Remote Engineering Manager - Fintech Platform Pods

Prosper; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Udemy access

Childcare assistance

Pet insurance

401(k) with 5% company match

Beneplace savings

Job summary

Prosper is seeking an engineering leader to foster people growth, platform advancement, and organizational development. You will lead a scrum team building Prosper's credit card and personal loan experiences, including customer-facing apps and backend platforms.

You'll mentor engineers, drive end-to-end delivery, and champion best practices, testing, and secure, scalable solutions in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of technical management experience
• 3+ years working with remote teams
• 8+ years hands-on engineering in backend or frontend
• Experience delivering back-end services and customer-facing web or mobile experiences
• Proven track record of high-performing teams
• Excellent project management skills (e.g., Jira)
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to guide teams through complex technical challenges

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a scrum team of 6-10 software engineers
• Oversee full software development lifecycle from planning to maintenance
• Collaborate with PMs, Designers, and stakeholders to define scope and timelines
• Drive project execution, mitigate risks, ensure timely releases
• Own quality and safety of releases via automated testing and code reviews
• Champion observability and incident management to meet standards
• Modernize systems and move to cloud-native architecture
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted development tools with clear practices
• Foster inclusive, high-performance team culture
• Communicate status and roadmap to team and leadership
• Contribute to quarterly and sprint planning

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software development

Mentoring engineers

Agile / Scrum

Cross-functional collaboration

Code review

Observability & incident management

Cloud-native architecture

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira

GCP

Claude Code

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Job description

Prosper is seeking an engineering leader to foster people growth, platform advancement, and organizational development. You will lead a scrum team building Prosper's credit card and personal loan experiences, including customer-facing apps and backend platforms.

You'll mentor engineers, drive end-to-end delivery, and champion best practices, testing, and secure, scalable solutions in a fast-paced fintech environment.