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Sr. Engineering Manager - Payments

Cedar
Location
USA
Posted
20 days ago
Department
Product Engineering
Salary
$221,000-$260,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 8+ years of professional experience
  • 3+ years of engineering management experience
  • Experience managing managers
  • Experience owning third-party vendor integrations
  • Experience owning business-critical production systems and their performance, reliability, and operational health
  • Strong cross-functional partnership skills, especially with Product and Commercial stakeholders
Nice to have
  • Experience in payments, fintech, or a closely related domain
  • Experience modernizing or decoupling complex production systems
  • Experience supporting agentic or AI-enabled workflows at scale
  • Experience driving the adoption of agentic development practices and AI-assisted tooling to accelerate team velocity
What the job really is

The Sr. Engineering Manager - Payments will lead two teams focused on evolving Cedar's payments platform to enhance scalability and performance across multiple product lines. This role involves partnering with engineering leaders to shape technical direction, improve observability, and manage third-party vendor integrations while fostering a high-performing engineering culture. The manager will also collaborate with Product and Commercial teams to prioritize payment feature requests and balance architectural investments.

Benefits
  • Salary Range: $221,000-$260,000
  • Equity eligible
  • Competitive benefits and wellness package
  • Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days
  • 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits
  • Diversity initiatives including employee resource groups
Things to weigh
  • No specific technology stack mentioned
  • Role involves significant leadership responsibilities rather than hands-on coding
  • The salary range is broad and subject to various factors
  • Focus on payments may limit exposure to other areas of technology
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