Senior Engineering Manager

Quicken; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the development of innovative personal finance solutions. This role offers the opportunity to mentor a talented team while driving the technical direction of cutting-edge web and mobile applications. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment, leveraging their extensive experience in engineering management, React technologies, and Agile processes. Join a customer-focused company dedicated to making a real impact in people's financial lives, where your contributions will shape the future of personal finance management.

Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare coverage

401(k) plan with 5% match

Fitness subsidies

Education reimbursement

Onsite lunches

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Disability insurance

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software industry experience, including 4-5 years in engineering management.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of managing high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and manage a team of web and mobile engineers, promoting growth and collaboration.
• Directly manage the development and delivery of Quicken Business & Personal on web and mobile.

Skills

Engineering Management

React JS

Agile Development

Project Management

Mobile Development

Cloud Technologies

Coaching and Mentoring

Communication Skills

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

React Native

Java

Spring Boot

Job description

This range is provided by Quicken. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$220,000.00/yr - $235,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

Quicken is the leading solution for personal finance management software. For over 40 years, we’ve shaped the way people track their spending and plan for their future, helping millions of customers lead healthy financial lives. We continue to innovate and build new solutions to improve the way people interact with money. At Quicken, you will have real-world impact and make a difference in peoples’ lives. We are a customer-driven company with a collaborative environment that values technical excellence, innovation, and creativity, while being good to each other and having fun!

While Quicken Inc. is known for its flagship desktop product Quicken, the company has invested in and is now delivering cloud-based clients (mobile and web) on a modern Fintech platform (Quicken Cloud Services). Our platform has been built from the ground up and leverages state-of-the-art cloud-based microservices. We continue to innovate in our development of advanced connectivity solutions, integrated financial services, and machine learning/AI initiatives – all aimed at furthering our mission of being the intelligent platform at the center of our customers' financial lives.

We're looking for a seasoned Senior Engineering Manager to lead the development of our newest product offering, Quicken Business and Personal. This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable coaching engineers with a wide range of experience, leveraging technical leaders as well as developing engineers early in their careers. You will be required to manage a front-end app engineering team with competency in React JS technologies. In addition to handling people management responsibilities, you are expected to collaborate closely with stakeholders on project management, and to partner with the broader technical leadership team on web and mobile initiatives. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone looking for an engineering management role that has a transformative effect on customers!

Responsibilities

Mentor and manage a world-class team of web and mobile engineers:

• Provide career growth paths through proper coaching, individual goal setting, 1-on-1s, performance appraisal, rewards, and recognition
• Create a culture that motivates the team to excel by promoting ownership, empowerment, collaboration, innovation, and transparency
• Be hands-on with coding when needed, whether to unblock the team, address critical issues, or demonstrate best practices

Directly manage the development and delivery of Quicken Business & Personal on web and mobile

• Partner with Product Management, Product Design, and Quality to ensure the apps meet functional and visual requirements
• Ensure the apps are of high quality and meet the non-functional requirements for performance, scalability, and security
• Own the project management of the apps, working with stakeholders to align roadmaps, track resources and schedules, and proactively address gaps/escalations
• Own the technical direction for the product, ensuring it aligns with the overall architecture and design of the web and mobile application platform
• Manage the development process using Agile Scrum/Kanban and own the release plans, making trade-offs where needed
• Provide visibility to leadership of the team’s priorities, handling team-related communications in established operating mechanisms
• Ensure the engineers collaborate closely with their counterparts from the cloud services team for seamless integration of the apps with microservices

Partner closely with Engineering Management of Simplifi web and mobile on platform initiatives:

• Jointly own the engineering platform roadmap to steer important technology decisions related to application architecture and design
• Ensure the engineering team adheres to best practices (design for reuse, unit testing, etc.) and collaborates on technical insights and problem-solving techniques across the platform

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in the software industry, with 4-5 years minimum experience in engineering management
• Proven experience as a technical leader with the ability to contribute to codebases when needed
• Very strong people-management skills/instincts with a track record of leading high-performing engineering teams
• Solid capabilities in engineering project management, particularly planning and execution
• Strong technical proficiency in mobile development technologies preferred, proficiency in React Native/Redux is a plus.
• Good understanding of cloud technologies such as microservices, Java, Spring Boot, and relational databases
• Experience in developing customer-facing apps is desired
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and driving towards clarity by partnering with stakeholders
• Ability to handle dynamic situations, evaluate trade-offs, and balance short- vs long-term when making decisions
• Strong experience partnering with Product Management to convert functional requirements to technical deliverables
• Experienced in leading teams through Agile development processes such as Scrum and/or Kanban
• Experience working with UX designers to build easy-to-use visual interfaces in web and/or mobile apps
• Strong communication skills to work effectively at different levels of the organization
• Experience in coaching and mentoring engineers at various levels
• Experience with fintech domain would be a plus
• BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent

What we offer

• Competitive salary and performance bonus
• Fantastic culture, strong believers in Autonomy/Mastery/Purpose
• Customer-driven, we make money by building the best products for our users
• Ability to work with and lead incredible talent
• Build products that make a huge difference in people’s lives
• Work on a highly recognizable brand that defines the personal finance category

Quicken is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The actual salary offered is determined by factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to years and depth of experience, relevant skills, and work location. This position's expected base pay range is $220,000 - $235,000.

Quicken is building a team of innovative and talented individuals passionate about helping people improve their financial lives. We care about our employees' well-being and pride ourselves on offering a fabulous range of benefits and perks. From comprehensive healthcare coverage, a 401(k) plan with a generous 5% match, fitness subsidies, education reimbursement, and onsite lunches, to name a few - we've got you covered! At Quicken, we believe happy employees are successful employees, so we're committed to creating a fun and supportive work environment that encourages personal and professional growth, recognizing that a thriving workforce is essential to our collective success! (Benefits and perks may vary based on location.)

Quicken is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Engineering, and Project Management

• Industries

  Financial Services and Software Development

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