Senior Engineering Manager for AI-Driven Fintech Platform

Savvy; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity package

Unlimited PTO

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

401(k) with matching

NYC HQ

Lunch in office

Mental health support

Counseling services

Job summary

Savvy Wealth is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead three engineering teams building the platform where AI meets fiduciary advice. You’ll inherit three established teams, led by senior tech leads, and ensure high-impact shipping while growing engineers and maintaining quality as we scale.

Based in NYC, you’ll work in person with Product, Designers, and stakeholders, and you’ll manage a fully remote LATAM team across similar hours.

Qualifications

• Experience managing remote or distributed engineering teams.
• 3+ years managing engineers, including owning delivery, performance, hiring, and growth.
• You use AI tools aggressively in daily workflow and stay technically proficient.
• A track record of shipping complex product and platform work with measurable business impact.
• Strong full-stack or platform engineering depth across Rails, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, GraphQL.
• Strong system-design judgment applied to architecture and scale.
• Strong communication across functions in a startup environment, including remote teams.
• Based in or willing to relocate to NYC and work in person at HQ.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery health across three teams: shipping, scope, and unblocking engineers with Product and Design.
• Grow and retain a strong team through coaching, feedback, and career development.
• Drive hiring for the teams with a rigorous, fair process.
• Stay hands-on with code: review changes, enforce patterns, and make architectural calls with leads.
• Champion AI tooling (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) to raise team velocity.
• Partner with Product and Design to shape scope and de-risk high-ambiguity work for remote teams.

Skills

Remote team management

3+ years management

AI tooling experience

Product & platform delivery

Full-stack engineering

System design

Communication skills

Location flexibility

Tools

Rails

React

Next.js

PostgreSQL

GraphQL

Job description

Savvy Wealth is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead three engineering teams building the platform where AI meets fiduciary advice. You’ll inherit three established teams, led by senior tech leads, and ensure high-impact shipping while growing engineers and maintaining quality as we scale.

Based in NYC, you’ll work in person with Product, Designers, and stakeholders, and you’ll manage a fully remote LATAM team across similar hours.