Engineering Manager - Platform Team (m/f/d)

Ratepay • Berlin

Full-time

Berlin

from today

Here's What You'll Be Doing

Ratepay is a dynamic and innovative fintech company dedicated to revolutionizing payment solutions in the online retail sector. We empower e-commerce businesses with flexible and secure payment options, allowing them to optimize their revenue streams.
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager with a strong background in AWS and CI/CD practices, including expertise in various CI/CD tools. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a team of 8-10 platform engineers driving an exciting company wide migration from on-premise infrastructure to AWS cloud and help to develop and maintain the next generation of Cloud Infrastructure.

Lead and manage a team of Platform engineers, supervising day-to-day technical tasks, as well as mentoring/growing skills within your team.
Collaborating with the department head to plan OKRs and ensure the successful execution and delivery of the planned outcomes.
Oversee the migration from on-premise infrastructure to AWS cloud, ensuring best practices, security, and scalability throughout the process.
Act as a key stakeholder in cloud-related projects, addressing challenges, and ensuring optimal cloud performance and cost-efficiency.
Collaborate closely with the Principal Engineer and Product Manager, acting as a sparring partner to align on technical and product strategies.
Ensure a high-performance culture within the team, driving productivity, innovation, and team well-being.

Your profile

3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, with a proven track record of managing DevOps/ SRE/Cloud teams.
Extensive experience with AWS and strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, services, and migration challenges.
Strong people management skills, with experience conducting 1:1s, fostering team satisfaction, and mentoring engineers.
In-depth knowledge of cloud technologies, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code principles.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical and business goals among engineering and product leadership.
Experience supporting large-scale cloud migration projects, particularly from on-premise environments.

Equal Opportunities & Diversity

We value our diversity and welcome everyone to our team. Regardless of ethnic and social background, religious beliefs, worldview, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental limitations, age, marital status, educational background and nationality.
With over 250 employees and 40 different nationalities, we take our values seriously. These include; ownership, growth, integrity, collaboration, customer centricity and inclusion (4/6 of our C-Level Board members are female).

The sweet spot! Let’s talk perks.

We're more than just a workplace – we're a vibrant community of innovators, collaborators, and visionaries who love what we do and reward those who work with us. Here, your career isn't just a job. It's an opportunity to thrive, learn, and make a difference. Take a look at these great personalised benefits of working at Ratepay On a monthly basis, you can choose between mobility, fitness, food, training and much more.

Flexible working hours

Work remotely (EU for up to 4 weeks a year)

28 vacation days per annum

Financial security including Pension plan

Medical extras (Eye examination etc.)

Learning and development (Access to various self-development platforms such as language learning and skills enhancement.

Monthly lunches as well as Beets & Roots discounts

Community connect. We take certain days off to give back to the community as a unit. (Animal shelters, homeless aids, and various charities)

Ratepaw community: Our office has a floor which is dog-friendly. So, bring your pawsome pet to work when needed.

Gym memberships and fitness

Health & wellbeing

Our Recruitment Process

Step 1: Intro Call with a Senior Talent Partner

The first call with our recruiter is meant to be an introduction to ratepay, our culture and recruitment process.

We want to get to know you better, understand who you are beyond your CV and find out what excites you.

Step 2: Meet your future Manager

This step is designed to get to know your future manager and the role better.

During this conversation we will dive deeper into your experience and share more about the team you would work with and share expectations from both sides.

Step 3: Team interview & skill assessment

This step looks slightly different in different business areas but is to assess technical and culture add.

It usually consists of a role-specific case study or technical assessment as well as assessing values alignment with some senior members of the team you would be joining.

Step 4: Coffee chat (optional)

This step doesn't occur in every process, it depends on the role.

The coffee chat would generally take place with either a senior stakeholder from the business area you are joining such as a C-level leader or Head of department, or in some cases with a Senior HRBP.

Ready to shape the future of digital payments? Join our team

Apply now!

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