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Engineering Manager

Avant

$155,000 - $195,000
Dec 5, 2025
Chicago, IL, US
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Avant is seeking to build the future of consumer lending by providing personal loans and credit cards to millions of customers across the US, empowering them to take control of their financial futures.

Requirements

  • Excellent knowledge of Agile methodologies, techniques, and frameworks, like Scrum or Kanban.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong knowledge of microservice architecture and API driven development
  • Eight or more years experience in back-end development using languages like Python, Ruby, Java, or .NET.
  • Five or more years in database management and maintenance with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Experience with version control tools (e.g., Git), automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) systems.
  • Knowledge of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and one or more frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).

Responsibilities

  • Manage team project and deliverables
  • Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including analysis, design and architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment.
  • Create and Review Request For Comments (RFC) documents.
  • Maintain and improve the performance and maintainability of existing software.
  • Design and update the database, as well as develop system architecture.
  • Plan and refine your team’s roadmap and backlog items with the Product Manager and leadership team
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-up, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.

Other

  • BS/MS computer science or related field.
  • Proven experience as a software engineering manager or team lead within an Agile environment.
  • Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to motivate and guide a team.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Experience with performance management and team building.