Engineering Manager - Golang [PyMe Product Origination]

<p>Plata Card is hiring an <strong>Engineering Manager</strong> for our <strong>PyMe Product Origination</strong> team, focused on driving delivery, team growth, and execution quality.</p> <p>The team owns the end-to-end lifecycle of <strong>credit product launches for legal entities</strong> — from the first product available to a verified business customer, through to the tools they use to manage their team and accounts. The scope spans both revenue-generating products and internal business banking features.&nbsp;</p> <p>This is a hands-on role. You'll split your time between leading people (coaching, planning, stakeholder communication) and staying close to the technical work — contributing to architecture decisions, code reviews, and implementation when it matters.</p> <p>If you want to shape how Plata brings credit and banking products to market — leading a team at the heart of B2B product origination — this role is for you.</p> <h4><strong>Challenges that await you:</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Drive product launches: lead end-to-end delivery of credit line, acquiring, and internal product features</li> <li>Develop your people: provide regular feedback, unblock growth paths, and mentor engineers&nbsp;</li> <li>Strengthen processes: build and refine planning, decomposition, and delivery rituals that keep a mixed-discipline team moving fast without burning out</li> <li>Foster team health: maintain a sustainable, non-burnout culture through clear prioritization, transparent communication, and consistent support&nbsp;</li> <li>Own technical quality: shape the architecture of backend services in Go, validate technical solutions, and stay close enough to the codebase to make informed decisions</li> </ul> <h4><strong>What makes you a great fit:</strong></h4> <ul> <li>1+ year managing engineering teams in fast-paced environments</li> <li>Proven skills in hiring, performance management, delivery ownership, and cross-functional collaboration</li> <li>4+ years of Go development experience — enough to participate in architectural discussions and validate the team's technical decisions</li> <li>Experience building and improving development processes — planning, decomposition, retrospectives, and quality gates</li> <li>Navigating stakeholder relationships with confidence — articulating the team's position clearly and constructively, even when priorities conflict.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Our ways of working:</strong></h4> <ul> <li><strong>Innovative Spirit: </strong>A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions</li> <li><strong>Honest Feedback:</strong> valuing open, transparent communication</li> <li><strong>Supportive Team: </strong>a strong, collaborative community</li> <li><strong>Celebrating Achievements: </strong>recognizing our wins together</li> <li><strong>High-Tech Environment:</strong> a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Our benefits:</strong></h4> <ul> <li><strong>Relocation support</strong> to one of our hubs — Cyprus, Serbia, Georgia, Spain— with assistance for the employee and their family</li> <li><strong>Flexible work </strong>from one of our offices or remote</li> <li><strong>Healthcare</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong></li> <li><strong>Education Budget:</strong> Language lessons, professional training and certifications</li> <li><strong>Wellness Budget:</strong> Mental health and fitness activity reimbursement</li> <li><strong>Vacation policy:</strong> 20 days of annual leave and paid sick leave</li> </ul>