Manager, Software Engineering (Payments)

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Join us! The GoFundMe team is is searching for our next Engineering Manager to join our Payments organization helping us build and scale next-generation payments infrastructure capable of handling billions of dollars in transactions.

This is a hybrid position. Candidates considered for this role will be located in Buenos Aires Argentina.

The Job

• Help define and execute GoFundMes multi-year payments engineering strategy building scalable and innovative payment capabilities that grow giving and advance our mission.
• Lead and develop a team of engineers responsible for building and evolving reliable secure and scalable payments products and infrastructure.
• Partner closely with Product Management Design Risk Finance Compliance Operations and external partners to identify opportunities and deliver solutions that improve the payment experience for our customers.
• Provide technical and architectural leadership helping the team make sound decisions that balance scalability reliability maintainability customer experience and speed of delivery.
• Lead complex engineering initiatives from conception through launch and iteration establishing clear goals managing dependencies and risks and keeping distributed cross-timezone teams and stakeholders aligned.
• Build a high-performing engineering team through hiring coaching mentoring performance management and career development.
• Create an environment of strong ownership and technical excellence empowering engineers to make decisions solve ambiguous problems and continuously improve our systems and engineering practices.
• Establish and maintain high standards for reliability observability security testing operational readiness and incident response across payments systems including participating in escalation for critical incidents.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to evolve shared platforms and technical foundations ensuring payments capabilities can support new products markets and customer experiences over time.
• Communicate technical strategy priorities progress risks and trade-offs clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Are an experienced engineering leader with a strong background building and operating payments fintech financial services commerce or other high-scale transactional systems.
• Have 10 years of relevant software engineering experience including experience managing and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Have a track record of hiring coaching and growing engineers at different levels while creating an inclusive collaborative and high-accountability team environment.
• Have strong technical judgment and experience guiding the architecture and evolution of complex distributed systems.
• Understand the challenges involved in building reliable financial systems including data integrity consistency resiliency security scalability and operational excellence.

Why youll love it here

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse passionate and talented team in a fast-paced forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work family planning along with generous parental leave flexible time-off policies and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning development and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity equity and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering program.

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