Manager, Software Engineering
EarnIn is hiring a hands-on engineering manager in Bengaluru to lead a full-stack team (backend and mobile) building core services for its earned wage access products. The role blends architecture and coding with mentoring, hiring, and delivery in a fintech environment using C#/.NET, Kotlin, Python, AWS, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bengaluru, India
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering
- 2+ years of experience leading a smaller team as a manager
- Hands-on: diving into architecture, writing clean scalable code, and mentoring engineers
- Comfortable working with a cross-functional team of PMs, Analysts, and mobile and back-end engineers
- Has led a team that consistently delivered high-quality output on critical infrastructure projects
- Creative, tenacious problem solver with a get-it-done attitude
- Can create and maintain a positive, healthy team environment
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT) in the development workflow
- Experience leading design, implementation, and deployment of high-scale cross-functional payments systems
Nice to have
- Tech skills: C#, .NET/.NET Core, Kotlin, Python, SQL, Databricks, AWS, REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, Kafka, CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, cloud-native development
- Experience in fintech
Full description
About EarnIn
As one of the first pioneers of earned wage access, our passion at EarnIn is building products that deliver real-time financial flexibility for those with the unique needs of living paycheck to paycheck. Our community members access their earnings as they earn them, with options to spend, save, and grow their money without mandatory fees, interest rates, or credit checks.
We’re fortunate to have an incredibly experienced leadership team, combined with world-class funding partners like A16Z, Matrix Partners, DST, Ribbit Capital, and a very healthy core business with a tremendous runway. We’re growing fast and are excited to continue bringing world-class talent onboard to help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.
POSITION SUMMARY
We're on a mission to reinvent the financial system and make it work for people. We are looking for an experienced professional to lead a full-stack engineering team comprising backend and mobile engineers. As a hands-on Manager for one of our core services teams, you will have the unique opportunity to contribute to the design and development of some of our early-stage, innovative products. You will work with your cross-functional partners and team to shape the direction of these products and help make them significant drivers for the company.
This position is a hybrid role based in our Bengaluru office, with 2 days a week in the office as part of our expanding site. EarnIn provides excellent benefits for our employees, including healthcare, internet/cell phone reimbursement, a learning and development stipend, and potential opportunities to travel to our Mountain View HQ. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Be a strong partner to the product and other engineering teams, driving improvements in business metrics and building new features. Examples include improving user acquisition metrics, cross-selling and upselling products, and improving user experience.
- Drive the design and implementation of new product areas and features. Break complex problems down to their bare essentials, translate that complexity into elegant design, and create high-quality, maintainable code.
- Guide your team through ambiguity and ensure technical excellence through rapid experimentation cycles.
- Guide your team to strong execution—make pragmatic decisions, help them launch MVPs quickly, and iterate based on feedback.
- Lead your team through frequent pivots and evolving priorities in a fast-changing environment.
- Recruit other great engineers for your team and support recruiting efforts across teams.
- Mentor and coach the engineers on your team. Help them advance their careers by enabling them to do the best work of their lives.