Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Alkami Technology is a digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions, seeking an Engineering Manager for Partnerships. This role involves leading a team focused on delivering integrations and infrastructure that connect financial institutions, while also mentoring engineers and ensuring technical excellence.
Responsibilities
- Manage, mentor, and grow a team of full-stack and backend engineers across multiple product verticals
- Run effective sprint ceremonies, backlog grooming, and planning rituals to keep the team moving with clarity and focus
- Partner with Product to shape the roadmap, prioritize trade-offs, and define scope for quarterly planning
- Champion engineering quality through code review culture, test coverage standards, and thoughtful incident retrospectives
- Identify and remove blockers, resolve ambiguity, and shield the team from noise so they can do their best work
- Drive delivery across a broad set of domains, including: Digital Self-Service Platform (DSSP) and the My Applications Hub integration with Alkami Online Banking, KYC & Identity Verification via Alloy, Effectiv, Socure, and AI-assisted decisioning, SSO & Authentication across SAML, OIDC, and enrollment integrations with partners, Online/Mobile Banking (OMB) configuration tooling and business enrollment flows, Public API Platform including CRUD endpoints, webhook support, and partner-facing documentation, Funding & ACH infrastructure including file generation, alerting, and self-service configuration, Third-Party Integrations with Plaid, Atomic, Segmint, BioCatch, and others
- Hold the bar on system reliability, scalability, and security — especially for customer-facing and regulatory-adjacent workflows
- Guide technical decision-making on architecture, platform migrations, and strategic spikes
- Serve as the primary engineering point of contact for escalated customer issues, working with Implementation Managers and Customer Success to triage and resolve with urgency
- Collaborate with the Alkami Better Together initiative to align platform investments with joint go-to-market priorities
- Represent engineering perspective in cross-team planning, providing realistic estimates and risk assessments
Skills
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong hands-on technical foundation
- 2+ years of experience in a technology leadership role with a track record of building and leading strong teams
- Strong experience with modern software engineering across areas such as TypeScript, Node.js, Python, API development, event-driven systems, and relational databases such as Postgres
- Strong system design and architecture skills, with the ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly and guide teams through ambiguous problems
- Experience building backend services and APIs, with a solid understanding of REST APIs and microservice-style architectures
- A leadership style centered on raising the bar through code reviews, technical coaching, and thoughtful collaboration
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn product asks into clear technical plans and align stakeholders around execution
- Comfort operating in an evolving environment where priorities can shift and the best leaders stay calm, adaptable, and execution-focused
Benefits
- Remote-first environment
- Unlimited paid time off
- 401(k) with employer match
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