Senior Engineering Manager, Backend/Platform, Fintech, $200k-$260k base, Remote, Golang, Python[...]

Space Executive; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Space Executive is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform engineering team within a fast-growing fintech environment. You will own the backend systems, APIs and platform infrastructure that power our core products.

The role emphasizes scalable, reliable, secure systems; you'll mentor engineers, shape technical direction, and collaborate with Product, Data Science, Infrastructure, and other engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of Engineering Management experience.
• Strong background as a Senior or Staff-level backend engineer.
• Experience with Golang, Python or similar languages.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and system design.
• Experience owning backend architecture in production.
• Experience working in startup or high-growth environment.
• Ideally experience building internal platforms, shared services or developer tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a backend/platform engineering team.
• Own technical direction of backend services and APIs.
• Drive scalability, reliability and security across the platform.
• Work closely with Product, Data Science, Infrastructure and Engineering.
• Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions.
• Help build scalable API-driven systems and platform capabilities.
• Hiring, mentoring and developing engineers.
• Staying close to the technical work and helping solve complex engineering problems.

Skills

Engineering management

Backend leadership

Distributed systems

System design

Hiring & mentoring

Tools

Golang

Python

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

OpenSearch

React

Job description

I'm currently working with a fast-growing fintech business that is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform engineering team.

This is a key role within the engineering organisation, with responsibility for the backend systems, APIs and platform infrastructure that support the company's core products.

The role will involve:

• Leading and growing a team of backend/platform engineers
• Owning the technical direction of backend services and APIs
• Driving scalability, reliability and security across the platform
• Working closely with Product, Data Science, Infrastructure and Engineering
• Contributing to architecture and technical design decisions
• Helping build scalable API-driven systems and platform capabilities
• Hiring, mentoring and developing engineers
• Staying close to the technical work and helping solve complex engineering problems

The ideal background:

• 3-7 years of Engineering Management experience
• Strong background as a Senior or Staff-level backend engineer
• Experience with Golang, Python or similar languages
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and system design
• Experience owning backend architecture in production
• Experience working within a startup or high-growth environment
• Ideally, experience building internal platforms, shared services or developer tooling

The current technology environment includes Golang, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, OpenSearch and React.