Software Engineering Manager (Remote)

At Earnest, we believe in a world where paying for your education takes less time than earning your degree.  Join us on our mission to empower anyone seeking higher education to reduce the total price tag of their degree, supercharge their ability to pay down student debt, and get on the right financial track fast.

A little background on Earnest: We're a remote first FinTech company with an accomplished team who believe consumer lending can be radically improved and are doing something about it. We are disrupting the trillion dollar student loan industry by redefining what it means to be creditworthy. We created a company that combines data science, streamlined design, and technology to:

• Build products that simplify the lending process
• Personalize loans to suit the needs of our customers
• Engage with our customers through more human experiences

What makes an “Earnie” culture: 

Earnest’s culture is as dynamic as the products we’re building and defining every day. We’re a fast-growing company, and that means we’re constantly integrating the new perspectives of every individual.

Earnies define our culture as:

• Earn Happy Clients
• Client happiness is our true north star.
• Make it happen
• We work hard to deliver high-impact results at rapid pace. 
• Growth Mindset
• We love challenges, enjoy rigorous effort, and learn from our mistakes as we continuously improve. 
• Do great things together 
• Success is built on relationships. 
• Insist on high standards 
• We have relentlessly high standards and continuously raise the bar on the quality of everything: our products, services, processes, and people.  

Our Earnie's are fun, innovative, and willing to rollup their sleeves to help their team succeed in a fast-paced environment. If this sounds like you, and you want to join us on our mission to radically disrupt a trillion dollar fintech industry, keep reading to find out how.

About the Role

The Software Engineering Manager will lead one or more of our Product Development teams and will be responsible for the technical direction and delivery of these teams, as well as the hiring and career growth of team members.  In this role, you will work closely with Product, Design, and key business stakeholders on critical roadmap projects while evolving our Engineering architecture. The leader is expected to bring a strong background in architecture and best practices to create strategic direction, and help the teams make informed technical decisions while ensuring we are always delighting our customers.

You will report to the VP of Engineering at Earnest, and you will:

• Leverage your passion for technology to lead teams that build products and services that strive to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone 
• Have the autonomy to define and influence the Annual and Quarterly OKRs for the team
• Leverage your business acumen and customer obsession to gain a mastery of the business context, user behaviors, product goals, and participate in early-stage product definition and planning
• Attract, hire, and retain a team of high performing Product Engineers

Ideal background and expertise:

• 7+ years software development experience
• 2+ years management/supervision experience of software development project teams
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Firm understanding of application architecture best practices at scale, cloud-based microservice architecture and SOLID principles
• Extensive full stack experience with SQL, ORM, GraphQL, relational databases, Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS, Kubernetes
• Firm understanding of Software Development Life Cycle methodology
• Mobile app development experience (preferred)
• FinTech experience (preferred)
• Experience working and collaborating with diverse remote teams in a dynamic, rapid growth environment
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills to break down and solve complex problems

Earnest believes in enabling our employees to live their best lives. We offer a variety of perks and competitive benefits that include: 

• Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
• Work anywhere in the U.S. 
• Mac computers + work from home stipend to set up your home office
• Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• 401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
• Robust tuition reimbursement program
• $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world 
• Competitive days of annual PTO
• Annual “my day” 
• Pet insurance!
• Competitive parental leave
• Plenty of Earnest swag, optional in person team gatherings, picnics, celebrations, and plenty of fun virtual events 

At Earnest, we are committed to building an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging enables us to move forward with our mission. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage anyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for.  

Earnest provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance.

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