Engineering Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (Fintech): Leading the Ledger & Reconciliation Platform team to build a deterministic financial source of truth for all money movement with an accent on correctness, idempotency, and auditability. Focus on designing double-entry ledger models, solving distributed systems challenges, and ensuring high-confidence reconciliation with external banking partners.

Location: Must be based in the United States (except Hawaii)

Salary: $174K – $274K + Equity

Company

A financial app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field by providing affordable, user-centric access to liquidity for underserved Americans.

What you will do

• Lead and develop the team responsible for ledger systems and reconciliation pipelines.
• Define architecture prioritizing correctness, idempotency, and auditability.
• Design and evolve double-entry ledger models and transaction lifecycles across products.
• Build high-confidence systems to reconcile internal state with banks, processors, and networks.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance to encode financial rules and controls into system design.
• Establish engineering practices for data integrity and observability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• 1.5+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience building ledger systems, accounting platforms, or reconciliation infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of data correctness, transactional integrity, and consistency models.
• Expertise in distributed systems challenges (idempotency, ordering, failure recovery).
• Must be based in the US (excluding Hawaii)

Nice to have

• Background in fintech, payments, or financial infrastructure.
• Experience implementing double-entry accounting models in software.
• Exposure to audit, compliance, or financial reporting systems.
• Familiarity with TypeScript (Node.js), MySQL, GCP, and React/React Native.

Culture & Benefits

• Virtual-first work culture with a home office stipend and flexible hours.
• Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans.
• 401(k) savings plan with matching contributions.
• Generous paid parental and caregiver leave.
• Flexible PTO and company-wide holidays (including Juneteenth and Winter Break).
• All-company in-person events held once or twice a year.