About the job

The Self Financial Engineering team is looking for an experienced technology manager to join our team and provide strong leadership for teams of software engineers in a dynamic and rapidly growing organization. We are searching for a results-oriented technology leader with a strong track record of building and nurturing engineering teams that delivery critical business value efficiently, predictably, and with high quality. 

As an Engineering Manager at Self, you will provide hands-on leadership to a talented group of engineers working to evolve and modernize our suite of software technologies and solutions in order to provide best in class experiences for our customers that scale along with a quickly growing business. You will also be instrumental in attracting talent and building our engineering organization as we continue to grow at a rapid pace.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience as a technology leader and people manager in a fast-paced, agile environment together with a track record of recruiting, hiring, and sustaining high-performing teams. Candidates must be capable of partnering effectively with multiple business stakeholders, product, operations and technology leaders to organize and drive the full technology lifecycle, from ideation to execution, delivery and maintenance. The role requires a deep understanding of software and financial industry trends as well as a firm grasp of agile team management, processes, and techniques. 

This position reports directly to the Self’s Vice President of Engineering.

Responsibilities

As part of this role you will: 

• Manage 1-2 critical engineering delivery teams, ensuring they deliver and maintain essential enterprise business capabilities for Self with high levels of predictability and quality.
• Work in a secure financial environment to build our engineering culture and brand.
• Collaborate closely with development leads, architects, product managers, operations team, and other stakeholders to help refine, prioritize, and manage your team(s') backlog(s).
• Identify, address or escalate emerging challenges early and with open and transparent communication.
• Support your team(s) and help them to balance the pressures of a fast-paced environment with the need for predictable and high quality results.
• Mentor, coach, guide and cultivate the careers of engineering staff.
• Help ensure that Self remains a top place to work, and a magnet for top engineering talent, as we grow and scale.

Skills & Requirements

• At least 2 years of direct people management experience in a technology-focused organization.
• Strong results and customer focus, with a passion for delivering business value.
• Refined communication skills, with the ability to lead and moderate discussions with reports, peers, and partners, build consensus and drive decision making.
• Experience with agile software development processes and practices, with a demonstrated ability to manage teams and coordinate with stakeholders in an agile technology environment.
• The ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with executive-level stakeholders.
• The ability to absorb, understand, and communicate the technical characteristics of the platforms and systems developed and maintained by your teams as well as the associated impacts on and/or risks to the business.
• The ability to identify, attract and recruit top engineering talent.
• Nice to have: Deep domain experience in the financial industry or other highly-regulated industry.

Why Self?

There are approximately 100 million people in the US who have low credit scores or who have no access to credit at all. Sadly, they have few options. Most banks and financial institutions don’t make any material effort to address this situation because it’s not profitable for them to do so. Poor credit or a lack of credit history can create major barriers to renting an apartment or getting certain jobs, let alone buying a car or house. Even if you can get a loan, with a low credit score you’re very likely to pay much more in interest and fees over the life of that loan.

Self Financial, Inc. is a venture-backed, financial services startup based in Austin, TX. Our mission is to address this inequity by helping millions of traditionally-underserved people build credit and save money on their journey toward financial security.

In addition to our positive mission, we also foster an open, welcoming, and fun culture, and take pride in being one of Austin’s best places to work.

Benefits and perks include:

• Stock options
• Quarterly bonuses
• Generous employer-paid health, vision and dental insurance coverage
• Flexible vacation policy
• Educational assistance
• Free Gym membership
• Casual dress code
• Team happy hours and events
• Remote work arrangements/ Flexible work schedule (due to the pandemic)
• Monthly $100 COVID stipend for full time employees through 12/2021