Cardless
Engineering Manager
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specified$230k-$300kDetected 38 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.
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.
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
- Own the technical health, execution, and culture of your team - from sprint planning to architectural direction.
Company info
- We're looking for kind, humble people with high standards and low egos.
- We're looking for someone who's genuinely excited to be there alongside the team.
- At Cardless, we're building a credit card and loyalty platform that consumer businesses use to engage their customers.
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