Engineering Leadership - Future Opportunities (Manager/Director)

Neo Financial

$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in engineering leadership roles, preferably in financial services or regulated industries.
  • Demonstrated hands-on technical ability, with experience in code review and architecture decision-making.
  • Experience with agile processes and a strong focus on high-performance metrics.
  • Ability to manage and develop managers effectively, with a track record of accountability.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and micro-services architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and guide engineers with technical expertise and hands-on involvement.
  • Maintain and enforce a high performance standard across teams.
  • Own and optimize agile execution processes for improved efficiency.
  • Develop and mentor managers while ensuring accountability within the team.
  • Collaborate with product leadership on solution plans and project execution.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on platforms handling real financial transactions.
  • Challenging engineering problems in a fast-paced, scaling environment.
  • End-to-end ownership of domains from system design to deployment.
  • No bureaucratic handoff culture; work independently and collaboratively.
  • Ongoing consideration for current and future engineering opportunities.
Full Job Description
What we're looking for
  • You lead engineers through technical credibility. You stay close to the code reviewing it, pairing on it, making architecture calls not because you're asked to, but because you can't credibly lead a team you've disconnected from.
  • You hold a high performance bar and you act on it.
  • You own the process, not just the output. You understand what great agile execution looks like (small tickets, fast cycle times, obsessive test coverage, standups and retros that actually improve the team) and you tune it relentlessly.
  • If you manage managers: you develop them, hold them accountable, and you can step into their role when needed. You roll up team performance to the executive level with real metrics. You co-author high-level solution plans with product leadership before work hits the backlog. You don't wait for top-down direction and you don't thrive in slow bureaucratic environments.

The work

Neo's platform handles real financial transactions for real customers across banking, credit, lending, and rewards. The engineering problems span distributed systems, real-time data, payments infrastructure, fraud, and compliance. They don't get easier as we scale.

We build on modern cloud infrastructure with a micro-services architecture. Teams move fast and own their domains end to end, from system design through deployment and on-call. There are no handoff cultures here.

What raises your profile with us

You've built and scaled systems that handle meaningful transaction volume or data throughput. You've worked in financial services, payments, or another regulated industry where correctness isn't optional.

You've managed managers or you're ready to. You've run real performance management not managed around low performers.

How we hire

We're looking for rare people and we won't compromise on fit to move fast. This posting is intentionally ongoing, we keep a pipeline of exceptional candidates and engage directly when the right opportunity opens.

Applying here puts your profile in front of our team and keeps you in consideration as our engineering organization grows. It doesn't guarantee an immediate interview and it won't lock you to a single role. If your background matches a current or emerging opportunity, we'll reach out directly.

We aim to respond to every application, but given the selective nature of this search, timelines will vary.

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