Engineering Manager, Credit Cards & Banking
About the role
The Credit Cards & Banking team is part of Robinhood’s Money Engineering organization. This team builds the products and systems behind some of Robinhood’s most ambitious consumer experiences, including Robinhood Gold Credit Card, Banking, and the next generation of card and banking products. This is a high-impact engineering leadership role at the intersection of product innovation, scale, and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Lead, grow, and support a team of software engineers working on Robinhood’s Credit Cards & Banking product area
- Set clear direction for the team across execution, technical design, and people development
- Partner with product managers, designers, and cross-functional stakeholders to define roadmaps and deliver high-impact customer experiences
- Drive the architecture, execution, and operational excellence needed to build reliable, scalable card and banking systems
- Guide engineering decisions across product surfaces, backend services, and platform dependencies
- Improve team health and effectiveness through strong planning, prioritization, feedback, and career development
- Hire exceptional engineers and raise the bar on talent, performance, and engineering craftsmanship
- Help the team move quickly while maintaining high standards for quality, reliability, and customer trust
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to partner closely on architecture, tradeoffs, and execution
- Experience working on complex distributed systems, backend services, or full-stack consumer products
- A track record of driving cross-functional initiatives from concept through launch
- Experience coaching and developing engineers through regular feedback, performance management, and career growth
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners
- A high bar for execution, product quality, and building strong teams
Qualifications
- Experience leading teams that build and ship customer-facing products at scale
- Experience in fintech, banking, credit cards, payments, lending, or other highly regulated domains
- Experience leading teams through periods of rapid growth, product expansion, or platform scaling
- Experience building mobile-first or consumer app experiences
- Familiarity with modern backend and data systems in high-availability environments
Skills
Leadership expectations: Our Ambitious Roadmap Requires Strong Leaders Who Can Build Both Exceptional Products And Exceptional Teams. We’re Looking For Someone Who Can Drive high performance through clear goals, strong accountability, and fast learning
Benefits
- Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
- Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
- Best-in-class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
- Lifestyle wallet — a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
- Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
- Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
Pay
The expected base pay range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.
Schedule
This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA, New York, NY, or Bellevue, WA office(s), with in-person attendance expected 5 days per week.