Engineering Manager, Payments Money Movement at Etsy

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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Lead the Payments Money Movement squad: set priorities, translate business goals into actionable workstreams and run planning/roadmap ceremonies.
- Own execution, delivery and operational standards for funds flow, ledgers, disbursements and integrations.
- Provide people management: mentor engineers, run 1:1s, drive performance reviews and foster an inclusive, high-trust team culture.
- Partner with Product, Analytics and Partnerships to define requirements, metrics and trade-offs; align technical work to business impact.
- Guide technical direction with senior engineers on architecture, scalability, idempotency, fault tolerance and data consistency.
- Maintain high reliability and risk controls: ensure monitoring, alerting, incident response and post-incident reviews.

Requirements:
- Significant engineering management experience (typically 5+ years) leading backend or payments-focused teams.
- Deep experience designing, operating and scaling distributed financial or payments systems (payments, payouts, settlements, reconciliations).
- Strong technical judgment in architecture, reliability, operational risk and external integrations.
- Experience using data and analytics to measure performance, influence priorities and inform trade-offs.
- Excellent stakeholder communication, cross-functional collaboration and people development skills.
- Ability to work from Etsy’s Dublin office once or twice per week (commutable or local candidates preferred).
- Bias for iterative delivery, strong operational discipline and a focus on building resilient engineering teams.

Responsibilities

You will lead the Payments Money Movement squad to manage fund flows, ensuring accurate and timely processing for the Etsy marketplace. This involves mentoring engineers, shaping technical architecture, and partnering with product and analytics teams to optimize system performance.

Requirements

Candidates must have significant experience in managing software engineering teams and deep expertise in designing distributed backend systems. Additionally, hands-on experience with online payments, payouts, or money-movement systems is required.

Key skills

• Engineering management — in 71 other listings on The Stack
• Payments processing — not in any other listing on The Stack
• Backend systems — in 32 other listings on The Stack
• Distributed systems — in 342 other listings on The Stack
• Financial systems — in 13 other listings on The Stack
• Team leadership — in 85 other listings on The Stack
• Mentoring — in 176 other listings on The Stack
• Performance management — in 28 other listings on The Stack
• Technical architecture
• Data analysis
• Risk management
• Stakeholder management
• Product development
• System reliability
• Agentic tooling

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• Etsy has 6 other listings on The Stack, 5 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 37 visa-sponsored jobs in Ireland on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 37 visa-sponsored engineering manager jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Etsy

Is this Engineering Manager, Payments Money Movement role still open?

It was posted on 2026-04-06. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Etsy's site before applying.

Does Etsy offer visa sponsorship?

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

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Dublin, Ireland, Ireland. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Engineering management, Payments processing, Backend systems, Distributed systems, Financial systems, Team leadership, Mentoring, Performance management, Technical architecture, Data analysis, Risk management, Stakeholder management, Product development, System reliability, Agentic tooling.