Engineering Manager - Cards and Digital Wallets at N26

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Updated 2026-11-03, from our data and official sources.

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow ~15 backend engineers across 3 teams: regular 1:1s, performance feedback and career development.
- Drive end-to-end delivery of customer-facing Cards and Digital Wallets projects on schedule.
- Define, track and act on engineering metrics and KPIs to find bottlenecks and improve delivery.
- Partner with Product and UX to plan work, align priorities, manage dependencies and remove blockers.
- Maintain technical standards: promote scalable architectures, code quality, testing and observability.
- Mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and promote a DevOps-aware operating model.

Requirements:
- Proven experience managing and mentoring software engineers (team ~10–20).
- Demonstrable track record delivering complex, end-to-end projects in agile environments.
- Strong understanding of engineering metrics and how to use them to improve team performance.
- Excellent collaboration skills with Product Managers and UX/design teams.
- Technical background sufficient to review architecture, trade-offs and earn engineering trust.
- Comfortable prioritising in fast-changing contexts and driving cross-team impact.
- Fluent English. Nice-to-have: FinTech, infrastructure/operations or DevOps culture experience.

Responsibilities

You will manage and grow a team of 15 backend engineers while driving the delivery of critical, customer-facing features within the Cards and Digital Wallets segment. You will also partner closely with Product and UX teams to plan projects, track engineering metrics, and maintain high technical standards.

Requirements

The ideal candidate has solid experience managing and mentoring software engineering teams in fast-paced, agile environments. You must possess a strong technical background, excellent collaboration skills, and the ability to use engineering metrics to improve team performance.

Key skills

• Engineering management — in 68 other listings on The Stack
• Team leadership — in 83 other listings on The Stack
• Backend development — in 170 other listings on The Stack
• Agile methodologies — in 129 other listings on The Stack
• Project delivery — in 3 other listings on The Stack
• Engineering metrics — in 5 other listings on The Stack
• KPI tracking — in 11 other listings on The Stack
• Product management collaboration — in 2 other listings on The Stack
• UX collaboration
• System scalability
• Mentoring
• Technical strategy
• FinTech
• DevOps culture
• Infrastructure
• Operations

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-03)

• N26 has 133 other listings on The Stack, 130 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 162 visa-sponsored jobs in Germany on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 34 visa-sponsored engineering manager jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about N26

Is this Engineering Manager - Cards and Digital Wallets role still open?

It was posted on 2026-08-19. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check N26's site before applying.

Does N26 offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on N26's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Germany. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Engineering management, Team leadership, Backend development, Agile methodologies, Project delivery, Engineering metrics, KPI tracking, Product management collaboration, UX collaboration, System scalability, Mentoring, Technical strategy, FinTech, DevOps culture, Infrastructure, Operations.