Set and execute on the technical vision and roadmap for payments, balancing speed, scale, and compliance.
Collaborate closely with product managers and stakeholders to shape user-facing and partner-facing payment flows.
Own delivery of projects end-to-end, ensuring high engineering quality, availability, and security of critical payment services.
Drive a culture of accountability, trust, and continuous improvement within your team.
Contribute to architectural decisions and ensure alignment with broader platform strategy.
Partner with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads to improve engineering velocity, reduce dependencies, and raise the bar for technical excellence.
Lead and mentor a team of software engineers and developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with team members to track progress, address concerns, and support career development.
Plan and manage the execution of projects, ensuring timely delivery within the allocated budget.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, finance, and compliance, to align project objectives and deliverables.
Regularly communicate with senior management and other stakeholders to report on project status, risks, and opportunities.

10+ years of experience in software engineering, including 5+ years in engineering management with a hands-on backend development background.
Deep experience designing, building, and operating production-grade financial or payments systems (e.g., ACH, debit payments, bill pay, checks).
Proven leadership in system architecture and design—covering reliability, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
Strong foundation in building financial platforms, ideally with close collaboration alongside operations, compliance, and risk functions.
Demonstrated success leading high-performing engineering teams, with a focus on platform engineering, integrations, or automation.
Solid understanding of agile methodologies and modern engineering best practices.
Excellent communication and project management skills.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and a bias for action.
Bonus: Experience building API-first products with APIs treated as first-class citizens.

Competitive compensation and equity packages
Leading configured work computers of your choice
Flexible paid time off
Fully covered, high-quality healthcare, including fully covered dependent coverage
Additional health coverage includes access to One Medical and the option to enroll in an FSA
20 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and 8 weeks for all new parents
Access to industry-leading technology across all of our business units, stemming from our philosophy that we should invest in resources for our team that foster innovation, optimization, and productivity

Senior Engineering Manager – Payments

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