Job description

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze®, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship. Looking to hire a Senior Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams through modernization, cloud transformation, and growth initiatives while ensuring delivery excellence and operational stability. The role will partner closely with product, architecture, and business leaders to define roadmaps, scale engineering practices, and accelerate innovation. Success requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a track record of building and mentoring high-performing teams. Overall Purpose This position provides oversight to an engineering group(s) and is responsible for supporting the design, development, implementation, and delivery of product engineering software components. This manages the team to ensure that it has the right capacity to deliver the product roadmap for the company. This position focuses on internal and external customers to provide best in class service, with an emphasis on efficient resource management and audit controls. Essential Functions Manages activities of two or more teams. Build Product Engineering components and maintain them through production. Provide supervision in terms of costs, methods, and staffing. Manages activities of two or more teams. Provide technical guidance to design and engineering patterns on product design. Guide efforts applied to identification, enhancement and automation of applications and systems. Ensure testing policies and procedures are followed. Provide input for employee selection, training, guidance, performance management and development to ensure department objectives and Service Level Agreements (SLA) are met. Actively contribute toward the vision, organization and leadership of the Engineering team(s). Enhance and mature the Agile software development lifecycle within the team by applying industry best practices and processes. Keep management informed of team progress, problems and solutions. Participate in and support initiatives for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning. Serve as main liaison between Engineering and other departments within the company. Promote DevOps principles and collaborate with other groups. Support the company’s commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data. Manager is involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effect. Manager may have subordinate supervisors or team leads as well as engineers as direct reports. Establishes and assures teams adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements. Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data. Minimum Qualifications Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Three or more years of experience managing the development in the following: Full Stack development/ development management (Technologies: Java, Spring, AWS Cloud) Cloud technologies, VMWare, AWS, or similar Automated testing, continuous integration and delivery Demonstrated experience with state of the art technology, architecture and design concepts, operating systems, database systems, computer networking, and security. Experience with open source frameworks and tools. Proven experience in Agile and DevOps software development philosophy, methodologies, practices, and procedures. Demonstrate ability to work effectively in cross-functional groups and generate results. Must be able to excel in a fast paced environment with multiple priorities. Work experience that demonstrates a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive. Ability to envision project goals, product architectural solutions, and focus on details and tasks to ensure successful implementation. Ability to work independently and handle multiple deadline-driven projects simultaneously. Proven prior leadership experience. Proven leadership skills in leading DevOps teams and their interaction across an organization. Background and drug screen. The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor. Physical Requirements Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers. Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation. The base pay scale for this position in: Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $150,000 - $200,000. San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $180,000 - $240,000. Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits. This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate’s education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes. Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses. 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility. Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day. 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work. And SO much more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure to check our Benefits page here for the latest. Our team can share more during the interview process! Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Early Warning Services, LLC (“Early Warning”) considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.

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Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.
Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.
Overall Purpose
Manages activities of two or more teams.
Build Product Engineering components and maintain them through production.
Provide supervision in terms of costs, methods, and staffing.
Manages activities of two or more teams.
Provide technical guidance to design and engineering patterns on product design.
Guide efforts applied to identification, enhancement and automation of applications and systems.
Ensure testing policies and procedures are followed.
Provide input for employee selection, training, guidance, performance management and development to ensure department objectives and Service Level Agreements (SLA) are met.
Actively contribute toward the vision, organization and leadership of the Engineering team(s).
Enhance and mature the Agile software development lifecycle within the team by applying industry best practices and processes.
Keep management informed of team progress, problems and solutions.
Participate in and support initiatives for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning.
Serve as main liaison between Engineering and other departments within the company.
Promote DevOps principles and collaborate with other groups.
Support the company’s commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
Manager is involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company-wide effect.
Manager may have subordinate supervisors or team leads as well as engineers as direct reports.
Establishes and assures teams adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
Education and/or experience typically obtained through completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Three or more years of experience managing the development in the following:

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Parental Leave