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As an Engineering Manager at ModernFi, you will play a pivotal role in building and scaling the technology that powers our platform for banks and credit unions nationwide. You’ll work directly with our leadership team to guide engineering execution, elevate technical rigor, and empower a world-class team of engineers. Your work will directly impact how financial institutions operate and serve their communities, strengthening the financial health of millions of Americans. We believe in hiring exceptional people and giving them the autonomy, ownership, and trust to build. You’ll collaborate with a deeply skilled team that values technical excellence, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning. This is a rare opportunity to shape the engineering culture, practices, and systems of a fast-growing fintech from the ground up. Your work at ModernFi matters. Our platform helps banks and credit unions better serve their communities and improve financial stability at scale. The systems you build will have an outsized impact on the U.S. financial ecosystem.
Job Responsibility:
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team, fostering growth, accountability, and technical excellence
Drive end-to-end delivery of high-impact engineering initiatives - from concept to architecture, implementation, testing, and launch
Partner closely with Product, business stakeholders, and leadership to define scope, align on priorities, and ensure ModernFi ships high-quality features quickly and reliably
Establish and continuously improve engineering best practices, tools, and processes for a rapidly scaling organization
Own all the code your team produces. Review all code and not be afraid to hop into it and help push things over the line. At this stage, we are all ICs regardless of title and do whatever it takes to move towards our goals.
Support hiring, onboarding, and leveling efforts to help build a diverse, exceptional engineering team
Ensure strong execution through clear goal-setting, effective sprint planning, and proactive risk mitigation
Maintain a high technical bar by participating in architecture discussions, reviewing code, and guiding engineers in solving complex technical problems
Collaborate cross-functionally to translate client feedback and business needs into scalable technical solutions
Promote a culture of extreme ownership, thoughtful iteration, and high accountability within the engineering organization
Contribute to long-term technical strategy, system design, and infrastructure decisions as we scale to serve increasingly sophisticated institutions
Requirements:
6+ years of professional software engineering experience
2+ years in an engineering leadership or tech lead role
Strong technical foundation - capable of diving deep into architecture, system design, and debugging across the stack
Experience scaling an Engineering org
Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity and guide engineers toward clear outcomes
Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment with evolving priorities
Strong communicator who can articulate technical concepts clearly across engineering, product, and leadership
High EQ, trustworthy, calm under pressure, and committed to developing others
Experience hiring, coaching, and conducting performance management in a high-expectation environment
Bias for action, strong ownership mentality, and passion for building mission-critical systems
Nice to have:
Interest in (or experience with) fintech, banking, financial systems, or highly regulated environments is a plus
Energized by life-changing work at an early-stage company and motivated to help shape ModernFi’s engineering culture