Software Engineering Manager

Principal Financial; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

YouTrip is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow multiple scrum teams building backend services and frontend applications used by millions of customers. You will mentor engineers, oversee project execution, and contribute to development processes to maintain technical proficiency and practical guidance.

The role requires coaching, strong communication, and a product-aware mindset to balance features with engineering excellence, including distributed systems and OKR-driven goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• At least 2 years of team management experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in designing and developing high-performance, concurrent applications; Golang experience is a plus.
• Strong communication skills with ability to oversee priorities and deadlines.
• Solid understanding of product metrics and OKR framework.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and manage a team of software engineers, setting goals and conducting performance evaluations.
• Oversee software projects, ensuring on-time delivery and quality.
• Participate in coding, code reviews, and provide guidance to the team.
• Set technical direction and stay updated with emerging technologies.
• Enforce coding standards and promote test automation.
• Foster collaboration and clear communication within the team and with cross-functional teams.
• Engage with stakeholders, providing progress updates and insights on outcomes.
• Coach engineers toward becoming more self-organized, agile, and autonomous.

Skills

Team leadership

Golang experience

OKR framework

Distributed systems knowledge

Software engineering leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Job description

Full job description
YouTrip is a Southeast Asian financial technology company dedicated to creating the next-generation of digital financial services for consumers and businesses. In 2018, we launched the region's first and leading multi‑currency payment app. With our consumer and corporate products, YouTrip and YouBiz, we empower users with the most affordable and convenient financial innovations. YouTrip is a Major Payment Institution licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and owns principal memberships and issuing licenses with two of the largest card schemes, MasterCard and Visa.

YouTrip has been recognised by industry experts, winning awards for FinTech Employer of the Year by MAS and Singapore Fintech Association (SFA), Most Innovative FinTech Company in Southeast Asia and Best SME Finance Management Platform from APAC Insider’s 2023 Singapore Business Awards. We were also recently recognised as one of the Top Startups in Singapore by LinkedIn, further cementing our position as a leading fintech company in the region.

Our culture is entrepreneurial, open & inclusive, and teamwork‑oriented. We are looking for talents with the aspiration to thrive in a rapidly growing business in the exciting FinTech space.

Software Engineering Manager

We are looking for a skilled Engineering Manager with outstanding technical expertise and people management experience. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in developing highly scalable applications, managing at least two scrum teams. These teams are responsible for building backend services and front‑end applications utilized by millions of our customers. You’ll contribute to one of our expanding range of services as we broaden our reach beyond digital fintech services.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and manage a team of software engineers, setting goals, facilitating career development, and conducting performance evaluations.
• Oversee software project execution, ensuring on‑time delivery while meeting quality standards.
• Actively participate in coding, code reviews, and contribute to the development process to maintain technical proficiency and provide practical guidance to the team.
• Set technical direction, stay updated with emerging technologies, and incorporate best practices to enhance product innovation.
• Enforce coding standards, continuously improve engineering processes, and promote test automations.
• Foster a collaborative environment and ensure clear communication within the team and with cross‑functional teams.
• Regularly engage with stakeholders, providing updates and insights on team progress and project outcomes.
• Guiding and coaching an exceptional team of engineers, mentoring them in technical and non‑technical aspects, and leading them to build stable, scalable, and reliable features and services.
• Helping them to shape their individual careers and growing the team to become more self‑organized, more agile and more autonomous.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Skilled in coaching and mentoring diverse teams of engineers (with at least 2 years of team management).
• Expert‑level proficiency in designing and developing high‑performance, concurrent applications. Experience using Golang would be an added advantage.
• Good communication skills, with the capability to oversee squad priorities, deadlines, and project outcomes.
• Strong grasp of product and business metrics, adept at setting objectives using the OKR framework.
• Demonstrates a balanced approach towards project features and engineering excellence, with a solid product‑oriented mindset.
• Background in working with distributed systems, parallel processing, and handling highly complex software applications.
• Have a good appetite for taking calculated risks, demonstrating the ability to weigh options and make strategic decisions under uncertainty.
• Understanding development lifecycle and collaborating with cross‑functional and remote teams.
• Curiosity, creative outside‑the‑box problem solving abilities and an eye for details.