Engineering Manager

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team powering our core platform and services. It is a 12-month extending contract with 3 days onsite and 2 days work from home.

The role drives technical strategy, mentors engineers, and partners with Product, Security, Architecture, Operations, and cross-functional platform teams. Ideal for leaders in large-scale fintech and security-focused environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years in an engineering management role.
• Proven experience building and scaling highly available distributed systems, payment platforms, financial technology solutions, or transactional services.
• Track record of defining technical roadmaps and delivering complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience leading teams responsible for secure, customer-facing services operating at large scale.
• Strong people leadership skills with mentoring, developing engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap, balancing platform reliability, security, scalability, and performance with long-term architectural investments.
• Partner with multiple teams to deliver innovative payment experiences aligned with business priorities and customer needs.
• Collaborate with Security, Privacy, Fraud, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure secure and trustworthy payment solutions.
• Drive architecture decisions across payment processing, transaction orchestration, provisioning, authentication, tokenization, and related platform services.
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering technical excellence, career growth, and leadership development.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Reliability, and Platform Engineering teams to improve system resilience, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to enable seamless integrations across the company.

Skills

8+ years of software engineering

Distributed systems experience

Technical roadmaps

Security-focused leadership

People leadership

Job description

Top Skills:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+years in an engineering management role.
• Proven experience building and scaling highly available distributed systems, payment platforms, financial technology solutions, or transactional services.
• Track record of defining technical roadmaps and successfully delivering complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience leading teams responsible for secure, customer-facing services operating at large scale.
• Strong people leadership skills with demonstrated success mentoring, developing, and growing engineers.

Description

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for the core platform and services powering our ecosystem. This is a 12 month extending contract with 3 days onsite and 2 days work from home.

This team's work is central to delivering secure, reliable, scalable, and intuitive financial experiences used by millions of customers worldwide. As the manager of the team, you will drive technical strategy, mentor and grow engineers, and partner closely with Product, Security, Architecture, Operations, and cross-functional platform teams. This role is ideal for a leader who thrives at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, financial technologies, security, and people leadership.

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap, balancing platform reliability, security, scalability, and performance with long-term architectural investments.
• Partner with multiple teams to deliver innovative payment experiences aligned with business priorities and customer needs.
• Collaborate with Security, Privacy, Fraud, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure secure and trustworthy payment solutions.
• Drive architecture decisions across payment processing, transaction orchestration, provisioning, authentication, tokenization, and related platform services.
• Mentor and coach engineers, fostering technical excellence, career growth, and leadership development.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Reliability, and Platform Engineering teams to improve system resilience, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to enable seamless integrations across the company.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Austin, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $90.00 - $95.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your jobclassification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may besubject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefitsavailable for this temporary role may include the following:Medical, dental & visionCritical Illness, Accident, and Hospital401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions availableLife Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)Short and long-term disabilityHealth Spending Account (HSA)Transportation benefitsEmployee Assistance ProgramTime Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Austin,TX.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 9, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.