Senior Engineering Manager (Platform)

ClassWallet • Full-time • Remote from California, United States • 2h ago

Fast Facts

Join ClassWallet as a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Platform Team, focusing on infrastructure reliability, cost-efficiency, and engineering velocity within a mission-driven fintech environment.

Responsibilities: Lead platform reliability and cost-efficiency initiatives, foster documentation excellence, oversee cloud governance, and drive continuous improvement in operational efficiency.

Skills: Deep understanding of modern DevOps principles, cloud cost optimization, Kubernetes, incident response, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications: Proven leadership experience, proficiency in mentoring, and capability to manage globally distributed teams across time zones.

Location: This job is located in the USA.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $140,000 - $180,000.

ClassWallet, a leading financial technology company in the United States, is seeking to hire a Senior Engineering Manager (Platform) to join our team.

ClassWallet is a financial technology company serving agencies delegated responsibility to manage public funds. Agencies use ClassWallet to get public funds to the right people, and ensure the funds are used for the right purpose. ClassWallet’s suite of products and services empowers agency administrators to dramatically increase efficiency of funds distribution and spend compliance, reduce programmatic costs, maximize the full potential impact of the program, and satisfy the needs and expectations of policymakers, constituents and public reporting. ClassWallet has processed over $3.5 Billion to date and serves public agencies across 33 states.

The Company has developed an industry-defining digital wallet solution which has gained rapid traction among state and local agencies and school districts across America. ClassWallet ranks as the 61st fastest growing software company on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the 21st fastest growing financial technology company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in 2023.

While the Company delivers immense business value, the social impact of ClassWallet is a fabric that runs through its mission and corporate culture. As a result of ClassWallet’s innovation, public programs run with exponentially more efficiency and the impact and breadth of the programs for the individuals they serve is dramatically higher. This mission compliments the Company mission-based culture with focus on gratitude and work-life balance.

About the Role

At ClassWallet, we are redefining how public funds reach the people who need them. We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Platform Team. This is a role for a technical leader who views infrastructure, financial efficiency, and technical clarity as foundational structural elements of a high-performing engineering organization.

Reporting to the Director of Architecture, you will own the critical intersection of platform reliability, cost-efficiency, and engineering velocity. Your work will ensure that our infrastructure remains a robust, scalable, and fiscally responsible foundation, maintaining the highest levels of trust with our partners. You will work as a high-impact leader, driving the continuous evolution of our systems while mentoring the next generation of engineering talent.

The ideal candidate thrives in high-stakes environments and possesses a deep "builder" mindset combined with exceptional leadership skills.

Modern DevOps: A deep understanding of modern DevOps principles. You champion automation, "shifting left" on reliability, and building seamless CI/CD pipelines that empower developers to deploy with confidence.
Documentation Excellence: A relentless advocate for continuous documentation. You believe that a feature isn't "done" until it is documented. You will lead the Platform Team to be the company's gold standard for technical clarity, maintaining impeccable playbooks, architecture diagrams, and decision logs.
Platform Cost Optimization: Proven experience in cloud cost optimization and governance. You have successfully implemented strategies to maximize infrastructure ROI without impacting platform performance.
People Development: You are extremely proficient at people development. You have a demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, build career progression frameworks, and foster a high-accountability culture.
Global Coordination: Extensive experience leading teams across disparate time zones. You are proficient at coordinating work asynchronously and managing 24/7 operations to ensure global platform reliability.
Kubernetes Understanding: A solid working knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration. You are comfortable guiding the team through architectural discussions, rightsizing, and scaling challenges.
Escalation & Security: Proficiency in escalation best practices and a working knowledge of modern security practices. You ensure the platform is hardened against threats and that incident responses are handled with transparency and speed.
Process Improvement: A "continuous improvement" mindset focused on operational efficiency. You identify bottlenecks and implement frameworks to increase delivery velocity and system stability.

Strategic Goals

Fiscal & Operational Excellence: Transform our infrastructure into a high-performance, cost-optimized platform. You will align cloud spend with business growth, ensuring ClassWallet maintains a lean and scalable technical footprint.
The Gold Standard of Knowledge: Establish the Platform Team as the benchmark for documentation across the company. By making technical knowledge discoverable and current, you will reduce tribal knowledge and empower the entire engineering organization to move faster.
Global Talent Leadership: Build and retain a world-class, globally distributed team. Your success will be measured by the professional growth of your reports and the team's ability to execute complex projects across time zones with seamless hand-offs.

ClassWallet is a positive, family-oriented team environment. Our focus is on encouragement, positive reinforcement, and gratitude. We work hard and are highly motivated to win but with a healthy perspective on life.

We offer an excellent salary and benefits commensurate with experience.

ClassWallet.com is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status.