Engineering Manager (L5/L6) (Money Flows)
Ebury · Sydney, Australia · 1mo ago
Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed.
If you’re a collaborator who wants to help transform how businesses operate globally, get in touch - we’d love to discuss how Ebury can accelerate your career so you can shape the future.
Engineering Manager (Money Flows)
Location: Sydney Office (Hybrid: 4 days office / 1 day WFH)
Department: Engineering
About The Role
The Engineering team at Ebury is looking for an Engineering Manager to play a pivotal role in evolving our core transactional platform. In this position, you will shape the technical direction of your domain, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet our customers' needs. You will foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence within your team while driving continuous improvement and growth.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
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Domain Ownership: Own a domain/subdomain, setting the 0–6 month technical roadmap.
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Architecture: Work with senior engineers to ensure architectural consistency across services.
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System Health: Accountable for the reliability, availability, and security of our systems.
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Operational Readiness: Ensure all systems have appropriate support, SLAs, on-call rotas, and documentation.
Delivery Management
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Execution & Velocity: Responsible for team delivery, planning sprints, and overseeing overall project health.
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Work Prioritization: Assess the criticality of unplanned work to minimize context-switching and unnecessary pressure.
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Capacity Planning: Balance team capacity effectively with roadmap demands while instilling urgency to balance velocity and quality.
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Incident Ownership: Ensure all platform incidents are fully owned and resolved efficiently.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Product Partnership: Act as the primary liaison between engineering and product, partnering with your product counterpart to ensure full alignment.
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Communication: Communicate progress transparently and escalate issues effectively.
People Management
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Team Leadership: Lead a team of engineers across varying levels, creating group stability and a culture of ownership and feedback.
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Talent Development: Provide coaching, regular performance reviews, and clear career pathing.
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Performance & Well-being: Manage performance and team well-being, initiating corrective actions when needed.
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Hiring & Retention: Demonstrate the ability to hire, grow, and retain high-performing engineering talent.
Process & Performance
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KPI Accountability: Accountable for team-level success and KPIs (velocity, quality, on-time delivery, morale, and staffing).
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Execution: Ensure company processes are effectively and timely executed.
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Budgeting: Manage a limited budget for tools or specific project costs as needed.
Qualifications
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Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or in a similar engineering leadership role.
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Deep understanding of software development methodologies, agile processes, and industry best practices.
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Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
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Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational abilities.
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A strong passion for technology, innovation, and modern system design.
Note: If you’re excited about this opportunity but your background doesn’t match every requirement perfectly, we still strongly encourage you to apply! You may be the right candidate for this or other open roles at Ebury.
What We Offer
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Compensation: Competitive base salary + discretionary performance-based bonus.
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Global Impact: A dynamic, international environment offering massive scale and high-visibility exposure.
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Growth: Continued personal development through structured training and professional certifications.
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About us
Ebury delivers sophisticated, integrated solutions — business accounts, hedging, and financing — on a single platform with a seamless workflow. Our success is built on a simple premise and singular purpose: To help businesses operate and scale globally.
Since its founding in 2009, Ebury has always been a fast-growing leader in fintech. Today, we bring together 2000+ Eburians across nearly 70 cities and we’re always looking to add to our team.
At the heart of our offering is a proprietary platform, purpose-built to help businesses seamlessly streamline and manage global cash flow. We focus on continuous product evolution and innovation to build the infrastructure for borderless growth and help our clients scale at every stage.
The opportunities at Ebury are as diverse as our people, ranging from business development to engineering roles across our tech pillars.
We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and are against the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story.
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