Manager II, Software Engineering

Are you ready to trade your job for a journey? Become a FlyMate!

Passion, excitement & global collaboration are all core to what it means to be a FlyMate. At Flywire, we’re on a mission to deliver the world’s most important and complex payments. We use our Flywire Advantage - the combination of our next-gen payments platform, proprietary payment network and vertical specific software, to help our clients get paid, and help their customers pay with ease - no matter where they are in the world.

What more do we need to truly be unstoppable? Perhaps, that is you!

Who we are

Flywire is a global payments enablement and software company, founded more than a decade ago to solve high-stakes, high-value payments. We’ve scaled into new regions and industry verticals and expanded our product offerings to deliver meaningful value to our clients around the world.

Today we support more than 5,300 clients across the global education, healthcare, travel & B2B industries, with diverse payment methods across 240 countries & territories and more than 140 currencies.

With over 1,400+ global FlyMates, representing more than 40 nationalities, and in 15 offices world-wide, we’re looking for FlyMates to join the next stage of our journey as we continue to grow.

The Opportunity

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead high-impact teams focused on the evolution of Flywire’s core payment architecture. You are a strategic leader who balances deep technical vision with exceptional people leadership, serving as a player-coach to drive the automation of complex global payment processes. Your mission is to strengthen our payments engine by integrating AI-driven advancements and scaling resilient, distributed systems that move hundreds of millions daily.

Key Responsibilities

Here’s What We’re Looking For

Technologies we use

- Backend: Ruby, Java
- Frontend: HTMX
- Databases & Systems: Docker, Linux, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, AMQP, OpenSearch
- Cloud: AWS

*Don’t worry if you haven’t used all of these — we value smart, fast learners who are curious and passionate about leveling up those around them.

Responsibilities

Strategic Oversight: Manage the activities of specific teams, setting clear priorities and ensuring execution aligns with functional strategy and business trends.; Team Development: Responsible for performance management, professional development, and hiring to optimize team capability within budget.; Resource Allocation: Independently determine approaches to daily operations and resource management to support multiple product lines.; System Evolution: Drive modern architecture by providing long-term technical direction for reliable, performant, and scalable distributed systems.; AI & Automation: Design workflow orchestration and decision support systems leveraging AI to optimize compliance and risk mitigation.; Quality Governance: Establish high standards through thorough design reviews and sustainable engineering practices like TDD and CI/CD.; Stakeholder Alignment: Partner with Product, QA, and SRE to align technical roadmaps with business outcomes and product strategy.; Global Influence: Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and senior engineers across the global organization to refine infrastructure requirements.

Requirements

3+ years of experience managing and mentoring engineering teams, with a proven track record in performance management and hiring.; 7+ years of software engineering experience focusing on high-availability production systems and distributed architecture.; Hands-on experience building or supporting payment platforms, payment gateways, financial systems, or fintech products.; Strong understanding of payment processing, payment orchestration, card payments, banking integrations, or other payment ecosystem components is highly preferred.; Strong ability to navigate complex business issues, influence senior leaders, and communicate technical subjects clearly to non-technical partners.