Engineering Leader

Karat Financial; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing fintech company is seeking a software engineering leader with over 6 years of experience and a strong technical foundation. You will lead by example, mentor a distributed team, and establish best practices for system design and development. Ideal candidates will have experience in product management. This role offers an opportunity to shape product strategy and technical direction in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2-3 years in a leadership or managing role.
• Experience in product management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example by writing production code and owning system design.
• Partner with product, design, and operations for seamless feature shipping.
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Leadership skills

System design

Collaboration

Technical excellence

Job description

What we're looking for?

We need someone with 6+ years of professional software engineering experience and 2-3 years in a leadership or managing role. You should be comfortable leading from the front, designing systems, writing code, and shipping features while also setting the bar for technical excellence. Bonus points if you have prior product management experience or a strong product sense with the desire to flex into PM responsibilities.

What you'll do:

• Lead by example — writing production code, owning system design decisions, and setting technical standards.
• Partner with product, design, and operations to define and ship high-impact features.
• Build and mentor a small, distributed, high-performing engineering team with a culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Establish best practices around system design, testing, security, and deployment.
• Drive alignment across engineering and product on priorities, tradeoffs, and execution.
• Create a technical roadmap that balances immediate business needs with long-term scalability.
• Help recruit, onboard, and develop engineers who thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Act as a thought partner to leadership on product strategy, technical architecture, and company growth.