Engineering Manager

Office Location
Sweden - Malmö/Stockholm, Germany - Wiesbaden, Norway - Asker, UK - Nottingham, Finland - Espoo, Austria - Vienna, Poland - Warsaw, Denmark - Glostrup

Employment Type
Permanent

Full Time/Part Time
Full Time

Who we are
At Ikano Bank, we believe work should feel meaningful and inspiring. Together, we create a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be while contributing to a better life for our customers and the long-term success of the Bank. Guided by our Swedish heritage and values: common sense and simplicity, working together and daring to be different, we keep things straightforward and down-to-earth. If you like the idea of being part of a team that works hard, enjoys solving challenges together and dares to do things a little differently, you will feel right at home here.

Digital is the driving force behind the bank’s technology and innovation. We deliver secure, reliable, and competitive products that keep the bank ahead, while enabling growth and expansion into new markets. Digital is not just about keeping systems running—it’s about shaping the future of banking. This is where technology meets opportunity, and where talent drives global impact.

Purpose of the Job
The Engineering Manager leads and develops high-performing engineering teams that build reliable, scalable and customer-focused digital products for Ikano. The role combines people leadership, technical judgment and delivery ownership, ensuring teams have the clarity, autonomy and engineering standards needed to move fast while maintaining quality, security and long-term sustainability.

The Engineering Manager acts as a bridge between product, technology and business stakeholders, turning strategic priorities into strong execution while growing engineers, improving ways of working and creating a culture of accountability, learning and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities of the Job
The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading, coaching and developing a high-performing engineering team, ensuring that engineers have clear goals, strong feedback, career growth and the right environment to do their best work.

The role owns the team’s delivery capability, working closely with Product, Design, Architecture and other stakeholders to translate business priorities into clear technical plans, roadmaps and measurable outcomes. The Engineering Manager ensures that work is delivered with quality, predictability and speed, while balancing short-term delivery with long-term technical health.

Key responsibilities include:

- Lead and develop engineers through regular feedback, coaching, performance management and career development.

- Build a strong team culture based on ownership, trust, accountability, learning and continuous improvement.

- Partner with Product Managers and business stakeholders to shape priorities, clarify outcomes and ensure the team is focused on the highest-value work.

- Drive delivery planning, execution and follow-up, ensuring commitments are realistic, visible and well managed.

- Maintain high engineering standards across code quality, architecture, reliability, scalability, security and operational excellence.

- Support sound technical decision-making together with architects, tech leads and senior engineers.

- Identify and remove blockers that slow down the team, whether technical, organizational or process-related.

- Recruit, onboard and retain strong engineering talent.

- Use data, team health indicators and delivery metrics to improve ways of working.

- Ensure collaboration across teams and domains, avoiding silos and creating alignment across the wider technology organization.

- Promote a customer-focused mindset, making sure engineering efforts contribute directly to better digital products and business outcomes for Ikano Bank.

Education Level
Bachelor's Degree

Experience/Demonstrated Competencies
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in modern, product-led technology environments.

- Demonstrated technical fluency with industry-standard engineering tools and practices, including Python, TypeScript, AWS, APIs, microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security and DevOps.

- Experience building, scaling and operating cloud-based digital platforms with high standards for reliability, performance and maintainability.

- Strong track record of partnering with Product, Design, Architecture and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused outcomes.

- Demonstrated competence in hiring, coaching, performance management and developing engineers at different levels of seniority.

- Experience driving agile delivery, engineering excellence and continuous improvement across teams.

- Proven ability to balance hands-on technical understanding with people leadership, strategic planning and stakeholder alignment.

Language Competencies
Tech Stacks: Python, Javascript
Language: Professional in written and spoken English

Knowledge required
- Understanding of modern software engineering practices, agile ways of working and product-led development.

- Knowledge of cloud-native architecture, APIs, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, observability, security and scalable digital platforms.

- Can demonstrate knowledge about engineering leadership, including coaching, hiring, performance management, team health and career development.

- Understanding of how to translate business and customer needs into clear technical priorities, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.

- Proven knowledge around balancing delivery speed with engineering quality, architectural sustainability, reliability and operational excellence.

Capabilities for this job
- Able to lead, coach and develop high-performing engineering teams with clarity, empathy and accountability.

- Can lead the delivery of complex digital products from idea to production, ensuring quality, speed and business value.

- Demonstrates skills related to people leadership, stakeholder management, agile delivery, engineering excellence and cross-functional collaboration.

- Ability to translate business priorities into clear technical direction, team goals and measurable outcomes.

- Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution, making sound trade-offs between speed, quality, cost and scalability.

- Ability to build trust and alignment across Product, Design, Architecture, Operations and business stakeholders.

- Ability to manage performance, support career growth and create an environment where engineers can do their best work.

- Able to develop strong engineering practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, observability, reliability, security and continuous improvement.

- Clear demonstrable experience of leading engineering teams in modern cloud-based, product-led and agile technology environments.

- Capable of driving change, simplifying complexity and inspiring teams through periods of growth, transformation and ambiguity.

What motivates you?
You are motivated by the strength of great teams and the impact they can create together. You are always looking to improve people, products and ways of working, with a passion for technology, customer value and developing others. Highly collaborative by nature, you are inspirational in how you create clarity, energy and trust around a shared direction.

Ready to apply?
If this sounds like your kind of workplace, we would love to hear from you. You do not have to tick every single box. What matters most is your drive, your ideas and your willingness to grow with us. Our application process is simple. Just click on the Apply Button and we will get in touch with you soon. Apply today and let us build something different together. You want to know more about Ikano Bank? Check out our videos about culture, social/corporate responsibility and everyday working at the bank. For any questions, feel free to contact us at Se e-mailadresse på jobbank.dk .

Salary (per annum)
According to the market

Ikano Bank Benefits
Annual Social Day for all Employees
Favorable Conditions for Ikano Bank Products

Applications Close Date
29 May 2026