Senior Engineering Manager - AI-Driven Payments Platform

VGS; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with 4% match

Early equity

Internet stipend

Learning stipend

Office set-up stipend

Health insurance

Job summary

VGS is seeking a Senior Manager, Engineering to lead the Payments Acceptance engineering team. You will drive AI-native engineering strategy and guide an autonomous group focused on high-impact Value-Added Services, including Network Tokens and Account Validation.

You will collaborate with Product, CTO, and platform teams to shape the core payments platform and deliver enterprise-grade, scalable systems. We value a high-agency leadership style, robust security/compliance foundations, and a track

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing high-throughput engineering teams.
• Deep familiarity with AI-native SDLC and modern Agile/DevOps.
• Expertise in distributed Java microservices and REST APIs.
• Experience delivering containerized apps in AWS with observability.

Responsibilities

• Pioneer AI-Native Engineering and AI-augmented SDLC practices.
• Drive code quality, CI, automated tests, and incident rigor.
• Align technical strategy with business objectives and roadmaps.
• Hire, coach, and retain top engineering talent.
• Own incident response baselines and ensure system resiliency.

Skills

Engineering Leadership

AI-Augmented SDLC

Distributed Systems

Cloud-Native

High-Agency Management

Security & Compliance

Job description

VGS is seeking a Senior Manager, Engineering to lead the Payments Acceptance engineering team. You will drive AI-native engineering strategy and guide an autonomous group focused on high-impact Value-Added Services, including Network Tokens and Account Validation.

You will collaborate with Product, CTO, and platform teams to shape the core payments platform and deliver enterprise-grade, scalable systems. We value a high-agency leadership style, robust security/compliance foundations, and a track