Senior Manager, Software Engineering

As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks.

We're fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We're growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

POSITION SUMMARY

We're on a mission to reinvent the financial system and make it work for people. We are looking for a Senior-level manager and an experienced professional to lead an engineering team. As a hands-on Manager for one of our critical teams, you will have the unique opportunity to contribute to the design and development of some of our early-stage, innovative products. You will work with your cross-functional partners and team to shape the direction of these products and help make them significant drivers for the company. 

This position will be a hybrid role based in our Bengaluru office, with 2 days on-site as part of our expanding site. EarnIn provides excellent benefits for our employees, including healthcare, internet/cell phone reimbursement, a learning and development stipend, and potential opportunities to travel to our Palo Alto HQ. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Be a strong partner to the product and other engineering teams, driving improvements in business metrics and building new features.e.
• Drive the design and implementation of new product areas and features. Break complex problems down to their bare essentials, translate that complexity into elegant design, and create high-quality, maintainable code.
• Guide your team through ambiguity and ensure technical excellence through rapid experimentation cycles. 
• Guide your team to strong execution—make pragmatic decisions, help them launch MVPs quickly, and iterate based on feedback.
• Lead team through frequent pivots and evolving priorities in a fast-changing environment.
• Recruit other great engineers for the team and support recruiting efforts, as expected for standard manager responsibilities 
• Be a mentor and coach for the engineers on your team. Help them advance their careers by enabling them to do their best work.
• Manage cross-functional relationships with all teams to deliver high-quality products.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years of experience leading teams as a manager. 
• You're just as energized diving into architecture, writing clean, scalable code, and solving challenging technical problems as you are mentoring engineers, shaping team culture, and driving delivery. You know when to roll up your sleeves and when to empower others—and you're equally excited to do both.
• You can work comfortably with a cross-functional team of PMs, Analysts, and mobile and back-end-focused engineers.
• You have led a team that consistently delivered high-quality output on critical infrastructure projects.
• You are a creative, tenacious problem solver with a get-it-done attitude
• You tend to be the standard bearer who takes a great deal of pride in your work and can inspire others to rise to the occasion
• You can create and maintain a positive, healthy team environment in which everyone is supported, encouraged, and meaningfully challenged to do great work
• Experience in fintech or payments is a plus.
• Experience leading the design, implementation, and deployment of high-scale cross-functional payments systems.
• Familiarity with payment processors or internal financial systems is a plus.

At EarnIn, we believe that the best way to build a financial system that works for everyday people is by hiring a team that represents our diverse community. Our team is diverse not only in background and experience but also in perspective. We celebrate our diversity and strive to create a culture of belonging. EarnIn does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. EarnIn is an E-Verify participant. 

EarnIn does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or HR team.