Senior Engineering Manager, Financial Platform
Leads the architecture and development of BuildOps’ integration and data platform, driving technical strategy, reliability, APIs, databases, and engineering standards across multiple teams. Requires 10+ years of software engineering experience and deep expertise in TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain an integration and data platform supporting external systems and integrations.
- Lead technical decisions across the stack, balancing performance, maintainability, scalability, and developer experience.
- Design and optimize APIs and service patterns for product experiences and third-party integrations.
- Improve database design, query performance, and data models for efficient storage and retrieval at scale.
- Drive observability and operational excellence through logging, monitoring, tracing, alerting, and performance analysis.
- Lead engineering-wide initiatives that improve customer experience, system performance, productivity, and knowledge sharing.
- Evaluate and introduce technologies, patterns, and tooling that improve engineering efficiency and platform quality.
- Define and reinforce testing practices with QA and engineering teams.
- Mentor engineers through technical design reviews, architecture discussions, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Influence multiple engineering groups through technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including modern JavaScript and TypeScript environments and leadership of large technical initiatives.
- Experience with workflows and data platforms, including data integrity, reconciliation, system quality, resilience, and reliability.
- Production experience with Node.js, GraphQL, RESTful services, PostgreSQL, and Temporal.
- Strong proficiency with SQL databases, including schema design and query optimization.
- Experience with event-driven systems, messaging infrastructure, and real-time data processing.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and modern cloud infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, or similar environments.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, automated testing, and scalable deployment practices.
- Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards through influence and execution.
- Excellent communication and technical writing skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience with large enterprise platforms, including ERP and CRM systems.
- Experience leading platformization, service architecture, API, financial, or accounting initiatives.
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $172,000–$229,000.
- Annual bonus and meaningful equity.
- Comprehensive benefits package and flexible PTO.
- Hybrid work schedules and a one-time work-from-home allowance.
- Company events, team-building activities, and growth opportunities.
Skills
JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, Rest, Postgres, Temporal, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, CI/CD, Automated Testing, Event-Driven Systems
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