Engineering Manager - Platform Core

About the Company

Pliant is a European fintech specializing in B2B payment solutions. Our modular, API-first platform helps businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow, and integrate payments into their financial workflows. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 4,000 businesses and more than 20 partners globally.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap for Platform Core's Terraform infrastructure, multi-account AWS setup, and IAM/networking foundations
• Run Platform Core as an internal product, ensuring guardrails and policies help other teams
• Collaborate closely with Security Engineering to build access controls and compliance into the platform
• Steer the ongoing compute migration from ECS/Fargate to Kubernetes
• Manage and grow the team through 1:1s, hiring, and performance development
• Coordinate with the future SRE team and other platform functions as the team scales

Requirements

• 7–10 years in software or infrastructure engineering
• At least 3 years of direct people management experience
• Hands-on depth with Terraform, multi-account AWS, and container or serverless compute
• Experience running infrastructure as an internal platform
• Proven track record of hiring and developing engineers
• Experience with Datadog or equivalent observability tools at scale
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools like Copilot, Claude Code, or Cursor

Benefits

• Attractive remuneration
• Choice of preferred OS (Windows or Mac)
• Flat hierarchy and transparent communication
• Opportunity to develop talent in a dynamic team
• Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
• Pliant Card with monthly credit