NerdWallet · 3 months ago
Senior Manager, Software Engineering (SMB)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $366K/yr
8+ years expNerdWallet is on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions, and they are seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead multiple full-stack engineering teams for their SMB team. This role involves overseeing product design and delivery, driving innovation, and ensuring systems are scalable and reliable while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product management.
ConsumerFinancial ServicesInternetPersonal Finance
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a high-performing team of 12+ software engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and collaboration
Partner with Product and Senior Leadership, to develop a business strategy and long-term roadmap for an entire platform and product portfolio, balancing stability, maintenance, and strategic innovation
Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of complex, high-volume, and reliable systems that meet rigorous quality standards
Maintain and improve operational excellence (monitoring, SLAs, post-mortems, etc.)
Manage engineers career paths and performance through setting objectives, regular feedback, and technical mentorship, sharing best practices
Establish a robust, data-centric strategy for identifying, quantifying, and eliminating yield/efficiency detractors within the product's operational flows
Partner closely with Product Management to implement the necessary data infrastructure, pipelines, and tooling to capture granular operational metrics that directly inform yield
Drive the execution of engineering projects specifically aimed at increasing business yield (e.g., optimizing resource allocation, reducing transaction failure rates, improving throughput, lowering latency/cost) based on newly derived data insights
Translate complex business goals related to yield and efficiency into clear, executable technical requirements and engineering deliverables
Champion best practices in engineering, including code review, performance tuning, system reliability, and disaster recovery
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience within the software engineering industry, including as an IC and engineering manager with 5+ years managing engineers
Strong technical background and analytical abilities
Experience in developing commercially successful web applications, at scale, using Ruby on Rails. Others like React, Next.js, Astro, GraphQL, and modern JavaScript languages like TypeScript, are nice to have
Experience engaging in knowledgeable discussions about systems architecture, data flows, and data structures specifically a long standing ruby on rails application
Experience working in a fast paced company navigating ambiguity
Strong background in project management, with a proven track record of managing and delivering complex engineering projects at scale and on time
Past coding experience on consumer focused teams
Strong problem solving and decision making abilities
Strong organizational and time management skills
Preferred
Experience in Cloud based technologies like AWS
Experience in scrum and sprint processes
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Commitment to continuous learning and professional development
Benefits
Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision health care plans for employees and their dependents
Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + 11 holidays + 4 Mental Health Days Off
New Parent Leave for employees with a newborn child or a child placed with them for adoption or foster care
Mental health support
Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
Health and Dependent Care FSA and HSA Plan with monthly NerdWallet contribution
Monthly Wellness Stipend, Cell Phone Stipend, and Wifi Stipend
Work from home equipment stipend and co-working space subsidy
401K with company match
Disability and Life Insurance with employer-paid premiums
Company
NerdWallet
NerdWallet develops a financial platform to help people find the right credit cards and mortgage rates.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$105MKey Investors
Camelot Financial Capital ManagementIVPSilicon Valley Bank
2021-11-04IPO
2021-05-21Secondary Market
2021-05-07Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Tim Chen
CEO
Hanah Cho
Vice President, Content
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