Manager, Software Engineering

EarnIn; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,800,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Internet reimbursement

Learning and development stipend

Occasional travel to Mountain View HQ

Job summary

EarnIn is redefining earned wage access and financial flexibility for everyday people. We seek an experienced engineering leader to run a full‑stack team, guiding backend and mobile engineers through architecture, development, and delivery.

This hands‑on manager role is based in Bengaluru with two days a week in the office, offering healthcare, stipends, and growth opportunities. You will partner with product, data, and design to ship high‑impact features, improve metrics, and drive scalable

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with 2+ years in tech lead/manager roles.
• Strong architecture skills, scalable code, and mentoring capabilities.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivery in fintech/java stacks.
• Comfortable collaborating with PMs, analysts, and backend/mobile engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a full‑stack engineering team across backend and mobile workstreams.
• Drive product area design, architecture, and rapid MVP delivery with quality.
• Ensure technical excellence through experimentation and iterative cycles.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to align on strategy and delivery.
• Scale systems for high‑volume payments with reliability and security.
• Attract and recruit engineers to grow the team and culture.

Skills

C#

Kotlin

Python

SQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Git

Databricks

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Tools

Databricks

Job description

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.

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.
• Manage cross‑functional relationships with all teams to deliver high‑quality products.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's, Master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years of experience leading a smaller team as a manager.
• You're just as energized diving into architecture, writing clean, scalable code, and solving challenging technical problems as you are mentoring engineers, shaping team culture, and driving delivery. You know when to roll up your sleeves and when to empower others—and you're equally excited to do both.
• You can work comfortably with a cross‑functional team of PMs, Analysts, and mobile and back‑end‑focused engineers.
• You have led a team that consistently delivered high‑quality output on critical infrastructure projects.
• You are a creative, tenacious problem solver with a get‑it‑done attitude
• You tend to be the standard bearer who takes a great deal of pride in your work and can inspire others to rise to the occasion
• You can create and maintain a positive, healthy team environment in which everyone is supported, encouraged, and meaningfully challenged to do great work
• Preferred tech skills: C#, .NET/.NET Core, Kotlin, Python, SQL, Databricks, AWS, REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, Kafka, CI/CD, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud‑native development.
• Experience using AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar tools) as part of your software development workflow
• Experience in fintech is a plus.
• Experience leading the design, implementation, and deployment of high‑scale cross‑functional payments systems.

A Note on AI in the Hiring Process: EarnIn may use Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tools during the hiring process, including tools that generate summaries or notes for interviewers, review resumes, assist with scheduling, or help identify themes across candidate responses and profiles for a given role. Final hiring decisions are made by human interviewers and hiring managers. If you have any concerns about the use of AI in our hiring process, please connect with your recruiter. With your consent, EarnIn may use AI tools to help transcribe or summarize interviews. Recordings are treated as confidential candidate data and are accessible only to authorized hiring personnel. Declining to be recorded will not negatively affect your candidacy or evaluation.

At EarnIn, we believe that the best way to build a financial system that works for everyday people is by hiring a team that represents our diverse community. Our team is diverse not only in background and experience but also in perspective. We celebrate our diversity and strive to create a culture of belonging. EarnIn does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. EarnIn is an E-Verify participant.