDB, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, while staying hands-on with development
- Own the full development lifecycle, driving scalability, security, and performance for complex, real-time financial systems
- Collaborate with product teams and leadership to transform business needs into innovative technical solutions that shape the future of payments
- Mentor and grow your team, ensuring high performance and fostering a collaborative, excellence-driven engineering culture
- Work closely with senior engineers and FinTech giants to continuously improve their platform and develop new, customer-centric features
- Ensure systems remain reliable, scalable, and secure while driving best practices in architecture and development
Our take
Tokens as a concept hold significant potential, spanning from coffee chains to sustainable energy initiatives. Their primary function is to enable individuals and communities to invest in their interests, with the initial motivation to create a world where money effortlessly supports the causes people genuinely care about.
But in the current landscape, tokens pose challenges. Discovering them proves challenging, understanding them can be draining, staying updated with them is time-consuming, and retaining them may instill fear. Consequently, it is observed that the main participants in token engagement are day traders and crypto enthusiasts.
Token.com aims to redefine this narrative by adopting a fresh approach. The goal is to make tokens more relatable and less complex, more accessible and less alien, fostering a sense of community rather than isolation. With a team comprising designers, engineers, product enthusiasts, and token aficionados, Token.com is enthusiastic about influencing the future of tokens.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
34% female employees
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$40m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $91.6m
Company benefits
- Stock Options
- Learn and grow
- 30 days holiday + local BH
Company values
- Token has a culture of both personal and business growth. Humility and transparency are our not-so-secret ingredients for success.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Leadership
Todd Clyde
(CEO, not co-founder)He was previously the COO at Token. He has extensive experience in Senior Sales Leadership
People progressing
Started as Jnr Service Manager, now Customer Success Manager
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