Description
Engineering Manager - Risk
Team: Software Engineering: Partner Lifecycle
Location: Berlin
Commitment: Permanent - full time
Workplace Type: hybrid
At PPRO, our mission is to simplify access to local payment methods and our vision is to enable the sale of goods and services to anyone in the world using their preferred way to pay. We empower partners such as Ant Group, PayPal and Stripe to access new markets, connect with more customers, and accelerate their growth.
Our strength lies in our diverse global team with 50+ nationalities and 10+ international locations- all united around one goal – to deliver the best possible products and services to our partners and customers. While our company mission is to keep innovating global commerce, our internal mission is to #chooseaction, #beopen, #thinkcustomer, #gofurther and #wintogether
The Purpose:
Engineering Managers at PPRO have the passion and abilities to build collaborative teams that deliver high-quality, scalable and performant products.
At Risk management domain we are transitioning from building purely internal mitigation tools to creating external, value-adding products and features for our customers.
You will not only lead the engineering strategy but will play a hands-on role in enabling financial inclusion and global eCommerce.
You will help us move away from isolated risk scoring toward a cohesive, transparent roadmap that includes merchant-facing Fraud Scores and automated Dispute APIs.
What you’ll do:
- Work in partnership with your Product Manager to develop the technology strategy
- You will specifically tackle the challenge of defining undefined boundaries in transaction monitoring and financial risk exposure
- Inspire, coach and mentor engineers’ growth and success, helping them to find and develop their strengths
- Lead the technical strategy to move away from fragmented risk scoring across teams and establish a centralized ownership model for Fraud Risk Scoring and Alerting
- Architect solutions that turn risk into a product, such as laying the foundation for our Merchant-Facing Fraud Score and designing our Disputes API for fully automated handling
- Lead by example and work close to the code, making informed decisions while you identify technical risks
- Collaborate with stakeholders (Legal, Compliance, Partnerships) to identify opportunity areas
- You must be able to influence decisions where you do not have direct authority, using persuasive, data-backed communicationFacilitate technical discussions, help guide resolutions and navigate trade-offs
- Own operational excellence for your product, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvementLead your team like a startup - succeed, fail and learn together
You will need to have:
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholdersHumble and inclusive leadership style
- Experience designing and building scalable products using Java and Spring Boot
- Experience in developing, mentoring and growing a high performing collaborative and diverse team
- Results-orientation, collaborative, pragmatic, and with a continuous improvement mindset
- Desire to spend ~50% of your time close to the code
- Ability to analyse and articulate tradeoffs of technical problems to a broad audience
- Experience designing and building scalable products and services
- Strong experience with AWS , Docker, Kubernetes , and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
- Risk management/Fintech Domain: Experience or a strong interest in the complexities of Fraud, KYC (Know Your Customer), Disputes, or Transaction Monitoring is highly distinct
- You understand that Risk is not just a blocker, but a service we offer to customers Event-driven architectures
Even better if you have:
Some of the technologies you’ll get to work with:
- Java and Spring Boot
- Cloud-native microservice architecture on AWS
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Event-driven architectures
- Infrastructure-as-Code, e.g., Terraform
What's in it for you?
Hybrid working - We offer a hybrid structure with a 3 days / week on site expectation, so you can strike the balance between office and home working. In addition to our 30-day holiday allowance, we also provide a work from abroad policy, enabling employees to work remotely for up to another 30 days per year.
Learning and Development - We offer a €1,000 annual budget to support your professional growth—because investing in your development benefits us all. In addition, we provide leadership cafés, on-the-job training, and other opportunities to help you grow your skills and thrive in your role.
Insurance - Because better safe than sorry - we want our employees to benefit from various insurances including accident insurance, disability insurance, direct insurance (bAV) and travel insurance.
Gym membership - PPRO helps contribute towards the costs of your gym membership, supporting your physical fitness journey while easing the burden on your wallet
Enhance Family Leave - We understand the importance of family - that's why we offer enhanced family leave to support you during key life moments.
Mental Health Platform - We’ve teamed up with a top well-being platform to provide one-on-one therapy, chat therapy, therapist-led courses, guided meditations, and more.
Pet-friendly office - Because work is better with your paw-tners by your side
Our Principles:
We get things done: We are courageous; we take ownership, make decisions and get things done.
We act with trust and integrity: We listen first and challenge respectfully. We seek out and leverage diverse perspectives. We welcome and offer honest and open feedback, always assuming positive intent
We put the customer first: We are laser focused on delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers. We put the customer at the heart of what we do.
We make things better: We boldly explore new ideas and have an unwavering commitment to continuous improvement.
We work as a team: We collaborate closely and value team success over individual achievement.
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