About the job
Checkout.com supports online payments for major brands including eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony, processing billions of transactions every year. With a presence in 19 offices across six continents and headquarters in London, the company emphasizes high performance, continuous improvement, and innovation. Employees contribute directly to shaping the future of fintech.
Role overview
The Senior Engineering Manager - Data Platform leads the Data and AI Platform Team. This group provides the systems and tools that enable products, merchants, and internal teams to make effective use of data and AI. The goal is to maximize time spent on innovation and solving business problems, while reducing the complexity of technical implementation, deployment, and monitoring. As Checkout.com grows, the Data Platform must scale to support hundreds of teams and manage petabyte-scale data volumes.
What you will do
- Guide the team in designing technical architecture and building user-focused systems and tools.
- Oversee technical delivery and operational reliability, driving process automation and maintaining high engineering standards. Ensure service levels (SLAs/SLOs) are met with minimal manual intervention.
- Manage a team of Junior and Senior Data Engineers, providing hands-on support when needed. Foster an inclusive culture and mentor team members in both technical and interpersonal development.
- Lead quarterly execution of roadmap deliverables, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Location
This position is based in London.

