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.

Requirements

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

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 260,000 per year

- Equity

- Health insurance for you and your dependents

- Retirement plan with employer match

- Flexible paid time off

Location and work model

- Remote (US)

- Full-time