Payments Platform Engineering Manager: Scale & Deliver

MarginEdge Co.; Virginia; Remote; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health benefits

Stock options

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

MarginEdge, a SaaS platform serving independent restaurants, is seeking a Software Development Manager to scale our payments platform and expand financial products across the US and Canada. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, ensuring secure, reliable software while growing your team and partnering with product and design.

You will champion delivery strategy, coach engineers with AI-assisted tools, and guide architectural decisions, balancing business needs

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an engineering management or tech lead role.
• Proven track record of leading and growing engineering teams, with a focus on delivery, quality, and culture.
• Experience building or operating payments or fintech systems, such as ACH money movement, card issuing, or virtual card programs.
• Strong software development background with experience in a backend framework like Spring Boot and/or JavaScript (React); comfortable engaging in technical discussions and code reviews.
• Experience working in a product-driven environment with cross-functional collaboration across product, design, and QA.
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business objectives and manage trade-offs effectively.
• Strong communication skills: able to clearly convey project status, risks, and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with cloud-based systems, distributed architectures, and AWS infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding agents such as Claude Code to accelerate software development.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery strategy for your team and act as the primary facilitator between product, design, and engineering across our payments products.
• Lead and develop your team by fostering a high-performance culture, removing obstacles, and continuously optimizing how your team works, including AI-enabled coding.
• Ensure accountability for support and operations across the payment systems your team owns, monitoring accuracy and reliability as real money moves.
• Contribute to the technical strategy and architectural decisions for your team, balancing business needs, security/compliance, and development excellence.

Skills

Engineering leadership

People management

Payments / fintech

Java/Spring Boot

JavaScript/React

Cloud/AWS

Cross-functional collaboration

AI coding assistants

Technical strategy

Tools

Spring Boot

React

AWS

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

Claude Code

Job description

MarginEdge, a SaaS platform serving independent restaurants, is seeking a Software Development Manager to scale our payments platform and expand financial products across the US and Canada. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, ensuring secure, reliable software while growing your team and partnering with product and design.

You will champion delivery strategy, coach engineers with AI-assisted tools, and guide architectural decisions, balancing business needs