Software Engineering Manager

About the role

Role ownership

• Lead project management and technical execution for the Client Experience squad, including production coding, code review, architecture, and technical strategy.
• Maintain and improve platform components, reliability, quality, and services supporting client experience.
• Set API standards across products and provide other engineering teams with adoption tooling and guidance.
• Manage and develop two engineers, with a mandate to grow the team to 5–8 reports through 2027.
• Plan headcount growth, hire engineers, and establish Client Experience as a standalone team.
• Partner with Product to ship improvements to client activation and experience.

Must-have qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years in management or an equivalent role with technical and people leadership.
• Full-stack production coding and code review across frontend and backend; AI-assisted development is a standard part of the work.
• Strong proficiency with React, TypeScript, Java, and Spring Boot.
• Experience in backend systems design and architecture, and deep familiarity with API design principles and best practices.
• Quality-first approach with testing frameworks evident in prior work and a practiced method for delivering quality.
• Ability to manage observability, monitoring, and incident response for production services.
• Track record of building and growing engineering teams through hiring and internal development.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences; able to work in fast-paced, ambiguous settings and make decisions with incomplete information.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech or regulated industries is a plus.
• Experience scaling a small team to 5+ direct reports is a plus.

About Lean

Why join

• The company advertises competitive salaries, private healthcare, flexible office hours, and meaningful equity for every team member.