Engineering Manager

September 17

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NerdWallet

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NerdWallet is on a mission to help provide clarity for consumers and SMBs so they can make financial decisions with confidence. We work hard to cultivate an award-winning culture in which our Nerds can realize this mission, and we pride ourselves on the programs we’ve created to positively impact the lives of our consumers, our Nerds, and our wider world.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2009

💰 Secondary Market on 2021-05

📋 Description

• Lead and manage team delivery in partnership with the Head of Product Management, ensuring execution excellence and alignment with business goals. • Provide technical leadership that promotes scalability, performance, security, and innovation across our systems and architecture. • Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of trust, ownership, and continuous learning ensuring performance management is a focus when needed. • Support career development through coaching, feedback, and tailored growth plans, helping engineers thrive in their roles. • Set clear direction in ambiguous problem spaces, balancing long-term vision with day-to-day operational priorities including architectural decisions, code reviews & system design discussions. • Be a sounding board for engineers on technical challenges, not necessarily the top coder, but a respected technical leader. • Own the reliability, uptime, and evolution of our infrastructure and applications, maintaining high standards of system health and performance. • Contribute to and challenge technical and architectural decisions, empowering engineers to lead and take ownership. • Evolve and uphold engineering standards, best practices, and development processes, ensuring consistent, high-quality outcomes. • Stay engaged with emerging technologies and industry trends to identify new opportunities for innovation. • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects, with a focus on timely, high-quality outcomes. • Continuously improve how we work by refining our development processes, tooling, and collaboration methods. • Monitor and leverage key engineering metrics to drive performance, efficiency, and team growth.

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years in a software engineering role, with at least 5+ years managing engineering teams. • Experience growing and leading small teams in fast-moving, product-led companies. • Proven ability to drive engineering execution while maintaining technical excellence. • Background in shipping successful consumer web products at scale. • Strong experience with modern web frameworks and languages, including React, C#/.NET, PHP, and HTML/CSS. • Experience working with AWS or equivalent. • Experience working with Ruby & SQL is a bonus. • Familiarity with modern web architectures & scaleable backend systems. • Ability to engage deeply in technical conversations across systems, data structures, and architecture. • Past experience as an individual contributor (IC). • Skilled in project management, prioritisation, and stakeholder alignment. • Excellent communication, decision-making, and time-management skills. • Must be UK based (role will be remote UK based candidates only).

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous Pension: NerdWallet offers up to 6% matched pension contribution • Paid Time Off (PTO): You will be granted twenty-five (25) days of paid time off, not including public holidays • Wellness stipend: NerdWallet gives every employee a monthly wellness stipend. It is yours to use however you’d like • Wifi stipend: NerdWallet gives every remote employee a monthly Wifi stipend • Flexible, inclusive, and candid culture supporting remote or in-office work • Investments in well-being, development, and ability to make an impact