Engineering Manager - Payments Modernization (Remote)

finalsite; Glastonbury (CT); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Finalsite is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead the storefront team as it modernizes a VM-based .NET platform toward a cloud-native architecture. You’ll mentor engineers, drive delivery, and collaborate with senior technical owners to align architecture with scalability goals.

Based in LatAm with overlap to the US team, this role emphasizes leadership, hands-on expertise in .NET/SQL Server, and a focus on reliability and performance at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall experience with 8+ years hands-on technical and 1+ years as a people manager.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Track record turning strong ICs into a decisive team.
• Experience managing remote teams within US business hours.
• Experience modernizing a VM-based .NET system toward a cloud-native architecture.
• Experience scaling a production system to handle higher transaction volume.
• Strong backend fundamentals with .NET/SQL Server stack.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (Azure) and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the storefront engineering team, hiring and developing engineers as it scales.
• Own the team's delivery: sequence modernization work alongside the platform's scaling roadmap.
• Partner with senior technical owners on architecture and decisions.
• Drive resolution of current production-scale and reliability issues as part of modernization.
• Scale the platform to support significantly more payments traffic.
• Bring process and decisiveness to a team that has strong ICs but lacks leadership.
• Hold regular 1:1s, give direct feedback, and establish day-to-day rhythm.
• Use AI-assisted development tools as part of modernization.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Backend engineering

VM-based .NET

Cloud-native architecture

SQL Server

Azure

Observability

Automated testing

AI-assisted tools

Remote team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Datadog

New Relic

Honeycomb

Claude Code

Codex

Azure

Job description

Finalsite is seeking a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead the storefront team as it modernizes a VM-based .NET platform toward a cloud-native architecture. You’ll mentor engineers, drive delivery, and collaborate with senior technical owners to align architecture with scalability goals.

Based in LatAm with overlap to the US team, this role emphasizes leadership, hands-on expertise in .NET/SQL Server, and a focus on reliability and performance at scale.