Engineering Manager

What We Do:  

Brightwell is a pioneering payments company dedicated to providing innovative solutions and technology for global money transfers while navigating the intricate landscape of regulatory requirements. Through strategic partnerships and technological advancements, Brightwell facilitates cross-border payments, offering a range of options including bank transfers, mobile wallets, and cash transactions. With a focus on unparalleled fraud detection and transaction monitoring supported by a team of global payment experts, Brightwell empowers businesses and individuals to seamlessly manage and move money worldwide. 

Who We Need:  

Due to product growth, we’re looking for an Engineering Manager to take on the management of the continued development of an emerging product. As our Engineering Manager, you will be a highly visible internal leader working to inspire your team with clear direction, in alignment with the vision of the company. The right leader will be committed to performance, results, and operational excellence, implementing processes into logical units of work across the internal team and our partners all while acting as an actualizer of Brightwell’s vision. We are looking not only for a strategic, innovative thinker but someone who has proven they can execute, with both excellent leadership and communication skills.  

This is a hands-on keyboard role. Approximately 30% of your time will be spent writing code (C#, .NET Core) with the remainder focused on people, projects, and processes. 

**This is a REMOTE position, based in the U.S. Quarterly travel to Atlanta will be required.** Eligible states of residence:  AL, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, MD, ME, NC, PA, TX, VA, WI 

As a part of our selection process, we require all Brightwell candidates to complete a 10-minute survey which you can find here:  Culture Index Survey 

What You’ll Do:  

• Offer technical guidance and experience to the team including architectural decisions, code reviews, and best practices.  
• Jump into the code. Approximately 30% of your time will be spent hands-on coding (C#, .NET Core) 
• Bring an entrepreneurial attitude and a “roll up your sleeves” mentality to evaluating competing issues and assessing the product.   
• Dive deep into the product with the team to gain a thorough understanding of the product and the underlying technology.  
• Work closely with teams across Brightwell to deliver projects on time and within scope, identifying risks and implementing strategies to mitigate them along the way.  
• Identify and successfully implement improvements in our engineering processes, tools, and architecture to enable us to deliver on our key initiatives.  
• Be an effective spokesperson and champion for the engineering team.  
• Influence continuous engineering improvement through mentoring, coaching, and metrics.   
• Stay on top of current industry trends and best practices and help to implement them within the team ensuring an optimized, stable, scalable, software engineering environment.  
• Take on other challenges as needed.  

As Engineering Manager, you have:  

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, including hands-on coding experience and architectural design. 
• Proven leadership and mentoring abilities with 3+ years of experience managing distributed software engineering teams.  
• Experience working with Postgres. 
• Experience with Azure cloud technology. 
• Solid understanding of development principles, design patterns, and best practices. 
• Experience with and understanding of deliverables and value propositions and delivering business-centric, integrated technology solutions. 
• Exposure to multiple diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments.  
• Understanding of Agile processes.  
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects spanning months of development.  
• Ability to take ownership of your work. 

We’ll give you extra credit for: 

• FinTech or banking client experience. 
• Startup experience or any new venture group focused on developing digital products. 
• Experience in event-driven systems. 
• New product development experience. 
• Experience collaborating with offshore (South America) development resources. 

What We’re Offering in Return 

• Freedom: We empower you to take ownership of your work and excel in your role. 
• Professional Development: We support your growth and provide opportunities for advancement. 
• Entrepreneurship: We value innovation and welcome individuals with a passion for driving change. 
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, 401k, flexible spending accounts, parental leave, paid vacation, and more. 
• Culture: Join a vibrant and inclusive team with opportunities for social and professional engagement. 

Brightwell is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) committed to employing a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.