Software Engineering Manager, Risk

Found

18h • $220,000 - $257,000 • Remote

About The Position

Our engineering team is responsible for taking products from ideation to being used by tens of thousands of users every week. We’re responsible for everything from building the product to reliable and performant technical operations.

Our Risk Engineering team is responsible for fighting fraudulent use of Found and minimizing losses related to risk and bad actors in the system, while maintaining an excellent user experience across the core product and internal operations. We value moving fast, safely. The team has a large impact on how we grow our business and is responsible for external facing features, frameworks used by other product engineering teams and internal workflows.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager who is excited about driving the technical vision for the team, getting directly involved in the team’s work and supporting the growth and operational excellence of the team. You’ll partner with our Head of Engineering and our other leads to drive success in this key part of our product and business. If you have any questions please include them in your application.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• 6+ years of experience building production software systems that have substantial operational constraints or requirements.
• History of leading cross-functional projects and prioritizing work based on business impact.

Nice To Haves

• Previous startup experience and/or experience in hyper-growth environments.
• Experience with financial risk and fraud.
• Experience with bookkeeping or taxes and how it relates to self-employment.
• Experience with banking or payment infrastructure.
• Fluency in full-stack web development using some of the tools we use (e.g. React, Rails, MySQL, Cordova, Kubernetes, Spanner).

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision and strategy for your team; to inform what we build and how we build it. You’ll work with partners and stakeholders across the company while doing this.
• Hire, mentor, and grow the engineers on your team, from setting them up for success during onboarding to challenging them to grow throughout their careers with the company.
• Contribute directly to the team’s work via code, technical decision making and architectural and operational improvements.
• Promote an engaged, positive, and product-focused, engineering culture.
• Partner with our risk operations and customer experience teams on risk rules, policies, operations and tooling.
• Build & update processes in support of positive customer outcomes while scaling our operational load.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and finance to build our development roadmap, headcount goals, and more.

Benefits

• 401K, FSA, and Commuter Benefits: We offer all employees access to tax-efficient benefit options alongside competitive base compensation.
• Paid parental leave: Found supports employees through all stages of life, which is why new parents employed by Found qualify for 16 weeks of flexible parental leave.
• Health benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits and are always 100% covered for employees, 90% covered for dependents.
• Work anywhere: We have Found offices in SF and NYC. For team members who work outside those cities, Found also supports fully remote working.
• Meaningful equity: Everyone on our team should feel and act like an owner, which is why Found offers industry-competitive equity to all of our employees.
• Flexible vacation policy: Vacations, appointments, mental health days- take the time you need, whenever you need to with our flexible time-off policy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees