Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Platform Systems)

NerdWallet is on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions, and they are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead their Platform team. This role involves driving the modernization of legacy services into scalable systems and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure software that aligns with business goals.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop an engineering team responsible for NerdWallet’s platform systems, including the Content Platform, CMS, and Product Data Platform
• Partner with Product Managers and other cross-functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and execute against the product roadmap
• Drive consistent execution of software development best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence
• Contribute to and guide technical and architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements
• Balance platform evolution (e.g., headless CMS, APIs, content workflows) with stability for high-traffic, mission critical systems
• Manage sprint planning, project timelines, and delivery commitments, ensuring predictable and high-quality execution
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, escalating and addressing them proactively
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and psychological safety
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for engineers at varying levels
• Ensure systems owned by the team meet availability, performance, and security standards

Requirements:

• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience as the people manager of an engineering team
• Proven experience delivering production software in a complex, fast-paced environment within FinTech or regulated industries
• Proven success owning and leading large-scale content management systems and headless architectures (our current platform is built on WordPress)
• Proven success leading large scale backend systems
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, agile methodologies, and modern engineering practices
• Solid technical foundation with experience designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure systems
• Proficient in either PHP or Python, GraphQL, SQL, and TypeScript
• Working knowledge of security best practices, data privacy, and compliance considerations in financial systems
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and support engineers at varying levels through clear, actionable feedback
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners
• Experience balancing delivery commitments with technical quality and long-term maintainability
• Experience in developing scalable web applications with SEO in mind
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a proven ability to manage and deliver complex engineering projects at scale and on time
• A passion for mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and creating inclusive, high-performing teams