Engineering Manager, Forward Deployed (Privy)

Stripe • New York, NY

3d

About The Position

Privy is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead its Forward Deployed Engineering team. This role is crucial for addressing the company's most important customer problems, architecting complex integrations, and building new product features. The manager will be responsible for fostering a high-performing team, ensuring focus on high-value work, and driving business impact through excellent execution. This is a high-leverage position at the intersection of customers, product development, and engineering, requiring strong people management, technical judgment, and a customer-first mindset. The manager will own team outcomes, coach engineers, ensure quality and performance, and strengthen the feedback loop between customer needs and the product roadmap. The team utilizes standard technologies like Node, React, and AWS to focus on core product innovation, including hardware enclaves, low-latency APIs, and accessible blockchain abstractions.

Requirements

• Strong ownership and a track record of driving outstanding business impact
• Excellent people management skills and experience growing high-performing engineers
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to evaluate architecture and tradeoffs
• A customer-first mindset and comfort translating ambiguous needs into clear technical direction
• High emotional maturity and strong communication
• Experience managing in a fast-moving, high-expectation environment

Responsibilities

• Own team outcomes and business impact for Forward Deployed Engineering
• Coach and develop engineers across technical depth, customer empathy, and ownership
• Hold the team accountable to excellence in quality, throughput, and performance
• Ensure the team is focused on the right problems and highest-leverage opportunities
• Partner closely with Product, Solutions Engineering, and GTM
• Stay close to the work—review PRs, help scope technical work, review design docs, and jump in on complex problems
• Build a strong team culture grounded in trust, rigor, and urgency
• Strengthen the feedback loop between customer signal and product roadmap

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed