Engineering Manager, EC Card

About the role

The Engineering Manager, EC Card is a newly created position within a partner company managing all applications and next steps. This role is based in the United States and focuses on leading a team of engineers to build innovative financial products.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, supporting technical growth, career development, and a high-performing team culture.
• Partner with Product, Design, Risk, and Engineering stakeholders to define roadmap priorities and deliver impactful product solutions.
• Guide the development of scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems that support a seamless member experience.
• Collaborate with senior technical leaders on architecture decisions, engineering standards, and technical debt prioritization.
• Balance short-term delivery goals with long-term platform health and sustainability.
• Create clarity around priorities, trade-offs, business context, and technical decisions to help the team execute effectively.
• Remove technical and operational blockers to improve team productivity and delivery speed.
• Participate in technical discussions, design reviews, and code reviews while maintaining a strong understanding of owned systems.
• Partner with engineering peers to coordinate launches, experiments, and shared platform initiatives.
• Use data, reliability metrics, and operational insights to guide engineering decisions and improve product performance.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative environment where engineers can do their best work and continue developing their skills.

Requirements

• Combines engineering leadership experience with strong technical expertise and a passion for building scalable products in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, making strategic technical decisions, and collaborating across multiple teams.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of software development experience.
• 1.5+ years of engineering management experience leading software engineering teams.
• Experience building highly available, scalable, and low-latency systems.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to guide architecture discussions and complex engineering decisions.
• Demonstrated experience hiring, mentoring, and building inclusive, high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes.
• Able to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in a high-growth startup or rapidly evolving technology environment.
• Experience with fintech, payments, lending, or financial technology products is a plus.
• Familiarity with modern technologies such as TypeScript, Node.js, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform, React Native, React, GraphQL, Docker, or Kubernetes is preferred.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.