Sr. Engineering Manager, Cards

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager, Cards based in Brazil.

This is a senior engineering leadership role focused on building and operating reliable, scalable payment and card-processing technology. You will lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for critical services, distributed systems, APIs, and integrations. The role combines people leadership with strong technical ownership across architecture, delivery, testing, and production operations. You will help shape technical strategy while ensuring solutions meet demanding standards for security, resilience, performance, and scalability. Working with global and cross-functional teams, you will translate complex business requirements into effective technical solutions. You will also drive engineering excellence, operational reliability, and continuous improvement across the development lifecycle. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a high-scale, technology-driven financial environment.

Accountabilities:: Lead, hire, coach, and develop a high-performing engineering team through regular one-to-ones, feedback, performance management, and career development.

Own delivery of scalable, secure, reliable services and ensure engineering initiatives align with business priorities and long-term platform strategy.

Oversee the full software development lifecycle, including technical planning, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.

Guide the design and evolution of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and integration patterns addressing complex computing challenges.

Review functional and technical designs, business requirements, timelines, risks, and architectural decisions, providing strong technical guidance.

Establish and maintain high engineering standards across code quality, testing, performance, resilience, security, scalability, and maintainability.

Drive robust unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies and ensure production services are effectively monitored against SLOs and SLAs.

Act as a senior escalation point for complex technical issues and lead incident management, on-call practices, and critical problem resolution.

Identify and mitigate technical risks related to reliability, performance, scalability, and technical debt.

Partner with product, business, architecture, and other engineering stakeholders to translate business needs into effective technical solutions and prioritize strategic initiatives.

Contribute to architectural and technology discussions, proof-of-concept activities, innovation initiatives, and continuous improvement.

Promote the use of emerging technologies, including Generative AI tools, to improve engineering productivity, efficiency, and decision-making.

Communicate effectively with international teams, senior leadership, and both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, autonomy, and technical excellence while providing leadership during complex or high-impact situations.

Requirements:

Based in Brazil and able to work effectively with global teams.

8+ years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 11+ years of relevant experience without a degree requirement.

Professional English proficiency at B2 level or above .

Experience within the financial services, payments, or authorization systems industry.

Hands-on experience with card issuing solutions and card-payment ecosystems.

Strong knowledge of ISO 8583 messaging systems .

Proven experience leading software engineering teams in production environments.

Strong background designing and operating distributed systems, APIs, and microservices in cloud environments.

Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues across distributed systems and high-availability environments.

Strong understanding of unit, integration, and end-to-end testing strategies.

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and cloud-native architectures.

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, and modern software engineering practices.

Ability to contribute to architectural decisions and guide teams through system design and technical evolution.

Demonstrated experience with hiring, coaching, performance management, and people development.

Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and engineering management practices.

Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and leadership capabilities, with the autonomy to operate effectively in complex and high-impact situations.

Experience with mission-critical systems, large-scale distributed environments, and high-availability platforms is highly valued.

Experience integrating Generative AI or other emerging technologies into engineering workflows is a plus.

Benefits:

100% remote position based in Brazil.

Opportunity to lead engineering teams working on large-scale, mission-critical payment and card technology.

High-impact leadership role combining people management, technical strategy, architecture, and delivery ownership.

Exposure to global teams, international stakeholders, and complex distributed systems.

Opportunity to work with modern cloud-native technologies, distributed architectures, observability, CI/CD, and Generative AI tools.

Professional growth through technical leadership, team development, and participation in strategic engineering initiatives.

Collaborative environment focused on engineering excellence, innovation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Flexible remote setup, with occasional attendance at an office potentially required with advance notice.

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