Remote Engineering Manager — SaaS Platform & Tech Leadership

Alkami Technology; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Unlimited PTO

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

Alkami Technology is a leading digital platform for U.S. banks and credit unions, offering onboarding, digital banking, data and marketing capabilities.

We are a remote-first company, with most roles able to be remote in the US, and we value growth, collaboration, and innovation. The Senior Engineering/Tech Leadership role focuses on coaching cross-functional software teams, delivering scalable SaaS services, and driving architectural excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in microservices and cloud-native SaaS architectures.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional software teams.

Responsibilities

• Working with Product Engineering teams to deliver functional requirements and ensure features are built to specifications.
• Hands-On Contribution (20–30%): Write and review code, debug complex issues, design and evolve APIs, and deliver scalable platform services.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and feedback to foster their professional growth and development.
• Build architecture design, ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems, influence product roadmap, introduce new technologies and take ownership and responsibility over new projects.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Security, Architecture, and Operations to align engineering execution with business outcomes.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify bottlenecks, reduce technical debt, and drive scalability, resilience, and cost-efficiency.
• Delivery & Engineering Excellence: Define and track KPIs (deployment frequency, MTTR, test coverage, SLA adherence); balance speed with quality, improve and maintain the team’s Say/Do ratio by managing resource allocation, workload distribution, and project priorities to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Maintain a deep understanding of software development technologies, trends, and best practices and provide technical guidance and expertise to the team.
• Oversee and manage on-call incidents, including troubleshooting and resolving critical disruptions to ensure minimal downtime around the functionality of your team.
• Drive the adoption of modern development practices, tools, and frameworks to improve productivity and product quality.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning within the team.
• Champion innovation and experimentation, encouraging team members to explore new technologies and approaches to solving complex problems.
• Working with Product Management to collaborate through creative brainstorming sessions and assist in writing requirements for technical debt
• Reporting accomplishments, goals, issues, and deliverable statuses to effectively manage stakeholder expectations
• Establishment of performance goals for all direct reports
• Continuing education with regards to management philosophies, knowledge of the banking industry, as well as applications that will be specific to segments of our client base

Skills

Net/.NET

Java

C#

Linux container dev

Kubernetes

MVC

SaaS

SOA

PostgreSQL

MS SQL Server

Modern JavaScript

Entity Framework

Microservices

Cloud services

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Alkami Technology is a leading digital platform for U.S. banks and credit unions, offering onboarding, digital banking, data and marketing capabilities.

We are a remote-first company, with most roles able to be remote in the US, and we value growth, collaboration, and innovation. The Senior Engineering/Tech Leadership role focuses on coaching cross-functional software teams, delivering scalable SaaS services, and driving architectural excellence.