Engineering Manager

ProphetX; World Trade Center (NY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunities

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Remote work within the U.S.

Job summary

ProphetX is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of about 7 engineers building real-time, high-throughput systems at the core of our exchange. You’ll own delivery, technical quality, and team growth while staying hands-on with architecture decisions.

You will partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Legal to meet regulatory requirements and maintain reliability, latency improvements, and scalable performance in a fast-moving, post-Series A environment. Remote within the USA.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, incl. 2+ years managing teams
• Strong background building scalable, low-latency real-time systems
• Hands-on with backend stacks (Go, Java, C++, Python) and microservices
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD
• Observability and incident management tooling experience
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects on time with risk management
• Ability to coach, develop, retain engineers and give direct feedback
• Experience managing distributed/offshore teams
• Strong communicator, able to explain complex tradeoffs to diverse audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience
• Proactive, adaptable with ownership mindset

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of team roadmap from planning to launch and post-launch
• Collaborate on architecture for low-latency real-time systems
• Uphold standards for code quality, testing, security, and observability
• Own production health, incident response, postmortems and reliability improvements
• Balance feature velocity with technical debt and platform investments
• Directly manage ~7 engineers with regular 1:1s and performance reviews
• Lead hiring and mentorship to promote career growth
• Foster inclusive, distributed-team culture across time zones
• Partner with Product, Compliance, Risk, and Legal to meet regulatory requirements
• Communicate progress and risks to executives with clear escalation

Skills

Software engineering

Technical leadership

Backend systems

Kafka

REST/WebSocket

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Distributed teams

Communication

People management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Equivalent experience

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

New Relic

Datadog

Kibana

Job description

Engineering Manager

Application Deadline: 20 November 2026

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote - USA

Compensation: $170,000 - $250,000 / year

Description

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of ~7 engineers building the real-time, high-throughput systems at the core of our exchange. You’ll be accountable for delivery, technical quality, and the growth of your team, working closely with Product, Risk, Compliance, and business leaders. This is a hands‑on leadership role in a fast‑moving, post‑Series A environment. You’ll stay close enough to the technology to make sound architectural calls, while spending most of your time building a high‑performing team and removing obstacles.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery and Technical Leadership

• Own predictable, high-quality delivery of your team’s roadmap, from planning and estimation through launch and post‑launch operations.
• Partner with tech leads on architecture and design decisions for matching, order management, pricing, settlement, and real‑time data systems.
• Uphold engineering standards for code quality, testing, scalability, security, and observability.
• Own production health. Drive incident response, postmortems, and follow-through on reliability and latency improvements.
• Balance feature velocity, technical debt, and platform investment, and make the tradeoffs visible to stakeholders.

People and Team Development

• Directly manage ~7 engineers, including IC1 through IC4 levels, with regular 1:1s, feedback, and performance reviews.
• Set clear expectations by level and coach engineers toward promotion and career goals.
• Lead hiring: define roles, run interview loops, and close strong candidates.
• Identify skill gaps and create mentorship and training opportunities.
• Build an inclusive, accountable, and collaborative team culture, including across remote, offshore, and globally distributed teammates.

Cross‑Functional Partnership

• Partner with Product to turn business goals into clear scope, requirements, and timelines.
• Work with Compliance, Risk, and Legal to build products that meet CFTC regulatory and operational requirements.
• Communicate progress, risks, and milestones to executives and stakeholders, with early escalation of risks and no surprises.
• Collaborate with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads on cross‑team initiatives, shared platforms, and dependencies.

Process and Execution

• Run lightweight, effective agile practices (sprint planning, check‑ins, retros) and improve them continuously.
• Define and track team health and delivery metrics, such as cycle time, deployment frequency, and incident and change failure rates.
• Drive improvements in tooling, CI/CD, and developer productivity.
• Make build-versus-buy and prioritization decisions with clear reasoning and documentation.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years managing engineering teams (or leading teams as a tech lead with strong management experience)
• Strong technical background building scalable, low‑latency, real‑time systems in production, ideally in fintech, trading or exchange, crypto, or other high-throughput transactional environments
• Hands‑on familiarity with modern backend stacks (Go, Java, C++, or Python), microservices, event‑driven architecture (Kafka), and REST and WebSocket APIs
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or equivalent), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD
• Working knowledge of observability and incident management (New Relic, Datadog, Kibana, or similar)
• Proven record of delivering complex projects on time while managing scope, risk, and stakeholder expectations
• Demonstrated ability to coach, develop, and retain engineers, and to give direct, constructive feedback
• Experience managing distributed or offshore teams
• Strong communicator who can explain complex technical tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable with ambiguity, with a strong sense of ownership

Nice to Have

• Experience in prediction markets, sports betting, or regulated exchanges (CFTC or similar)
• Familiarity with risk, fraud, KYC/AML, or settlement systems
• Experience scaling a team through hiring and growth in a startup environment

Why Join Us!

Compensation & Ownership

• Competitive compensation aligned to role and market
• Equity opportunities so you share in what we’re building
• A clear connection between impact and reward

Health & Wellbeing

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible time off built on trust and accountability
• A culture that respects your time and avoids unnecessary meetings

Remote & Flexible Work

• Fully remote within the U.S.
• Flexibility to work in the way that helps you do your best work

The Role

• Lead a team of ~7 engineers building the real-time, high-throughput systems at the core of America’s first sports-native, CFTC-regulated prediction market
• Take on a hands‑on leadership role with real influence over architecture, hiring, and how a high-performing engineering team is built from the ground up
• Help scale a live, regulated exchange as prediction markets grow into America’s next great asset class