Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Payward, the parent company behind Kraken and other financial technology platforms, builds modern infrastructure for an open, global financial system. The Engineering Manager will lead and develop a team delivering AI-driven growth systems, platforms, and tools while remaining hands-on in writing production-grade code and partnering with Product, Design, and engineering leaders.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and support a cross-functional team of engineers delivering growth-critical systems and features
- Collaborate daily with Product and Design to define scope, set priorities, and ensure seamless execution
- Keep projects moving forward - maintaining clear expectations, realistic estimates, and transparent communication with stakeholders
- Provide technical guidance and context to help engineers make sound architectural and implementation decisions
- Foster a culture of accountability, trust, and learning - helping the team grow their impact and autonomy
- Improve team processes, communication, and collaboration across time zones
- Partner with other engineering leaders to ensure consistency and best practices across the broader Growth organization
- Leverage AI tooling daily to boost personal and team productivity
- Stay hands-on in the codebase, writing production-grade code and setting the bar for quality, reliability, and speed
Skills
- Experience leading engineering teams and delivering high-quality results in a collaborative environment
- Strong people leadership skills - you invest in coaching, clarity, and empowerment
- Solid technical foundation, especially on the backend; you can engage in design discussions, code reviews, and help engineers make pragmatic decisions
- Strong individual contributor background - you write production-grade code and lead by example
- High proficiency in modern AI-driven development - you use AI daily to boost personal and team performance through automation
- Familiarity with one or more modern programming languages (e.g. TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, or similar)
- A product mindset - you care about how your team's work impacts users and moves key metrics
- Clear communication and organizational skills, with the ability to align engineering efforts with business goals
- Experience working in distributed, remote-first teams
- Experience with analytics, performance/paid marketing, experimentation, or growth tooling
- Background in developer experience, SDKs, or internal platforms
- Exposure to scaling teams or processes during high-growth phases
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