Raydar
Engineering Manager (NYC)
$100K–$375K
New York, New York · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Experience
- 5 or more years of backend-heavy software engineering experience, with progression from a strong individual contributor into hands-on management.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship and existing visa transfers, including OPT, H-1B, and TN, may be considered.
About the job
Lead and scale a distributed engineering team while shaping its management practices, contributing production code, and guiding infrastructure migration.
What you'll do
- Build engineering management systems, including performance reviews, hiring processes, team structure, and delivery metrics.
- Partner with Product on planning and execution; make architecture decisions and contribute production code.
- Hire and coach engineers, and guide migration from AWS Fargate toward Kubernetes while maintaining reliability.
What they ask for
- 5 or more years of backend-heavy software engineering experience, progressing from individual contributor to hands-on management.
- A record of building and scaling an engineering team through meaningful growth.
- Strong Python experience, with ability to regularly write and ship production code; experience with Kubernetes and AWS or a comparable cloud platform.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent technical discipline; ability to work on-site five days per week in New York City or willingness to relocate.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, GitHub Actions, React, TypeScript, or adjacent technologies.
- Product-company ownership in a fast-paced startup or high-growth environment with rapid deployment cycles.
Pay
$250,000 to $375,000 USD base salary; Approximately $100,000 to $120,000 USD competitive equity value
Tools
Python, AWS Fargate, Kubernetes, AWS, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, GitHub Actions
AI focus
The company’s platform uses AI agents in financial workflows; the role posting does not specify direct AI responsibilities.
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