Engineering Manager

It’s time that payments work for merchants, not the other way around. Ansa is building a branded wallet solution to increase customer retention and unlock new growth opportunities.

Ansa helps innovative and growing companies by providing an enterprise-grade, white-label stored value wallet platform paired with incentive tooling. Our platform enables our customers to turn stored value and loyalty programs into a powerful growth engine that increases customer retention, drives repeat purchases, and boosts margins, all without the cost and complexity of building it in-house.

We’re seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead our growing engineering team, build and scale high-availability payment infrastructure, and champion our core values. You’ll work hand in hand with our founder and CEO to define and shape our product roadmap, define and champion engineering excellence, and grow our organization! 

What you will be doing?

• Lead a first-class engineering team, proactively identifying and addressing gaps as we scale.
• Foster a supportive, collaborative, high-performance in-person culture.
• Collaborate with leadership to set the direction for the broader eng team, balancing strategic and company scaling challenges with thoughtful long-term product & infra planning.
• Own and expand recruiting efforts while maintaining a high technical bar.
• Build diverse, inclusive teams and help team members grow through coaching, mentoring, and direct feedback.
• Serve as a sounding board for architectural and strategic technical decisions.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the engineering team, unblocking progress.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to rapidly innovate and execute company priorities and maintain efficiency.

About you

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in leading and scaling engineering teams during periods of high growth in early/mid-stage startups.
• Have a proven track record in attracting, hiring, and nurturing top engineering talent, with 2+ years in people-management roles.
• Possess deep knowledge of modern software development practices, architecture, and infrastructure, with a background in building and scaling complex, high-availability systems.
• Can drive technical strategy and make informed decisions that balance immediate needs with future goals.
• Demonstrate profound thoughtfulness around engineering culture, process, and identity.
• Possess a clear and engaging communication style with a track record of navigating ambiguity, managing stakeholders, and building positive relationships across a broad, diverse organization.
• Based in the SF Bay Area (or willing to relocate).

Nice to haves 

• Solid understanding of payments technology - payment acquiring, processing, and schemes; mobile, online, and offline payment platforms, models, and flows.
• Experience working within fintech.

Our culture

We’re a small team with a big mission. That means we have to hold ourselves to a high bar, by design. With limited resources and high ambition, excellence in quality, communication, and ownership, ambition isn’t optional - it’s how we move forward.

• Ownership - if you see it, you take it. We don’t wait to be told.
• Nosiness - curiosity across boundaries, asking questions, stepping beyond scope to solve problems.
• High agency - proactive and self-directed. You move the work, not the other way around.
• Accountability - we do what we say, and communicate proactively
• Relentless drive - we work with focused intensity and follow through, even when it’s hard.
• Thoughtful execution - shipping work that’s not just fast, but intentional. Think about how decisions today will affect us down the road.
• Pride in your craft - we sweat the details and take our work personally, because it reflects who we are.
• Kindness and trust - we give each other respect, empathy, and the benefit of the doubt. We assume good intent and act like teammates.

Benefits

• Stellar health, dental, vision insurance coverage, including fertility benefits and One Medical.
• Unlimited PTO and observed local holidays.
• We also offer 401(k), healthcare FSA, and dependent care FSA to fit your needs.