LawPay is hiring a
Engineering Manager in United States

Summary

AffiniPay is a leading fintech company based in Austin, Texas. The Engineering Manager for Backend Services Team will lead the development and maintenance of AffiniPay's platform services, partner with stakeholders, coach engineers, build diverse teams, and make technology decisions. The successful candidate should have at least 5 years experience directly leading software developers, excellent leadership skills, and a track record of building high-functioning teams.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience directly leading software developers
• Significant experience with addressing interpersonal conflicts/critical issues, organizing resources to meet strategic goals, mentoring/coaching employees, conducting employee performance evaluations, and recruiting/retaining talent
• Experience with a variety of technologies, languages, making good technical and business decisions, and balancing technical debt with feature work
• Experience setting up, running, and completing large scale, cross-team engineering projects successfully, including predicting dates with a large degree of accuracy and negotiating requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead and support software engineers as they solve business and technical problems for the company
• Partner with product, technology, and analytics stakeholders to balance an aggressive roadmap against engineering best practices and principles
• Coach a team of skilled engineers and contractors and create a culture of safety, high trust, and openness where people learn and strive to improve
• Build a diverse team while fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment
• Guide the team with technology decisions and best practices using their experience with a variety of development technologies and languages
• Facilitate the design, development, and delivery of secure, flexible, and scalable software
• Participate regularly in strategic planning discussions to provide insightful ideas on process improvements and challenges with ambiguous specifications
• Steer the team in troubleshooting production issues, ensuring there is proper test case coverage and leading to resolution of bugs in new and existing code
• Determine project scope, limitations, and capabilities and make project-specific recommendations to assist the engineering team with successful project completion
• Advocate for the right outcomes with data, conviction, and diplomacy

Benefits

• Fully covered medical, dental and vision coverage for all employees
• Flexible paid time off policy
• 401K or RRSP with a company match
• Competitive compensation packages that include mid-year and end-of-year bonuses and equity options for all full-time employees
• Health Wellness Program, including nutrition consultations, mental health apps, and access to discounted memberships
• Parental resources, including 16 weeks of paid time off for primary caregivers
• Professional development opportunities, including mentorships, leadership programs and AffiniPayU courses
• Matching Gift Program and organized activities focused on donations, volunteerism and supporting the local communities throughout the country
• D&I initiatives, providing educational opportunities regarding multicultural issues, tolerance, and celebrating diversity among staff