Associate Manager - Engineering

nCino, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 108,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

nCino, Inc. seeks an Associate Manager to lead the Mortgage Engineering team focused on Admin Experience, building tools for administrators to configure and maintain the mortgage suite at each institution.

This role guides engineers through the full development lifecycle, owning execution and stepping in hands on when needed. Guiding code quality, building scalable software on AWS, coaching engineers, applying AI to development work, and partnering with senior leaders on hiring and performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field; 6+ years of relevant experience and 1+ year of management experience or combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language.
• Understanding of software engineering principles, including system design, architecture, and development practices.
• Experience in a fast-paced development environment, with focus on improving development practices and processes to enhance team efficiency.
• Proven success as a coach and mentor of technical staff.
• Dedication to quality and continuous improvement.
• Ability to motivate yourself and others, prioritize work, and adapt in a dynamic team environment.
• Excellent problem solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manages day-to-day execution of software engineering team and project delivery with hands-on support as needed.
• Improve team processes, collaboration, and code quality to enhance maintainability, performance, and scalability.
• Guide and empower daily activities of team members; assign work, establish deadlines, verify accuracy.
• Provide training and professional development; participate in hiring and performance management with senior leaders.
• Leverage AI tools to enhance development activities, including code generation, testing, debugging, and optimization.
• Apply AI insights to identify patterns, automate repetitive tasks, and improve development efficiency.
• Evaluate and integrate AI/ML capabilities to strengthen product functionality and user experience.
• Stay aware of emerging AI trends and best practices to inform continuous learning and innovation.

Skills

Programming languages

Software engineering principles

Coaching/mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Ruby

Vue.js

Job description

Job Summary

nCino is looking for an Associate Manager lead the Mortgage Engineering team focused on Admin Experience, which builds solutions that empower our clients' administrators to configure and maintain our mortgage suite at each institution. These administrators decide how the suite fits their organization, so the tools this team builds shape how every loan team works day to day. The Associate Manager leads software engineers through the full development lifecycle, owning execution and stepping in hands on when needed. Guiding code quality practices and building scalable, maintainable software on AWS keep the platform dependable as institutions grow. Coaching engineers, applying AI to development work, and partnering with senior leaders on hiring and performance round out the role.

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day execution of software engineering team and the delivery of projects, providing hands-on support as needed
• Focus on improving team processes, collaboration, and code quality, ensuring best practices are followed to enhance maintainability, performance, and scalability
• Support, guide, and empower the daily activities of employees, delegating the team's work assignments and outputs, establishing deadlines, and verifying accuracy of work. May assist in completion of team's work assignments
• Provide training and professional development of team members; participate in the hiring selection and performance management of team members with senior leaders
• Leverage AI tools and techniques to enhance software development activities, including code generation, testing, debugging, and optimization.
• Apply AI insights to identify patterns, automate repetitive tasks, and improve overall development efficiency and product quality.
• Evaluate and integrate AI/ML capabilities where appropriate to strengthen product functionality and user experience.
• Maintain awareness of emerging AI trends and best practices to inform continuous learning and innovation.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of relevant experience and 1+year of management experience or combination of education and experience
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language
• Understanding of software engineering principles, including system design, architecture, and development practices,
• Experience in a fast-paced development environment, with a focus on improving development practices and processes to enhance team efficiency, collaboration, and code quality in a large-scale organization
• Proven success as a coach and mentor of technical staff
• Demonstrated dedication to quality and continuous improvement
• Ability to motivate yourself and others, prioritize your own work, and adapt and thrive in a dynamic team environment
• Excellent problem solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

Desired:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification
• Experience with the AWS platform
• Experience with Ruby and Vue.js

The pay range for this role is based on relative market data and alignment with our compensation philosophy. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum of the pay range for each job posting, which is used to determine new hire rates/salaries and takes into consideration multiple factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, abilities, proficiencies, experience, education, licensures/certifications, as well as business and organizational needs. nCino reserves the right to modify the posted range consistent with our internal practices and external market movement.

The base salary range for this job is: $107,900 - $183,400 USD

nCino provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetics or other protected groups. In addition to federal law requirements, nCino complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscri