Engineering Manager - AI-Driven FinTech Platform

Raydar; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

Raydar is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York City to lead a distributed backend and full-stack engineering team. You will shape the organizational structure, drive key architectural choices, and contribute production code in a fast, AI-driven fintech environment.

The role requires on-site work five days a week in NYC or relocation, with a base salary of $250k–$375k plus equity. Expect to partner with product on roadmaps, oversee performance reviews, and build scalable systems across AWS,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend-heavy software engineering experience with progression from a strong individual contributor into hands-on management.
• Strong Python experience and ability to write and ship production code regularly.
• Experience making architecture decisions across cloud infrastructure, containers, databases, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, GitHub Actions, React, and TypeScript or adjacent technologies.

Responsibilities

• Build performance reviews, feedback loops, reporting structures, hiring processes, pod organization, and delivery metrics.
• Partner with Product on roadmap planning, prioritization, and execution.
• Make architecture decisions and contribute production code in a high-velocity environment.
• Guide a major infrastructure migration from AWS Fargate toward Kubernetes.
• Hire, coach, and develop strong backend and full-stack engineers across multiple time zones.
• Balance product speed with durable systems, operational reliability, and clear ownership.

Skills

Python

Leadership

Architecture

Cloud

Django

PostgreSQL

Redis

TypeScript

React

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Docker

GitHub Actions

Job description

Raydar is seeking an Engineering Manager in New York City to lead a distributed backend and full-stack engineering team. You will shape the organizational structure, drive key architectural choices, and contribute production code in a fast, AI-driven fintech environment.

The role requires on-site work five days a week in NYC or relocation, with a base salary of $250k–$375k plus equity. Expect to partner with product on roadmaps, oversee performance reviews, and build scalable systems across AWS,