Senior Manager, Engineering

1 month, 1 week ago
Part-time
Lead
Software Development
Very Good Security

Very Good Security

VGS is the global leader in payment tokenization, providing security and compliance infrastructure for banks, fintechs, and merchants to manage payment data complexities and accelerate PCI, SOC2, and more compliances.

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2015
$45M raised

Description

  • Lead an autonomous team of 8–10 engineers delivering backend payment services.
  • Oversee the full lifecycle of services using AI-augmented development workflows.
  • Partner with Product Management to define the roadmap and prioritize security, performance, and scalability.
  • Hire, coach, and mentor engineers while building a strong engineering culture.
  • Collaborate with the CTO and tech leads on architecture and design decisions.
  • Manage incidents, vulnerabilities, defects, and other unplanned operational work.
  • Work with adjacent engineering, infrastructure, shared services, and security teams to remove dependencies and support production delivery.
  • Promote rigorous testing, automation, and code review practices.
  • Drive continuous improvement in people, process, and technology.
  • Lead in alignment with company leadership principles and act as an owner for team outcomes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, Technical Lead, Team Lead, or Architect in an enterprise or high-growth SaaS environment.
  • Strong command of Agile, DevOps, and SRE practices adapted for AI-integrated development.
  • Deep experience managing a mesh of Java microservices.
  • Strong understanding of API fundamentals, event-driven architectures, SQS/Kafka, SQL/NoSQL databases, and enterprise data platforms.
  • Experience with container orchestration, preferably Kubernetes.
  • Experience with a modern SaaS toolchain in a public cloud environment, preferably AWS.
  • Experience defining and maintaining SLAs/SLOs and using modern observability tools.
  • Experience operating within regulated compliance frameworks such as SOC2, PCI-DSS, and ISO27001.
  • A management style centered on leading from the front, humility, and empowering team ownership.
  • US-only hiring eligibility for one of the listed states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, or Washington.

Benefits

  • $180,000–$220,000 annual salary.
  • Flexible work hours and flexible PTO.
  • Competitive health benefits.
  • VGS stock options.
  • 401(k) with 4% employer match and immediate vesting for US employees.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Pre-tax FSA options, including dependent care and healthcare FSA for US employees.
  • Global parental leave program.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Home internet reimbursement.
  • New hire home office setup allowance.
  • Professional learning reimbursement.
  • Remote-first work model with hybrid scheduling for employees near an office location.

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