Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Engineering

Where You Can Make An Impact

Lead, coach, and develop an engineering team responsible for NerdWallet's platform systems, including the Content Platform, CMS, and Product Data Platform.

Drive the evolution of engineering workflows through thoughtful adoption of AI-assisted development practices, automation, and operational tooling.

Partner with Product Managers and other cross-functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and execute against the product roadmap.

Champion process improvements that increase engineering velocity, efficiency, and developer experience while maintaining high standards for quality and reliability.

Contribute to and guide technical and architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements.

Balance platform evolution (e.g., headless CMS, APIs, content workflows) with stability for high-traffic, mission critical systems.

Manage sprint planning, project timelines, and delivery commitments, ensuring predictable and high-quality execution.

Identify technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, escalating and addressing them proactively.

Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and psychological safety.

Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for engineers at varying levels.

Ensure systems owned by the team meet availability, performance, and security standards.

Experience

• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience as the people manager of an engineering team
• Proven experience delivering production software in a complex, fast-paced environment within FinTech or regulated industries
• Proven success owning and leading large-scale content management systems and headless architectures (our current platform is built on WordPress)
• Proven success leading large scale backend systems
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, agile methodologies, and modern engineering practices
• Solid technical foundation with experience designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure systems
• Proficient in either PHP or Python, GraphQL, SQL, and TypeScript
• Working knowledge of security best practices, data privacy, and compliance considerations in financial systems
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and support engineers at varying levels through clear, actionable feedback
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners
• Experience balancing delivery commitments with technical quality and long-term maintainability
• Experience in developing scalable web applications with SEO in mind
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a proven ability to manage and deliver complex engineering projects at scale and on time
• A passion for mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and creating inclusive, high-performing teams