Credit Genie is looking for a Software Engineering Manager for the backend team to lead engineers responsible for building and maintaining systems that power their financial products, shaping the technical direction of foundational infrastructure and product architecture.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams of 5 or more
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- 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
- Experienced in mentoring future leaders and growing talent
- Familiar with incident management and on-call operations
- Solid understanding of security, data privacy, and regulatory compliance
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team of product engineers, providing mentorship, coaching, and career development support to help individuals thrive and advance in their roles.
- Define and drive the team’s technical roadmap in partnership with product managers and other cross-functional leaders, aligning engineering efforts with business priorities.
- Oversee the architecture and delivery of scalable, high-performance backend services, ensuring technical solutions are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with long-term goals.
- Promote operational excellence and engineering best practices, with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and code quality.
- Make thoughtful trade-offs between tech debt and feature delivery, maintaining system health while accelerating product impact.
- Manage and continuously improve team processes, leading sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives to drive effective collaboration and timely delivery.
Other
- Fosters a culture of ownership, accountability, and urgency
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments with a bias for action
- Familiarity with mobile app ecosystems and lending or cash advance products.
- Our expectation is that employees are in the office five days a week, allowing for optimal collaboration, inclusivity, and productivity.
- Credit Genie is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer where we welcome and celebrate differences.
