Sr. Engineering Manager (Privacy.com) - Remote

Remote

Lithic creates card issuing and payment infrastructure for technology companies that just works. We help some of the world’s fastest-growing digital banks, fintech companies, and software companies process billions in transactions annually.

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for setting the strategic and technical direction for Lithic’s sister company, Privacy.com. You’ll be responsible for understanding the right tradeoff between platforms and product work and communicating the strategy transparently to the teams and to the leadership. You will be working in a highly visible and evolving space, and will help shape the product direction by working closely with cross-functional partners from Product, Design, Customer Support, and Operations. 

You will also lead a group of talented engineers and help the team to deliver significant business impact given the ambitious product vision we’re building towards. As a leader, you measure your success based on the strength of your team, facilitating a culture of ownership, fostering career growth and development, and enhancing developer productivity and happiness. You make decisions thoughtfully and always consider implications, outcomes, and downstream effects. If you enjoy working in an ambiguous product space, shaping vision and strategy for a foundational area, this is the role for you!

What You'll Do: 

• Lead a team of talented engineers who like to ship code and tackle hard engineering problems
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members. Help develop their careers and assign them to projects tailored to their skill levels, personalities, work styles, and professional goals
• Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products that delight Privacy customers
• Help your team build relationships across functions with Product, Design, Customer Support, Ops or other teams to ensure Privacy’s continuing success
• Create plans for prioritizing technical and resourcing challenges in your organization
• Maintain a balance between building sustainable, high-impact projects and shipping things quickly
• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in the team’s code, architecture, and processes
• Work closely with the recruiting team to hire high potential candidates from diverse backgrounds

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of experience with frontend, mobile and/or full-stack engineering, with at least 3+ years of management experience
• Strong technical foundation and experience with modern frontend frameworks and technologies 
• Experience launching consumer facing products and iterating through data-driven experimentation
• Enthusiasm for helping people grow their skills and reach the next level
• Project management and communication skills that bring the team together and drive projects to a successful outcome
• Experience balancing competing priorities and input from many different teams
• Empathy and a focus on understanding the impacts of your decisions on others
• Openness to new ideas and the ability to lead by influence and clear reasoning rather than authority
• Bonus points for experience leading a distributed team

Base salary range for US candidates: $220,000 - $270,000

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Benefits: 

• Health, vision, and dental insurance 
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match 
• Life Insurance and AD&D policy 
• 3% cashback on all Privacy purchases