Senior Engineering Manager
Credit GeniePersonal Finance company
New York, United StatesManager
First Round Capital
Khosla Ventures
Protagonist
Gabriel Investments
Sutter Hill Ventures
Tippet Ventures
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead a backend engineering team, setting technical direction and growing talent in a fast-paced fintech startup.
- •{"about_the_role": "Credit Genie is a mobile-first financial wellness platform leveraging AI to provide personalized insights and build a financial ecosystem.
- •As a Senior Software Engineering Manager for the backend team, you will lead engineers building and maintaining systems for financial products, setting technical direction, and growing your team.", "key_responsibilities": ["Set technical direction for the team, deciding what to build and how, in partnership with product managers and cross-functional leaders.", "Lead system design reviews, giving substantive, critical feedback that shapes architecture evolution.", "Stay genuinely hands-on: write code regularly, and step in to unblock the team or fill in for engineers when needed.", "Oversee the architecture and delivery of scalable, high-performance backend services, ensuring reliability and maintainability.", "Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and urgency on the team."], "requirements": ["3+ years of experience managing engineering teams of 5 or more.", "5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with current, active coding involvement (roughly 20% of your time, or a clear desire to increase it).", "Experience building and operating distributed, high-throughput, and mission-critical systems, ideally in financial services.", "Proven track record of leading teams to deliver complex projects.", "Comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments with a bias for action."]}
Required skills
Engineering ManagementMicroservicesAWSPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptSQLGitLinuxCI/CDDockerKubernetesAgileTechnical Leadership
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents on your first day of employment., Up to $100 per month in fitness reimbursement or a complimentary full membership to LifeTime Fitness or Equinox., 401(k) with a 3.5% match and immediate vesting, Meal program available for both lunch and dinner, Pre-tax benefits, including a $1,000 HSA match, Life and accidental insurance, Flexible PTO
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGoSQLBashReactNode.jsDjangoFlaskFastAPISpringExpressRuby on Rails.NETASP.NETNestJSLaravelSymfonyGinEchoActixPhoenixMicroservicesPandasNumPySparkAirflowdbtTableau
