Payments Platform Leader: Scale, Observability & Impact

Cedar; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedar is seeking a Sr. Engineering Manager to lead two Payments teams, driving the platform evolution, observability and performance improvements.

You will partner closely with Product and Commercial, coach engineering managers and ICs, and own vendor integrations while ensuring scalable, reliable production systems. You will shape technical direction, engage deeply in design reviews, and take accountability for outcomes, without needing to be the primary architect or daily coder.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience owning third-party vendor integrations.
• Experience owning business-critical production systems and their performance, reliability, and operational health.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills, especially with Product and Commercial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with staff and principal engineers to lead the Payments Pillar through the evolution of Cedar’s Payments architecture, including decoupling payment capabilities from business logic so they can scale across multiple product lines and workflows.
• Lead, coach and develop Engineering Managers and individual contributors across the Payments Pillar, and support a high-performing and inclusive engineering culture
• Establish and improve the metrics and instrumentation used to understand performance across payment features and workflows
• Partner with Product and Commercial to balance new payment capabilities and performance improvements with foundational architecture and operational investments.
• Own the engineering relationship and technical outcomes for third-party payment vendor integrations.
• Identify opportunities to and lead initiatives that enable multiple teams to deliver results more effectively.

Skills

Engineering Management

Vendor Integrations

Production Systems

Cross-functional Partnerships

Communication

Job description

Cedar is seeking a Sr. Engineering Manager to lead two Payments teams, driving the platform evolution, observability and performance improvements.

You will partner closely with Product and Commercial, coach engineering managers and ICs, and own vendor integrations while ensuring scalable, reliable production systems. You will shape technical direction, engage deeply in design reviews, and take accountability for outcomes, without needing to be the primary architect or daily coder.