Manager, Software Engineering

At MX, we re building products that make a real impact. MX helps financial institutions, fintechs, and businesses understand and do more with financial data. We improve business and consumer outcomes by helping businesses to reliably connect and verify data, add context to financial data, surface insights that drive growth, gain customer intelligence, and deliver personalized money experiences to improve customer engagement and retention.

Our mission is to Empower the World to be Financially Strong. We value innovation, ownership, and craftsmanship, and we believe that great technology is built by great teams.

We re looking for a Full Stack Technical Manager who can lead and grow a team of engineers while staying hands-on with Ruby on Rails and React. This role is perfect for someone who loves building products, solving hard problems, and mentoring engineers to do their best work.

As a Full Stack Technical Engineering Manager, you ll:

• Lead, inspire, and grow a team of talented engineers.

• Take technical ownership of core systems built on Ruby on Rails and React.

• Collaborate with product, design, client facing teams and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality features on time.

• Shape engineering practices, team culture, and long-term architecture decisions.

You will balance hands-on engineering with strategic leadership , helping the team build reliable, maintainable, and scalable solutions while fostering a culture of excellence.

Technical Leadership

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, maintainable systems using Ruby on Rails and React.

• Review and guide code, ensuring high standards for quality, performance, and security.

• Drive best practices around testing, CI/CD, deployment, and monitoring.

• Make technical decisions with trade-offs between speed, quality, and maintainability.

• Stay up-to-date with modern technologies, frameworks, and industry trends, and introduce innovative solutions.

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and coach engineers at all levels.

• Conduct performance reviews, identify growth opportunities, and support career progression.

• Build a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture.

• Help the team navigate challenges, resolve conflicts, and celebrate successes.

Product & Delivery

• Collaborate closely with product and design to define priorities, scope, and delivery plans.

• Break down complex problems into actionable technical solutions.

• Ensure features are delivered on time without compromising quality.

• Participate in planning, estimation, and sprint retrospectives.

• Monitor metrics like performance, uptime, and user satisfaction to ensure product quality

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Identify bottlenecks in engineering processes and implement improvements.

• Promote a culture of knowledge sharing, documentation, and cross-team collaboration.

• Encourage experimentation, learning, and iterative improvement

• Backend: Deep experience with Ruby on Rails, including APIs, background jobs , and database design, with a solid understanding of object oriented programming principles.

• Frontend: Strong experience with React, including hooks, state management, routing, and component architecture.

• Databases & Storage: PostgreSQL, MySQL, caching strategies (Redis, Memcached).

• Architecture: REST APIs, GraphQL, microservices, and event-driven systems.

• Cloud & DevOps: Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure; containerization with Docker/Kubernetes; CI/CD pipelines.

• Testing & Quality: Unit testing, integration testing, test-driven development (TDD), automated testing frameworks

• An overall experience of 12+ years of engineering with a proven experience leading and growing engineering teams at a leadership role (5+ years preferred).

• Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and prioritization skills.

• Ability to create a safe environment for experimentation, learning, and feedback.

• Passion for mentoring, coaching, and building high-performing teams

• Experience in high-growth startups or fast-moving product environments.

• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and incident response practices.

• Experience in agile methodologies and working in cross-functional teams.

• Knowledge of modern frontend tooling and styling frameworks

Work Environment

In this role, a significant aspect of the job involves working in the office for a standard 40-hour workweek. We believe that the collaborative nature of our work and the face-to-face interactions among team members are essential for fostering a dynamic and productive work environment. Being present in the office enables seamless communication, facilitates quick decision-making, and encourages spontaneous collaboration that contributes to the overall success of our projects. We value the synergy that comes from having our team members physically together, allowing for immediate problem-solving, idea exchange, and team building.

Compensation

The expected earnings for this role could be comprised of a base salary and other forms of cash compensation, such as bonus or commissions as applicable.

This pay range is just one component of MX s total rewards package. MX takes a number of factors into account when determining individual starting pay, including job and level they are hired into, location, skillset, peer compensation.

**Please note applicants applying for this position must have the legal right to work in India without the need for sponsorship. We are unable to provide work sponsorship for this role, and candidates should be able to verify their eligibility to work in the country independently. Proof of eligibility to work in India will be required as part of the hiring process.