Engineering Manager - Raleigh

Motive Partners; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Versana in Raleigh seeks an Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams, drive technical strategy, and deliver high‑impact software platforms. You will partner with Product, Architecture, Data, and Security to mature practices, mentor managers and engineers, and champion automation, observability, and DevOps maturity for reliable delivery.

The role emphasizes people leadership, accountability, and building scalable systems while aligning with business goals in a fast‑moving fintech

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience
• Proven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex systems
• Strong technical foundation in software architecture and cloud technologies
• Experience in modern development practices, DevOps, and observability
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Background in Agile environments—Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid
• Familiarity with platform engineering and developer tooling

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and ICs across multiple teams
• Define technical strategy in partnership with product and architecture
• Champion engineering best practices, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity
• Oversee architecture modernization and reduction of technical debt
• Monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams

Skills

Leadership

Scale teams

Software architecture

Cloud technologies

DevOps

Agile

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Platform engineering

Developer tooling

Job description

## Engineering Manager - RaleighVersanaSoftware Engineering, Other EngineeringRaleigh, NC, USAPosted on Jun 30, 2026Apply now**About Us:**Versana is an industry-backed data and technology company on a mission to make the syndicated loan market better. By digitally capturing agent banks’ data on a real-time basis and centralizing it onto a single platform, Versana provides unprecedented transparency into loan level details and portfolio positions, bringing efficiency and velocity to the entire market. Through our platform, participants can rest assured they are accessing the loan market’s most credible source of deal information.**About You:**The Engineering Manager is a strategic and operational leader responsible for driving high-performing engineering teams, enabling technical excellence, and delivering high-impact products and platforms. This role partners closely with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders to define technical strategy, mature engineering practices, and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery. The ideal candidate is both a strong people manager and a seasoned technologist who can elevate engineering capabilities across the organization.**Responsibilities:****People Leadership & Team Development**· Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and individual contributors across multiple teams.· Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.· Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning.· Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well-being and sustained productivity.**Technical Leadership & Execution**· Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership.· Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals.· Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity.· Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt.**Operational Excellence**· Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability.· Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization.· Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale.· Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant.**Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration**· Act as a senior partner to Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams.· Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and risks clearly to executive leadership.· Ensure engineering alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements.· Additional duties and responsibilities as may be reasonably assigned from time to time as operational needs evolve.· Periodically work outside standard business hours, such as during infrastructure upgrades and/or releases.**Must Haves:**· 8+ years of engineering experience· Proven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact software systems.· Strong technical foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practices.· Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership.· Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.· Experience in a matrix organization with both direct and dotted-line structures.· Background working in Agile environments—Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid models.· Familiarity with platform engineering, developer experience tooling, or productivity enablement.**Additional Information**This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals in this role. It is not intended to create a contract of employment for any specific duration of time or on any set or fixed terms. Employment with Versana is at‐will, meaning that either the employee or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or notice, in accordance with applicable law. This role is designed and expected to be classified as exempt under applicable law.**Equal Opportunity Employer**We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Among other things, Versana will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, in accordance with applicable law.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.