Senior Engineering Manager

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Manage a backend engineering group while staying close to the technical work, splitting time between coaching people and shaping system design. Set the direction for server-side services and work with colleagues in product, data, infrastructure and front-end functions.

What you'll do

• Lead, coach and grow a group of backend engineers.
• Run planning, prioritization and delivery with a focus on dependable, scalable systems.
• Set the technical direction for backend services and interfaces so they remain secure, fast and easy to maintain.
• Turn product needs into sound backend designs alongside product and front-end partners.
• Work with data scientists to deploy models and connect decisioning logic into services and workflows.
• Partner with infrastructure engineers on reliability, monitoring and developer tooling.
• Guide architecture choices and the long-term evolution of the platform.
• Set expectations for code quality, testing and operational discipline.
• Take part in incident response and make sure services meet agreed performance commitments.
• Recruit, mentor and develop engineers while keeping hiring standards high.
• Encourage a culture of ownership, accountability and steady improvement.
• Step in on code and technical problem-solving when the team needs it.

What we're looking for

• A strong engineering background with hands-on experience building customer-facing, API-based business software at scale.
• Capacity to lead a large team that includes senior technical staff, spending about half your time on people management and half on technical work such as reviews and design.
• Several years of experience as an engineering manager for backend or platform teams, including setting strategy and roadmaps.
• A record of taking on difficult problems and growing teams and systems in early-stage or scaling companies.
• Excellent communication, with the ability to discuss technical topics in depth and explain them plainly to non-technical colleagues.
• A steady career history, with roles typically lasting around 2.5 years or longer.
• Comfort with Golang or Python and a relational database such as PostgreSQL.

Bonus points

• Experience in companies where data is the main offering.
• Background in financial technology.
• Exposure to security or fraud prevention products.
• Prior experience as a founder or senior technology leader in a small organization.

Benefits

• Health insurance for you and your dependents
• Flexible paid time off

Location and work model

• Remote (US)
• Full-time

Compensation, as the posting describes it

• Equity
• Retirement plan with employer match