Engineering Manager - Issuance at nium

Nium is the global infrastructure company powering real-time cross-border payments. Founded to deliver the payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today, we are building a programmable, borderless, and compliant money-movement layer that powers transactions between people, businesses, and intelligent systems — enabling banks, fintechs, payroll providers, travel platforms, marketplaces, and other global enterprises to move money instantly, anywhere in the world.  Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with offices in 14 markets and team members across 20+ countries, we take pride in a culture anchored in Keeping It Simple, Making It Better, and Winning Together. 2025 was the strongest year in our 10-year history, with record revenue, record transaction volumes, and EBITDA profitability — and we are now entering one of the most dynamic chapters in our journey. We believe the best work happens face-to-face, and we operate a hybrid model with three in-office days per week to strengthen collaboration, alignment, and innovation.  We move over $50B annually across a network that spans 190+ countries, 100 currencies, and 100 real-time corridors. We power fast payouts to accounts, wallets, and cards; enable local collections in 35 markets; and support card issuance in 34 countries — all backed by licenses across 40+ markets.  With over $300M raised to date, Nium offers ambitious builders the opportunity to shape the future of global money movement — at scale.  About the Role We are looking for a Engineering Lead/Manager to co-own our B2B Card Issuance vertical partnering closely with our senior engineering leadership based in Malta. This role combines strong technical leadership, delivery ownership, and people management to build and operate highly reliable, secure, and scalable backend services. You will lead a mid-size team and be accountable for delivery, quality, production stability, and team effectiveness. Responsibilities • Platform Ownership & Technical Leadership • • Co-own the technical direction and evolution of the B2B Card Issuance vertical • Facilitate discussions on architecture and design across regions, ensuring team liaises with tech leads setting the architecture strategy for B2B Card Issuance • Own production stability, reliability, security, and service quality • Proactively work with the team to manage and address technical debt Delivery, Planning & Ways of Working • Shape and continuously improve how the team works, ensuring engineers have clarity, focus, and the right operating rhythms. • Effectively liaise with your EM peer to ensure we adopt processes and ways of working currently in place thus ensuring a consistent approach across regions and teams • Establish and maintain effective work categorisation and prioritisation (e.g. roadmap initiatives, KTLO, tech debt, operational work) • Own and maintain healthy JIRA boards, planning rituals, and delivery tracking conforming to pre-established practices • Define and evolve team rituals, documentation, and communication practices to support predictable delivery and sustainable pace in collaboration with EM peers in B2B Card Issuance • Ensure the team has the right processes, tooling, and context to do their best work Execution & Impact • Deliver a multi-quarter roadmap aligned with product and business goals • Partner with Product to prioritise work and manage dependencies • Measure and communicate impact using meaningful product and engineering metrics • Provide clear updates on progress, risks, and team health • Work closely with your B2B Card Issuance peers to ensure we build a culture of ONE B2B Card Issuance team People Leadership • Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers through regular 1:1s and feedback • Support career development, performance reviews, and progression • Build a high-trust, ownership-driven team culture Collaboration & Culture • Work closely with Senior EMs and engineering teams across India and Malta • Promote a customer-first, engineering-excellence mindset • Contribute to hiring and team scaling Requirements • 6+ years of experience in software engineering • 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams, Project Management and People Management • Strong background in backend systems and microservices – a grasp of key technologies like Java and Spring in general is required • Proven experience owning team processes and delivery systems, not just output • Comfortable leading teams across locations and time zones • Strong communication, execution, and people leadership skills Why Join Us • You will co-own a critical global NIUM vertical, the B2B Card Issuance vertical,shape how teams operate day to day, and have real influence over both technical direction and engineering effectiveness, working closely with senior leaders across region What we offer at Nium     We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.  We Care for Our Employees: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).  We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend. We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!   We Thrive with Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.