Vestwell

Vestwell

Manager, Software Engineer (AI)

New York, NY | Austin, TX · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$195k-$205kDetected 115 days ago
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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role80
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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Level IV · 4×
Level I$95,8881 entry
Level II$119,6422 entries
Level III$143,3953 entries
Level IV$167,1494 entries

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DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

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About the role

  • Vestwell is the financial technology company powering the new savings economy.
  • Today, Vestwell enables over 350,000 businesses and over 2M active savers, with over $50B in assets saved across all 50 states.
  • To learn more, visit vestwell.com Who Are We Looking For?

Responsibilities

  • Drive engineering execution by establishing priorities, managing delivery, and ensuring predictable, high-quality outcomes.
  • Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, Security, and business stakeholders to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions.
  • Architect, build, and oversee the delivery of production-grade AI services with a focus on reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence.
  • Establish engineering best practices for software development, testing, deployment, code quality, and operational support.
  • Recruit, coach, and develop engineering talent while helping shape the long-term growth of the AI Engineering organization.
  • The Engineering team is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our AI Engineering organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 3+ years leading engineering teams.
  • Experience leading engineering teams responsible for AI/ML-enabled products or platforms.
  • Experience integrating AI services using leading LLM providers and modern AI frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or similar technologies.
  • Experience designing cloud-native applications using AWS, Docker, and modern deployment and CI/CD practices.
  • Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including testing, observability, security, code review, and operational excellence.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience working in Agile development environments using tools such as GitHub, Jira, and Jenkins (or equivalent).
  • Experience in financial technology or regulated industries.
  • Experience leading engineering organizations through rapid growth or organizational change.

Nice to have

  • Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and distributed application architectures.

Compensation

  • The expected base salary range for this position is $195K - $205K base.

Benefits

  • At Vestwell, we prioritize employee wellbeing through comprehensive health benefits, generous time off, and a dedicated Employee Wellbeing Committee.
  • Our platform redefines how people save for the critical aspects of life across retirement, education, and healthcare savings needs.

Company info

  • Our Culture We take a modern Agile approach to development, trusting cross-functional squads to make bottom up decisions in terms of roadmap prioritization, technical choices, and day-to-day processes.
  • This role will be based in our New York office, and will be part of Vestwell's hybrid in-office operation.
  • And, of course, as a company focused on helping people save for the future, we offer a competitive 401(k) plan.
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