Software Engineering Manager

The Role

An Engineering Manager in our Lending team will be a core technical and people leader, responsible for overseeing the design and delivery of the systems our client banks use to originate, assess, and service loans from application and decisioning through to repayments, redraw, and arrears.

Lending sits at the intersection of complex product mechanics, real customer money, and a demanding regulatory environment. You'll be accountable for building software that is correct by design, auditable, and resilient, while fostering a thriving and motivated engineering team.

You'll champion the career advancement of your engineers through regular feedback and mentorship. You'll spearhead the team's technical direction, ensuring that projects are not only aligned with company objectives but also adhere to the highest standards of quality, timely delivery, and best practices.

Who You Are

• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience building large-scale SaaS solutions
• Comfortable owning systems where accuracy, traceability, and auditability are non-negotiable
• Strong teamwork skills that foster productive relationships, adding to the company culture
• Effectively handle complex problems and manage reactive programming

What You'll Do

• Career development of software engineers in your team / assist in hiring, onboarding, and training new engineers
• Set and maintain standards for engineering teams, advocate for code quality and create a culture of continuous improvement
• Lead the technical strategy for our lending platform - provide technical direction, architectural decisions and oversight of how and when features will be implemented
• Own the correctness and reliability of lending calculations, decisioning logic, and loan lifecycle events, where errors have direct financial and regulatory consequences
• Work with product managers and principal engineers to guide the lending roadmap and ensure alignment with company goals and best practices
• Partner with our risk, compliance, and operations teams to build controls and evidence into the platform rather than bolting them on
• Responsible for technical project delivery, ensuring features are completed on time and within scope

Who You Are

• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers
• Strong technical background with hands-on experience building large-scale SaaS solutions
• Comfortable owning systems where accuracy, traceability, and auditability are non-negotiable
• Strong teamwork skills that foster productive relationships, adding to the company culture
• Effectively handle complex problems and manage reactive programming
• Nice to have - experience with lending, mortgages, or credit products origination, decisioning, servicing, or collections