Engineering Manager – Authentication & Authorisation

🕒 August 7

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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Pliant

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2020

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💰 $40M Series B - Pliant on 2025-04

Fintech • SaaS • B2B

Pliant is a credit card platform that enables businesses, banks, and fintechs to issue and manage credit cards, automate payments, and optimize spend and accounting workflows. Pliant offers Payment Apps, a Pro API for card issuance and automation, Cards-as-a-Service (CaaS) and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) to embed or white-label card programs, plus global accounts, FX and transfers, credit & financing, and compliance and enablement services. It serves corporations, e-commerce, resellers, SaaS companies, travel and marketing agencies, and banks with features like real-time monitoring, spend controls, receipt management, integrations with accounting and expense systems, single-use virtual cards, and API-driven automation. Pliant holds e-money licensing in the EU, issues cards in the UK, is PCI DSS and ISO/IEC 27001 certified, and focuses on B2B payment optimization and embedded finance solutions.

📋 Description

• Build and lead one engineering team focused on authentication and authorization architecture for the Pliant platform • Start with a small team of existing and new backend/frontend engineers, a Product Manager, and partial Design support • Architect scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions • Initially contribute approximately 40–50% hands-on, gradually transitioning to a leadership-focused role • Mentor and develop engineers and support psychological safety through performance reviews and candid feedback • Foster communication, career development, engineering excellence, test-driven bug fixing, automated testing, continuous integration, and daily production deployments • Collaborate with Product Managers, backend/frontend engineers, and non-technical teams on business goals, features, changes, bug fixes, and initiatives • Guide technical discussions, steer release timelines, and ensure automation and operational excellence • Set and track quarterly team OKRs with the Product Manager • Promote innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement • Collaborate with peers on company-wide initiatives and foster a positive team and department culture • Report to the Head of Engineering for the group

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of software development experience with Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot • 2+ years of leadership/management experience • Strong background in distributed, testable, and maintainable backend systems • Prior experience with authentication and authorization • Deep understanding of REST APIs, relational databases, PostgreSQL, and microservices • Experience leading teams, mentoring engineers, and driving best practices • Passion for people management and developing engineering teams • Strong problem-solving skills • Ability to drive projects from concept to completion by leveraging team skills • Experience with security-related infrastructure or third-party vendors is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Attractive remuneration • Choice of preferred hardware: Windows-based laptop or MacBook Pro • Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere • Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals • Flexibility and possibility to work remotely • Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers • Opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities and strong knowledge exchange and excellence