Senior Manager, Software Engineering

About the position

At Possible, we’re building a new type of consumer finance company. One that helps our customers stay out of debt rather than profits from them staying in it. As a Public Benefit Corporation, it's our mission and responsibility to help communities unlock economic mobility—with affordable credit products designed to improve financial health. Founded in 2017, our lead VCs are Canvas and Union Square Ventures. We are a distributed company with a global workforce, headquartered in Seattle, WA. We have over 100,000 reviews on the App Store and an average rating of 4.8 stars. Just as we are committed to building a new type of consumer finance company, we are equally dedicated to the employee experience. Since our founding, we’ve redefined how people approach small-dollar loans—delivering over one billion dollars in funding to more than one million customers, issuing over four million loans, and saving our customers more than five hundred million dollars.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of platform engineers, setting clear goals and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Partnering with engineering leaders across the organization to identify infrastructure needs, establish technical standards, and prioritize platform initiatives
• Overseeing the evolution of our CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerization strategies
• Guiding the design and development of shared components and libraries that can be leveraged across our products
• Participating in and sometimes leading architectural discussions for new features and products
• Driving improvements in system reliability, performance monitoring, and incident response
• Championing code quality initiatives, including testing standards and code review processes
• Establishing and refining technical standards and best practices across the engineering organization
• Managing the platform roadmap, including capacity planning and resource allocation
• Mentoring engineers and providing technical guidance on complex infrastructure and product challenges
• Ensuring our systems maintain the highest standards of security and compliance, essential for a fintech organization

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering management experience, ideally with experience leading both product engineering and platform/infrastructure teams
• Strong technical background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD systems
• Experience building and shipping customer-facing products using Java backend services and React/React Native applications
• Background in designing and implementing shared components and libraries used across multiple products
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
• Knowledge of observability systems, logging solutions, and alerting frameworks
• Experience establishing and enforcing coding standards, testing practices, and architectural patterns
• Track record of successful cross-team collaboration and influence on technical decisions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of security and compliance requirements in financial services
• Experience with distributed teams across multiple time zones

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $209,000 to $232,230 annually
• Significant equity potential based on experience and qualifications
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off