What do we do?
Paddle offers digital product companies a completely different approach to their payment infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, we’re a Merchant of Record for our customers. That means we take away 100% of the pain of payment fragmentation. It’s faster, safer, cheaper, and, above all, way better.
We’re backed by investors including KKR, FTV Capital, Kindred, Notion, and 83North and serve over 5000 software sellers in 245 territories globally.
The role:
We are looking for an experienced and driven Director of Engineering to lead our Paddle Billing engineering group. You will be responsible for the overall performance, strategy, and growth of the group, collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions for our customers.
What you'll do:
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Lead and mentor a group of talented Engineering Managers, fostering a high-performance culture that encourages collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
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Partner with the Billing Product Leader to define the strategic vision, roadmap, and priorities for Paddle Billing, ensuring alignment with the overall company objectives.
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Drive engineering excellence across the group, championing best practices, promoting knowledge sharing, and ensuring there is a culture of delivery and accountability.
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Collaborate effectively with other departments, including Product, Sales, Customer Success, and Finance, to ensure smooth communication, alignment on dependencies, and successful delivery of initiatives.
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Scale and grow the group by collaborating with Talent and People teams to recruit and onboard new engineers and managers, ensuring the group's structure and headcount align with business needs.
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Oversee the technical strategy for Paddle Billing, ensuring the development of scalable, reliable, and secure systems that meet the evolving needs of our customers.
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Contribute to the overall leadership of the Product & Engineering organisation, playing a key role in shaping the department's engineering principles, practices, and culture.
We'd love to hear from you if:
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You have a passion for developing people and bring extensive experience leading and mentoring Engineering Managers.
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You have a proven track record of success in a Director of Engineering role or similar, with experience leading multiple engineering teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
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You have a deep understanding of software engineering principles, practices, and processes, with experience in building complex, large-scale, cloud-based systems.
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You have excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build consensus across different teams and departments.
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You are a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of business needs and the ability to translate them into technical solutions.
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You are passionate about building and scaling high-performing engineering organisations, with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
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You are excited by the opportunity to work on a product that is transforming the way SaaS businesses handle payments.
Everyone is welcome at Paddle
At Paddle, we’re committed to removing invisible barriers, both for our customers and within our own teams. We recognise and celebrate that every Paddler is unique and we welcome every individual perspective.
As an inclusive employer, we don’t care if, or where, you studied, what you look like or where you’re from. We’re more interested in your craft, curiosity, passion for learning and what you’ll add to our culture. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t match every part of the job ad, especially if you’re part of an underrepresented group.
Please let us know if there’s anything we can do to better support you through the application process and in the workplace. We will do everything we can to support any accommodations needed. We’re committed to building a diverse team where everyone feels safe to be their authentic self. Let’s grow together.
Why you’ll love working at Paddle
We are a diverse, growing group of Paddlers across the globe who pride ourselves on our transparent, collaborative and respectful culture.
We live and breathe our values, which are:
Paddle for others
Paddle together
Paddle simply
We offer a full suite of benefits, including attractive salaries, stock options, retirement plans, private healthcare and well-being initiatives.
We are a ‘digital-first’ company, which means you can work remotely, from one of our stylish hubs, or even a bit of both! We offer all team members unlimited holidays and enhanced parental leave. We invest in learning and will help you with your personal development via constant exposure to new challenges, an annual learning fund, and regular internal and external training.
