Software Engineering Manager

About the role

At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 1 million clients on their path to a brighter future.

While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

- Own technical direction and backend architecture for supporting creditor negotiations

- Prototype new architecture and patterns, and lead the technical projects that strengthen the platform

- Regularly code review and demonstrate technical leadership over the systems well enough to give good guidance on designs and tradeoffs

- Partner with product management, QA and SDETs, and other engineering teams to plan, prioritize, and deliver the pod's roadmap

- Weigh in on the feasibility, cost, and risk of product decisions, and giving alternatives when there's a better path

- Lead a high-performing team: mentor engineers, staff them on projects that deliver results while growing their skills, and keep the engineering bar high

- Set and model best practices for code quality, testing, reliability, and scalability, with particular care for data integrity across external integrations and sensitive financial data

What We Look For

- 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams

- 5+ years of experience building and deploying scalable applications in the cloud

- Experience with Ruby on Rails.

- Expertise in scoping large projects and initiatives into small iterations for release

- Clear and efficient communication skills

- Mentorship skills and the ability to give well-crafted constructive feedback

- Experience in a startup environment is not required but preferred

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The base annual salary range is listed below. This role is eligible for additional incentives, including an annual bonus.

Base Salary Range

$170,000—$210,000 USD

Why Join Us?

While you make a difference for others, we’ll work to make a difference for you, providing an uplifting, collaborative work environment and benefits that reflect your value to us. For eligible full-time employees, we offer:

- Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs

- Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave

- 401(k) matching program

- Merit advancement opportunities

- Career development & training