Engineering Manager

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team within the core platform group
• Own end-to-end product and platform delivery, ensuring timely and high-quality execution
• Collaborate with product, design, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Drive system design, architecture decisions, and best engineering practices
• Review code, enforce coding standards, and promote clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Proactively identify risks, performance bottlenecks, and production issues, and drive their resolution
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement within the team
  

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with experience in technical leadership or people management roles
• Strong foundation in object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms, with an understanding of design trade-offs
• Proven hands-on expertise in Java and the Spring / Spring Boot framework
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience working in fast-paced product companies or internet-scale environments
  

Desired Attributes

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• A quality-first mindset with a passion for building robust, production-ready systems
• High sense of ownership, strong work ethic, and ability to lead by example
• Comfort working in ambiguous environments and building systems from scratch
  

What This Role Offers

• Opportunity to be part of the core engineering leadership team building a product from the ground up
• Hands-on involvement in shaping a scalable fintech platform and engineering culture
• Exposure to modern technologies and complex integrations across the fintech ecosystem
• A high-impact role with the ability to influence technical direction and team growth
  

Skills

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Engineering Leadership
• System Design
• Team Management