Manager, Software Engineering New York, NY, United States

Ripple; New York (NY); On-site; USD 196,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonuses and equity

Wellness reimbursement

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Ripple is seeking an innovative Engineering Manager in New York, NY, to drive technical direction and build a world-class team. You’ll lead diverse technology projects and collaborate with product managers to deliver robust solutions. The role demands strong leadership and communication skills, ensuring successful agile practices.

The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary ranging from $196,000 to $240,000, wellness reimbursements, and industry-leading parental leave policies.

Qualifications

• Experienced in leading diverse technology projects.
• Strong communicator with the ability to mentor engineers.
• Skilled in guiding technical discussions and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers to develop cloud-based solutions.
• Drive agile development practices and methodologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Software Development Lifecycle

Agile Methodologies

C#/.NET

SQL Server

Azure

Job description

Please note this is for New York, NY, United States. You only need toapply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.

We are seeking an innovative and forward-thinking Engineering Manager passionate about building a world-class platform through a world-class team. Driving the technical direction the technology, the evolution of team, and the engineering excellence to make magic happen.

About the Liquidity Management Team

The Liquidity Management team builds and maintains the core platform capabilities that give treasury professionals real-time visibility into their organization's cash and liquidity positions across banks, accounts, currencies, and legal entities worldwide. Our solutions help enterprise customers optimize how they fund operations, manage intercompany liquidity structures, and deploy idle cash. The team works at the intersection of complex financial workflows and modern software engineering, delivering scalable, reliable systems that process critical financial data for customers operating across 40+ countries.

The Vision

The Liquidity Management team is at the forefront of a major modernization initiative, reimagining how enterprise treasury teams manage liquidity across a global landscape. We're not just maintaining what exists — we're rebuilding from the ground up with a bold vision: a modern, intuitive user experience with fast, streamlined workflows that make complex treasury operations feel effortless; a cloud-native architecture built on the latest technologies, designed for scalability, resilience, and speed; and first-class support for both traditional fiat currencies and digital assets, positioning Ripple Treasury at the leading edge of where treasury is headed.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of software engineers with deep experience in event driven cloud native services, and full stack systems to create solutions that help meet the needs of business and customers
• Collaborate with product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions
• Make decisions on the design, architecture, and delivery of systems
• Build teams and be an active coach and mentor to your team and grow them in their careers
• Drive agile development and analytical methodologies every day
• Strive to continuously improve the operations, processes, methodologies, technology choices, and practices of the team
• Interact with your team, customers, and peers to share information and improve cross-department processes
• Strive for transparency and partnership between our engineers and our business partners
• Engage in concept discussions, and proposed technology solutions, to meet business objectives and influence such decisions
• Ensure all work meets quality, operational, and architectural standards needed for organizational success
• Be a champion of the YBIYRI ethos (you-build-it-you-run-it), which includes participating in their on-call pager rotation.

Who You Are:

• A leader, first and foremost
• An influential and effective communicator
• Highly skilled at developing people, building high impact teams, and attracting top talent
• Strong proficiency with the software development lifecycle and engineering excellence processes, Agile methodologies, along with skills in leading moderately sized projects
• Technical savvy, allowing you to guide complex technical discussions, weighing the tradeoffs, and advocate for sound decisions
• A skilled operator of Agile practices and data driven methodologies
• Ideally, possess deep knowledge and experience with Microsoft languages/frameworks (C#/.NET, SQL Server, Entity Framework)
• Expertise with Azure (Function Apps, Service Bus, etc...) a bonus
• Mentor engineers, helping them grow into technical leadership roles
• Break down complex, ambiguous problems into actionable work that distributes effectively across the team
• Champion engineering best practices including observability, incident response, and production excellence
• Share your enthusiasm for tech trends, explore and learn new technologies

Cross-Functional Impact:

• Partner with Product and Customer Success teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Collaborate across distributed teams (Ireland, U.S., Philippines, Australia) to drive alignment on technical approaches
• Influence product roadmap by identifying technical opportunities that create competitive advantages
• Bridge the gap between technical implementation and business value, helping the team prioritize high-impact work

Maximize Agility:

• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the development lifecycle that slow down the entire team
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices that improve developer experience and productivity
• Lead post-mortems and blameless retrospectives that turn incidents into learning opportunities

Ownership & Accountability:

• Own critical systems end-to-end, from design through production support
• Take responsibility for production reliability and proactively prevent incidents
• Step into ambiguous situations and drive them to resolution without needing explicit direction
• Make tough technical trade-off decisions and clearly communicate the reasoning

For positions that will be based in NY, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions.

NY Annual Base Salary Range

$196,000 — $240,000 USD

Take Control of Your Finances

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match

Take Care of Yourself

• R&R days so you can rest and recharge
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events

Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.

Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.