Senior Engineering Manager, Loans Platform

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to join our Underwriting team who will help build a cutting edge technology platform to support our lending and credit card business. The ideal candidate is forward-thinking hands-on and has a strong sense of ownership.

On our team youll be leading and contributing to the technical direction and growth of a team of engineers building platforms and services. Youll be bringing your best practices and experience to the table to help us level up. You will have opportunities to make a significant immediate impact on the success of the company while growing the team and members of the team.

What youll do:

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers providing guidance support and fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.

• Define and communicate team objectives set performance goals conduct performance evaluations and provide ongoing feedback and coaching.

• Identify skill gaps within the team and coordinate training programs to enhance technical capabilities.

• Foster a culture of innovation professional growth and continuous improvement.

• Oversee the software development lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope goals and deliverables and create project plans schedules and budgets.

• Manage project priorities and resolve conflicts to ensure efficient project execution.

• Track and report project progress identify risks and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to software development teams promoting best practices architectural standards and code quality.

• Work closely with product managers designers and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and collaboration throughout the software development process.
  

What youll need:

• 5 years of experience designing building and operating scalable systems

• 4 years of experience managing engineering teams

• Bachelors degree or equivalent from an accredited institution preferred (technical field a plus)

• Strong technical background across the full software development lifecycle with hands-on experience in modern languages frameworks and cloud-native architectures

• Experience leading software engineering teams and delivering complex scalable and mission-critical distributed systems

• Proven people management experience including hiring mentoring coaching and performance management of software engineers

• Hands-on experience designing building and operating distributed systems using Agile SDLC methodologies

• Ability to drive initiatives end-to-end with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for outcomes

• Effective communicator who collaborates well with cross-functional partners and senior leadership

• Passion for continuous learning expanding technical expertise experimenting with new ideas and developing others

• Experience improving engineering practices and driving operational excellence

• Experience with technologies such as Kotlin/Java Spring Boot Kafka Kubernetes PostgreSQL Snowflake and AWS

Required Experience:

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