Engineering Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Fintech): Leading the hirify.global Simple Trade team, building a new business line for stock trading from scratch, integrating new trading systems, settlement infrastructure, and regulatory requirements. Focus on architecture decisions, build-vs-integrate tradeoffs, and shipping a product that handles real money at low latency.

Location: In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually.

Salary: $218,025 — $256,500 USD

Company

hirify.global's mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.

What you will do

• Own the technical roadmap for Simple Trading's engineering team, driving execution on cross-asset trading systems, unified account infrastructure, and settlement architecture.
• Lead and grow a high-performing team of 16+ engineers, coaching them to deliver impact and supporting their career development.
• Partner with Product, Design, and senior leadership to translate product vision into technical execution.
• Drive delivery of distributed systems at scale, collaborating across Product and Engineering.
• Shape engineering processes and practices that enable fast, high-quality execution.
• Build the team by partnering closely with Talent to identify, attract, and hire exceptional engineering talent.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep expertise in building and scaling distributed systems.
• 2+ years of engineering management experience, including coaching engineers, managing performance, and building high-performing teams.
• Proven experience building trading platforms, brokerage systems, or financial products at scale.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture, platform design, and the trade-offs involved in building reliable, scalable infrastructure.
• Experience with long-term technical planning and translating business strategy into engineering roadmaps.
• Hands-on when needed — comfortable writing and reviewing code, contributing to technical designs, and diving deep across the stack.

Nice to have

• Experience launching new business lines or products from 0→1 at a public company or high-growth startup.
• Familiarity with equities market structure, settlement systems (T+1/T+2), or brokerage infrastructure.
• Prior experience scaling engineering teams beyond 20+ people.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period.
• Disability and Life Insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Wellness Stipend and Mobile/Internet Reimbursement.
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy.