Software Engineer Manager
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Who we are
Worldline helps businesses of all shapes and sizes to accelerate their growth journey - quickly simply and securely. We are the innovators at the heart of the payments technology industry shaping how the world pays and gets paid. Our technology powers the growth of millions of businesses across 5 continents. And just as we help our customers accelerate their business we are committed to helping our people accelerate their careers. Together we shape the evolution.
Are you an experienced Principal Tech Lead looking to make a broader technical impact acrossmultiple engineering teams Do you enjoy solving the most complex technical challenges whilementoring other technical leaders and driving engineering excellence at scale If youre passionate about modern software architecture hands-on technical leadership and delivering resilient enterprise-grade platforms wed love to hear from you.
In this position you will be based in Stockholm and report to the Head of Engineering. As a Principal Tech Lead you will provide technical leadership across multiple squads ensuring architectural vision is translated into high-quality production-ready solutions. Working closely with Mission Architects Squad Tech Leads DevSecOps QA Security and Product teams you will play a pivotal role in enabling the successful delivery of strategic technology initiatives that support Worldlines payment platforms across Europe.
- Lead the technical design and implementation of complex initiatives spanning multiple engineering squads
- Partner with Squad Tech Leads to solve high-risk and high-complexity technical challenges and accelerate delivery
- Act as a hands-on technical contributor where deep expertise is required contributing to critical solution design and software implementation
- Translate architectural guidance into practical engineering patterns reusable frameworks and reference implementations
- Drive architectural modernization initiatives supporting platform evolution cloud adoption and technology transformation
- Collaborate closely with Mission Architects DevSecOps QA Security and Product teams to ensure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements
- Identify systemic engineering challenges and improvement opportunities escalating recommendations to Guild Leads and Architects
- Champion engineering best practices technical quality and operational excellence across multiple squads
- Support technical decision-making risk management and cross-team dependency planning
- Mentor Tech Leads and senior engineers fostering technical growth and knowledge sharing throughout the engineering organization
You are an experienced technical leader who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges while enabling teams to deliver their best work. You combine deep technical expertise with strong collaboration skills and have a proven ability to influence engineering direction across multiple teams. You thrive in fast-paced environments balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
On top of that you have:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or equivalent experience
- Full working proficiency in English
- Extensive experience as a Principal Engineer Principal Tech Lead Staff Engineer Lead Software Engineer or similar senior technical leadership role
- Proven experience leading complex cross-team software delivery in enterprise environments
- Strong expertise in software architecture distributed systems cloud-native applications and modern engineering practices
- Experience driving architecture modernization platform transformation and technical strategy
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve high-impact technical risks
- Strong experience mentoring technical leaders and influencing engineering practices across multiple teams
- Deep understanding of DevSecOps CI/CD observability security scalability resilience and performance engineering
- Experience working within Agile product development organizations
- Knowledge of the payments industry is considered a strong advantage
At Worldline youll get the chance to be at the heart of the global payments technology industry and shape how the world pays and gets paid. On top of that you will also enjoy:
- Health contribution
- Health check Every 2nd year
- Private Health Care Insurance (EuroAccident)
- Parental pay and 12 months pension during parental leave
- Opportunity for hybrid working according to company standard
- Benefit portal with many great offers plus more
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Shape the evolution
We are on an exciting journey towards the next frontiers of payments technology and we look for big thinkers people with passion can-do attitude and a hunger to learn and grow. Here youll work with ambitious colleagues from around the world take on unique challenges as a team and make a real impact on the society. With an empowering culture strong technology and extensive training opportunities we help you accelerate your career - wherever you decide to go. Join our global team of 18000 innovators and shape a tomorrow that is yours to own.
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We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as an individual with a disability or any applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Put the power of payment innovation to work with Worldline, Europe’s leading payment service provider.
