Cardless

Cardless

Engineering Manager

San Francisco · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$230k-$300kDetected 106 days ago
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About the role

  • We power programs for names like Coinbase, Bilt, Qatar Airways, and Alibaba - real products, real cardholders, real transaction volume.
  • WHY CARDLESS You'll join a collaborative, fast-moving team that values craftsmanship, curiosity, and impact.
  • LOCATION We're headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with a beautiful new office in the Jackson Square district.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team working at the intersection of payments, money movement, and financial infrastructure.
  • Be a hands-on technical partner: go deep on system design and complex technical decisions when it matters, while also stepping back to implement frameworks and processes that help the team operate autonomously at scale.
  • Partner closely with the Head of Engineering on hiring strategy, technical roadmap, and organizational planning.
  • Work directly with external partners, compliance, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex requirements into reliable, high-quality systems.
  • Bring clarity to ambiguous situations - define the right problems, set technical standards, and build a team that can move fast without breaking things that matter.
  • Champion the thoughtful use of AI tooling across the team - from developer productivity to how we design and build systems - and help set the standard for how engineering at Cardless evolves alongside these tools.
  • Several years of engineering management experience, ideally leading backend teams building complex, high-scale systems.
  • Experience in fintech, payments, credit or debit card infrastructure, or money movement. You understand the compliance and regulatory realities of building in this space.
  • Strong cross-functional instincts. You're comfortable navigating ambiguity alongside product, compliance, operations, and external partners.
  • Excitement about how AI is reshaping software development and a track record of putting these tools to work - whether for developer productivity, system design, or building smarter products.

Nice to have

  • Experience in fintech, payments, credit or debit card infrastructure, or money movement.
  • A track record of scaling teams as well as systems - you've grown people, defined processes, and built cultures that ship.
  • Strong cross-functional instincts.
  • High standards and a commitment to quality - in code, in communication, and in outcomes.

Compensation

  • This role has an annual starting salary range of $230,000-$300,000 + equity + benefits (see above).
  • Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, and specific work location.

Benefits

  • We're proud to offer our team excellent benefits:
  • 💸 Meaningful start-up equity
  • 🏥 100% health, vision & dental primary coverage
  • ➕ 75% health, vision & dental dependent coverage
  • 🚎 $250/month commuter benefit
  • 👶 Parental leave
  • 🌴 Flexible PTO with a minimum of 15 days off per year
  • This role has an annual starting salary range of $230,000-$300,000 + equity + benefits (see above).
  • Own the technical health, execution, and culture of your team - from sprint planning to architectural direction.

Company info

  • We're building the platform that powers the next generation of credit card programs - and we're just getting started.
  • At Cardless, we're building a credit card and loyalty platform that consumer businesses use to engage their customers.
  • Our north star is to become the platform that powers the next generation of credit card programs globally: deeper integrations with partners, higher reliability at scale, and a platform that lets any consumer business launch and operate a card program without needing to build the infrastructure themselves.
  • We're looking for an engineering manager to lead one of our product engineering teams.
  • you'll help shape not just the team, but how we build at Cardless as we scale toward that goal.
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