Engineering Manager – Authentication & Authorisation

About the role

About Pleo Messy spend management is tricky business. And tedious processes are a lose-lose situation for all involved, not just finance. At Pleo, we’re changing that. We build spend solutions that make managing money seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike – with a vision to help all businesses ‘go beyond’. The word ‘Pleo’ actually means ‘more than you’d expect’, and living by that mantra has been the secret to our success over the last 10 years. Now, we’re at a pivotal moment in our journey; every move we make has a direct impact on our 40,000+

Requirements

• Solid experience as an Engineering Manager (or equivalent people-lead role), with meaningful people leadership impact (including coaching and performance support).
• Strong hands-on technical depth in authentication and authorisation domains and standards (e.g. OAuth, SAML, OIDC) and modern identity platforms (e.g. Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Stytch) within a product c
• Architectural credibility and a track record of guiding teams through technical complexity, including migrations and legacy constraints.
• Strong stakeholder management across engineering, product and risk-focused partners with clear and consistent communication.
• A bias for action: you can lead through ambiguity and still create momentum, rather than getting stuck in analysis
• Background as a software architect or staff-level engineer before moving into people leadership.
• Experience operating in security – or compliance-sensitive domains where trust and reliability are non-negotiable.
• Experience scaling teams (hiring and building clear ownership) while maintaining delivery quality.