Engineering Manager, Accounting & Reconciliation

Dave

1d • Remote

About The Position

Dave is a financial app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field. It is redefining the financial landscape by leveraging technology to create an affordable, transparent, and user-centric access to liquidity for millions of Americans. As a leading innovator in the U.S. financial services sector, Dave’s digital financial platform offers products designed to meet the credit needs of those underserved by traditional financial institutions. Dave’s offerings include its flagship ExtraCash product, providing members up to $500 in short-term advances within minutes. The company is on track to launch several new product offerings in 2026, including a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option. Dave is focused on serving Americans who are financially vulnerable or living paycheck to paycheck. Dave is leading the charge in creating a new era of credit products that prioritizes speed, affordability, and accessibility, making it the go-to financial partner for those who need it most. Dave is hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead our Ledger & Reconciliation Platform team — the systems that ensure every dollar moving through Dave is correct, fully accounted for, and auditable end-to-end. You’ll lead a team building the financial source of truth behind Dave’s products. This work sits at the intersection of distributed systems and accounting, where precision matters as much as scalability. You’ll partner closely with Accounting and Finance to translate real-world financial requirements into deterministic systems. Not everything is fully defined — you’ll help shape how we model, track, and reconcile money as we grow.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• 1.5+ years of engineering management experience
• Experience building or evolving ledger systems, accounting platforms, or reconciliation infrastructure
• Strong understanding of data correctness, transactional integrity, and consistency models
• Experience designing systems where accuracy and auditability are core requirements
• Familiarity with distributed systems challenges (idempotency, ordering, failure recovery, eventual consistency)
• Experience partnering with Accounting or Finance to translate domain requirements into technical systems
• Track record of building and developing high-performing teams

Nice To Haves

• Background in fintech, payments, or financial infrastructure
• Experience implementing double-entry accounting models in software
• Exposure to audit, compliance, or financial reporting systems
• Familiarity with TypeScript (Node.js), MySQL, GCP, React/React Native

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team responsible for ledger systems and reconciliation pipelines that underpin all money movement
• Define architecture that prioritizes correctness, idempotency, and auditability over short-term convenience
• Design and evolve double-entry ledger models, transaction lifecycles, and reconciliation workflows across products
• Build systems that reconcile internal state with external partners (banks, processors, networks) with high confidence
• Partner with Accounting to encode financial rules, reporting requirements, and controls directly into system design
• Establish engineering practices focused on data integrity, observability, and reliable recovery

Benefits

• Opportunity to tackle tough challenges, learn and grow from fellow top talent, and help millions of people reach their personal financial goals
• Flexible hours and virtual-first work culture with a home office stipend
• Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans
• Generous paid parental and caregiver leave
• 401(k) savings plan with matching contributions
• Financial advisor and financial wellness support
• Flexible PTO and generous company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break
• All-company in-person events once or twice a year and virtual events throughout to connect with your team members and leadership team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees