Engineering Manager, Samsung Wallet

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.$190K — $220K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 10+ years in hands-on engineering management role
  • Expertise in native mobile app development, specifically Android
  • Experience in large scale mobile-first applications, ideally in fintech
  • Proven innovation in the mobile payments sector
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Ability to influence across business structures
  • Experience navigating international cultures and remote teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and innovation for Samsung Wallet
  • Drive growth and market expansion through cross-functional team leadership
  • Define and execute a visionary technical strategy
  • Collaborate with leaders for successful product launches and partnerships
  • Contribute to the roadmap of Samsung Wallet
  • Articulate technical requirements for new features
  • Serve as the technical liaison for partners
  • Create and maintain technical documentation and architecture diagrams

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Employee Purchase Program
  • Tuition Assistance after 6 months
  • Paid Time Off and Student Loan Program after 6 months
  • Wellness Incentives
Full Job Description
Position Summary

Engineering Manager, Samsung Wallet:

Position Summary:

Samsung is seeking an experienced, hands-on engineering manager to lead the development and innovation of our Samsung Wallet mobile application. In this role, you will work from our office in New York, while collaborating closely with our decision makers based at Samsung's headquarters in South Korea, and engineering teams based in Korea and elsewhere across the globe and work on mobile app & platform, frontend, and backend aspects. You will collaborate cross-functionally with product, program management, and business teams to deliver exciting new features on aggressive timelines. You will interact with our extensive partners, evaluate new use cases, platforms and integration options as well as manage existing features, root cause issues, identify improvements and help translate these needs to remote development teams. You need to be a hands-on engineer who can look at the code, internal systems, APIs and be able to propose architecture changes, sequence diagrams, debate on pros & cons of alternatives with offshore engineers across regions.

Role and Responsibilities

Responsibilities
  • Leading the development and delivery of innovative, cutting-edge solutions for Samsung Wallet.
  • Drive MAU growth and market expansion through the strategic leadership of cross-functional and remote teams, with a focus on native mobile app development.
  • Define and execute a visionary technical strategy and multi-year roadmap to address current operations, and future tech innovations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to guide successful product releases, unlock new business opportunities, and business team in closing key partnerships.
  • Contributing to the vision and roadmap of Samsung Wallet.
  • Defining and articulating technical requirements for features.
  • Be the technical liaison for new and existing Samsung Wallet partners.
  • Creating the technical materials for Samsung teams as well as partners.
  • Create and update technical requirement, architecture diagram and sequence flows.
  • Be involved in development, testing and launch status tracking and flag risks as necessary to management and handle escalations.


Experience Requirements:
  • 10+ years of experience in a hands-on engineering management role
  • Expertise in native mobile app development on Android; Deep knowledge of Android internals, frameworks, SDKs
  • Experience in large scale, mobile-first applications and services is mandatory; preferably in mobile wallets, payments.
  • Proven track record of innovating in the fintech and mobile payments space
  • Strong communication, leadership, and coaching skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and drive continuous delivery
  • Ability to gain influence across the business without authority.
  • Ability to align with global direction from Headquarters but also influence and contribute to it.
  • Ability to navigate international cultures and work across time zones and willingness to work with a remotely located development and design team.
  • Able to travel domestic or internationally, when required, to meet partners, development team or other stakeholders.


Skills and Qualifications

Compensation for this role, for candidates based in New York, NY, is expected to be between $190,000 ~ $220,000 base. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role. Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more.

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