Engineering Manager

A pioneer and market leader in Open Finance Powens Group is committed to supporting financial players in designing services and payment experiences that users love.

Headquartered in Barcelona and Paris Powens Group is at the forefront of the Banking-as-a-Service and Open Finance movements in Europe and Latin America. Our mission is to offer banking technology as a service to any company aiming to enhance user experience and operational efficiency. We achieve this through our API-based regulated solutions covering Bank accounts Payment solutions Open Banking / Finance and more.

Powens Group is a rapidly growing fintech regulated in France and Spain allowing operations in all European countries and in Mexico.

We are a trusted partner to the top financial industry players and software editors and we have achieved this by scouting the best talents. Joining Powens Group means being a part of an inclusive multicultural and international team of over 130 employees.

Job Description:

As Engineering Manager you will take the managerial lead of the X-Connectors team at the heart of Powens value proposition. This team designs develops and maintains the critical connectors that power all of the groups products both in France and internationally. Its responsibilities range from advanced maintenance of the proprietary framework to the delivery of new connectors with significant business implications as well as managing issues related to anti-bot protection proxies CAPTCHA solving and scalability.

Directly reporting to our CPTO you will guide the teams trajectory across two key dimensions: operational excellence in delivery and the adoption of generative AI as a major driver of productivity. You actively participate in the Powens AI Chapter as a member promoting best practices within your team and benefiting from the groups cross-functional dynamic. You work closely with the teams Product Owner LatAm DevOps Platform and Value Added Services teams as well as the groups Data and AI teams.

Your responsibilities:

Manage and develop the X-Connectors team: conduct regular one-on-one meetings monitor progress map skills create a training plan and foster a healthy collaborative demanding and supportive work environment.

Recruit onboard and retain the talent needed for the teams growth.

Develop the team roadmap in tandem with the Product Manager and translate it into clear execution plans with the Product Owner and Tech Lead.

Ensure predictability and quality of delivery (release plan completion rate deadlines risk management).

Make the teams prioritization choices and performance visible through operational metrics shared with management.

Drive the adoption of generative AI tools (Claude Code and others) within X-Connectors and demonstrate their concrete impact on productivity: number of connectors fixed via AI reduction in average resolution time conversion by FTE.

Actively participate in the Powens AI Chapter: contribute to discussions share feedback from the teams field experience and promote best practices applicable to the connectors scope.

Manage critical situations (incidents departures trial periods) with clarity and firmness.

Represent X-Connectors in the groups cross-functional strategic bodies (Tech Heads seminars) and amplify the teams voice.

Collaborate with other Engineering Managers in the group on consistency of practices sharing of experience and managerial solidarity in critical situations. Profile and Required

Skills:

Solid experience as an Engineering Manager (typically 5 years of direct management) with a clear track record of managing back-end development teams.

Strong technical background (ideally Python or a similar language) comfortable challenging architectural decisions without daily coding.

Excellent management skills: continuous feedback personalized coaching ability to delegate and develop the team.

Genuine interest in and expertise with generative AI: daily use of tools like Claude Code or equivalents ability to imagine and deploy AI use cases to boost the productivity of a tech team.

Data-driven approach to delivery (operational metrics predictability ability to make choices visible).

Clear and adaptable communication style for different audiences (team peers management) comfortable in English in an international context.
Ability to collaborate across departments with other Tech Product Data and AI teams. What will make the difference

Recruitment process:

- HR meet.
- Technical meet with EMs.
- Technical meet with CPTO.
- Cultural fit with the team.

Salary Range:

75.000 - 85.000 5.000V


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Women are under-represented in the fintech industry. To women candidates please dare to take your rightful place!

Powens Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer we foster an inclusive and diverse working environment without any form of discrimination based on race color religion sex national origin age disability.. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process please let us know to accommodate!