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Engineering Director - Finance

About Truelogic

At Truelogic we are a leading provider of nearshore staff augmentation services headquartered in New York. For over two decades, we’ve been delivering top-tier technology solutions to companies of all sizes, from innovative startups to industry leaders, helping them achieve their digital transformation goals.

Our team of 600+ highly skilled tech professionals, based in Latin America, drives digital disruption by partnering with U.S. companies on their most impactful projects. Whether collaborating with Fortune 500 giants or scaling startups, we deliver results that make a difference.

By applying for this position, you’re taking the first step in joining a dynamic team that values your expertise and aspirations. We aim to align your skills with opportunities that foster exceptional career growth and success while contributing to transformative projects that shape the future.

Our Client

Financial service provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success. We lend through our patented technology that turns a smartphone into digital collateral, and our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI allow us to offer the lowest cost and qualify the most customers in the industry. As of 2024 they have brought billions of dollars in credit to 12 million customers, doubling in the last two years while remaining strongly profitable and sustainable for the long term.


Job Summary

As the Director of Engineering of the Identity and Fraud platform, you will lead a team of talented engineers to build world-class frameworks to mitigate both online and offline risks, platforms for verifying user authenticity and trustworthiness of PayJoy customers, clerks and admins, and build guardrails for privacy and policy compliance.

Responsibilities

Scope and Impact:

  • Accountable for building the next generation of authentication and verification frameworks.

  • Accountable for multiple products, significant features, tools, or infrastructure.

  • Demonstrated success leading teams delivering organizational-level projects, with ownership of large, strategic, or complex areas within an organization.

  • Applies their domain knowledge and technological expertise to multiply their organization's effectiveness in delivering impactful products.

  • Review and provide feedback on features, technology, architecture, designs, time & budget estimates, and test strategies.

  • Manage projects risks & engage in creative problem solving.

  • Develop and evolve engineering and business processes to optimize team efficiency.

    Prioritization and Execution:

  • Shapes their organization to work on the right things in service of their customers while holding them accountable for organizational goals.

  • Recognizes, influences, and resolves critical issues that jeopardize their organization’s focus and direction.

  • Has a track-record of strong execution and meeting organizational goals.

  • Instills a sense of customer empathy within their organization.

  • Adjusts urgency and commitments to maximize the organization’s long term impact and sustainability.

  • Champions reliability and system health, is responsible for the long-term health and quality of their organization’s codebases and systems.

  • Holds their teams accountable for proactively monitoring and suggesting improvements to codebases and systems in service of uptime and operational excellence.

  • Ensures their teams are taking the time to proactively identify and resolve tech debt or blockers that will impact quality or execution.

    Team scale:

  • Manages multiple teams, typically through multiple managers.

  • A track record of managing teams of importance to the company or business unit, which should eventually evolve into organizations or departments.

Qualifications and Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent practical experience) plus 12 years of relevant industry (or additional academic) experience.

  • Managed for at least 6 years.

  • Proven experience building reliable, high-scale, cost-efficient cloud services.

  • Domain expert in identity management, fraud and trust management.

  • Well versed in writing optimized code and architectural patterns for optimization.

  • Well opinionated and hands-on with code review and implementation details.

  • Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

What We Offer

  • 100% Company-funded Health and Dental Insurance for employees and immediate family members.

  • Life insurance.

  • Indefinite-term contract

  • 20 days of vacations.

  • Phone finance, Headphone, home office equipment and fitness perks.

  • $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk.

  • $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk.

Apply now!

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What You Should Know About Engineering Director - Finance, Truelogic

At Truelogic, we're excited to announce an opening for an Engineering Director in Finance, specifically for our esteemed client, a forward-thinking financial services provider revolutionizing the market for under-served customers. As the Engineering Director, you'll guide a dynamic team of engineers to construct groundbreaking frameworks to mitigate online and offline risks. You will play a crucial role in developing systems that ensure the verification of user authenticity and trustworthiness, making a significant impact within the Identity and Fraud department. We encourage innovation and collaboration, and your leadership will help foster an environment where engineers can thrive. You'll be working with cutting-edge technologies, such as machine learning and data science, for our client that’s already seen exceptional growth, bringing billions in credit to millions of customers. This role requires not just technical expertise, but also a strategic vision to prioritize impactful projects and maintain high-performance standards. If you're looking for a place where your skills can shine and contribute to projects that make a real difference, look no further. Join us at Truelogic, and let's pave the way for financial stability for those in emerging markets together!

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