Engineering Manager in United States at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Engineering Manager based in United States.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering leadership and hands-on technical contribution, focused on building and scaling mission-critical payments systems used by millions of users. You will lead a distributed engineering team responsible for core financial workflows including registration, payments, subscriptions, and payouts, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance across all services. The position combines people leadership with deep technical involvement, requiring you to actively contribute to architecture decisions, backend development, and production support when needed. You will partner closely with product and cross-functional stakeholders to define priorities, manage delivery, and balance technical tradeoffs in a fast-paced environment. A strong emphasis is placed on building a healthy, high-performing team culture centered on accountability, growth, and engineering excellence. You will also play a key role in improving system observability, reliability, and operational maturity. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape both engineering strategy and the systems powering critical financial operations.

• Lead, mentor, and support a distributed team of engineers through 1:1s, performance management, career development, and continuous feedback.
• Own delivery of payments-related systems, including registration, billing, subscriptions, payouts, financial workflows, and third-party integrations.
• Partner with Product, Design, and cross-functional leaders to define priorities, clarify requirements, and manage technical and delivery tradeoffs.
• Contribute hands-on to backend development, including APIs, services, event-driven systems, data models, and production troubleshooting.
• Drive architectural decisions across distributed systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, observability, and long-term maintainability.
• Improve engineering standards through code reviews, testing practices, documentation, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Lead incident response and production support, ensuring rapid resolution and continuous system improvement.
• Break down complex initiatives into structured delivery plans with clear sequencing, risk management, and execution clarity.
• Foster a high-performance culture by setting clear expectations, aligning goals, and enabling team growth.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building scalable backend systems, APIs, and distributed architectures.
• 2+ years of experience in an engineering management or technical leadership role within a SaaS or product-driven environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with Node, TypeScript, Elixir, or similar backend technologies.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, APIs, queues, background jobs, and relational databases.
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams, mentor developers, and manage performance and career growth.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to balance architecture tradeoffs and contribute hands-on when needed.
• Experience improving system reliability, observability, incident response, and operational maturity in production environments.
• Familiarity with payment systems, subscriptions, or financial workflows (e.g., Stripe or similar) is a strong plus.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to align technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Competitive compensation with a minimum starting package of $200,000 inclusive of base and bonus.
• Fully remote-first role within the United States with strong flexibility across time zones.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families (100% employer-covered premiums).
• Unlimited PTO and paid parental leave for all parents.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Annual learning and development stipend to support continuous growth.
• Home office setup allowance and monthly wellness stipend.
• Regular company events, travel opportunities, and team gatherings.
• Inclusive, remote-first culture focused on autonomy, collaboration, and long-term growth.