# Senior Engineering Manager

> Raydar · United States (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-15

**Salary:** USD 200,000–260,000

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Manage a backend engineering group while staying close to the technical work, splitting time between coaching people and shaping system design. Set the direction for server-side services and work with colleagues in product, data, infrastructure and front-end functions.

What you'll do

\- Lead, coach and grow a group of backend engineers.

\- Run planning, prioritization and delivery with a focus on dependable, scalable systems.

\- Set the technical direction for backend services and interfaces so they remain secure, fast and easy to maintain.

\- Turn product needs into sound backend designs alongside product and front-end partners.

\- Work with data scientists to deploy models and connect decisioning logic into services and workflows.

\- Partner with infrastructure engineers on reliability, monitoring and developer tooling.

\- Guide architecture choices and the long-term evolution of the platform.

\- Set expectations for code quality, testing and operational discipline.

\- Take part in incident response and make sure services meet agreed performance commitments.

\- Recruit, mentor and develop engineers while keeping hiring standards high.

\- Encourage a culture of ownership, accountability and steady improvement.

\- Step in on code and technical problem-solving when the team needs it.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- A strong engineering background with hands-on experience building customer-facing, API-based business software at scale.

\- Capacity to lead a large team that includes senior technical staff, spending about half your time on people management and half on technical work such as reviews and design.

\- Several years of experience as an engineering manager for backend or platform teams, including setting strategy and roadmaps.

\- A record of taking on difficult problems and growing teams and systems in early-stage or scaling companies.

\- Excellent communication, with the ability to discuss technical topics in depth and explain them plainly to non-technical colleagues.

\- A steady career history, with roles typically lasting around 2.5 years or longer.

\- Comfort with Golang or Python and a relational database such as PostgreSQL.

Bonus points

\- Experience in companies where data is the main offering.

\- Background in financial technology.

\- Exposure to security or fraud prevention products.

\- Prior experience as a founder or senior technology leader in a small organization.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 260,000 per year

\- Equity

\- Health insurance for you and your dependents

\- Retirement plan with employer match

\- Flexible paid time off

Location and work model

\- Remote (US)

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/CC793C0855/apply)

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