Engineering Manager, Core Product

Monarch Money; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Monarch Money, a remote-first company focused on simplifying personal finance, is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of full-stack engineers. The role involves mentoring, establishing best practices, and collaborating to build a user-friendly product. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in full-stack development and a passion for product-centric engineering.

Benefits

Work from anywhere

Competitive cash and equity compensation

Stipend for workspace setup

Comprehensive Benefit Plans

Unlimited PTO

3-day weekend every month

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack development experience with 2+ years in a technical leadership or management role.
• Product-centric mindset with pride in building user-friendly products.
• Experience with early-stage company best practices, rapid iteration, and user feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of full-stack engineers while remaining hands-on with code.
• Establish engineering best practices and code quality standards to enable rapid iteration.
• Partner with Product and Design leads to develop scalable technical solutions.

Skills

Full-stack development

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Job description

About Us:

Monarch is a powerful, all-in-one personal finance platform designed to help make the complexity of finances feel simple again. Since launching in 2021, we’ve become the top-recommended personal finance app by users and experts. Our goal? To take the stress out of finances so our members can focus on what truly matters.

We are a team of do-ers led by experienced entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping our members reach their financial goals. We are hyper focused on building a product people love and continuing to evolve based on user feedback.

As a fully remote company (even before COVID!), we welcome applicants from almost anywhere. Our team collaborates synchronously mostly from 9 AM – 2 PM PT and embraces asynchronous work to stay connected across time zones.

Join us on our mission to transform lives by simplifying money, together.

The Role:

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of full-stack engineers building Monarch's core product experience. You'll drive technical execution across our web and mobile platforms, while also helping to shape our engineering processes during a period of hyper-growth.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and mentor a team of full-stack engineers while remaining hands-on with code and architecture

• Establish engineering best practices, code quality standards, and development processes that enable rapid iteration while maintaining product reliability

• Partner closely with Product and Design leads to translate product requirements into scalable technical solutions

• Develop technical roadmaps and guide the team in delivering high-quality solutions

• Participate in recruiting and hiring to build a diverse and talented growth engineering team

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years of full-stack development experience with 2+ years in a technical leadership or management role

• You consider yourself "product-centric" and take pride in building something people love.

• You have superb written and verbal communication skills, with both technical and non-technical teammates

• You have experience with early-stage company best practices including rapid iteration with robust metrics and qualitative user feedback.

• Technical vision and ability to balance short-term delivery with long-term architectural goals

Nice to Have’s:

• Experience with both web and mobile development

• Experience building delightful consumer subscription products

• Experience working in a remote-first culture

Typical Process

• Recruiter Video Call

• Hiring Manager Video Call

• Technical Assessment

• Virtual “onsite” round consisting of 2 rounds

• Final Interview

• Reference Checks

• Offer!

Benefits:

• Work wherever you want! As a fully remote company with no central office, we want you to work wherever you are happiest and most productive. Whether that’s out of your home, a co-working space, or elsewhere.

• Competitive cash and equity compensation in a hyper growth, early stage company .

• Stipend to set-up your ideal working environment.

• Competitive Benefit Plans for employees based on your location (e.g. in the US we offer: Medical, dental and vision benefits and the ability to contribute to a 401k plan).

• Unlimited PTO.

• 3 day weekend every month! We take off the “First Friday” every month to focus on rest, recuperation, or just having fun!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.