Engineering Manager
Alloy is where you belong!
We’re the leading provider of digital identity management and transaction fraud detection. We support innovative FinTech companies and top-tier banks to manage KYC, AML, and other components of client onboarding. Alloy’s API enables its clients to access over 100’s of third-party data sources in real-time to improve decision-making and streamline client experiences.
We're backed by venture capital firms that have taken countless companies to IPO like Bessemer Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, Eniac Ventures, and others. We are well-positioned to bring on incredibly talented individuals who can help take us to the next level!
Alloy operates in a hybrid-work environment. We look to foster collaboration and community by having our New York team on-site twice a week, and our remote employees on-site three times a quarter. Join an exciting startup company in the fintech space named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces, Best FinTech to Work for by American Banker, and Best Place to Work by Built in NYC year after year.
What you’ll be doing
The Engineering Manager's responsibility is primarily their team. They need to be able to balance their three key responsibilities: recruiting and hiring great people, developing and mentoring each person that reports to them, and assisting their team to build and ship the best product by whatever means possible.
As the Engineering Manager, you’ll:
- Hire an incredible team that lives our values
- Improve the happiness and productivity of the team
- Create, track, and manage our engineering team's metrics and KPIs - think Accelerate's "Four Key Metrics"
- Hold weekly 1:1's and support the professional development of team members
- Drive code review, QA, release, and continuous deployment processes
- Manage agile projects in conjunction with our CTO to improve the platform our product is built on
- Communicate technical and product decisions to the right people, resolve blocking issues, and keep our development machine humming
- Embody technical ownership and spread that through your team to ship great features that everyone can be proud of
- Improve the quality, security, and performance of the product through the work your team does and how you prioritize work that isn't directly client-facing
Who we’re looking for
Engineering Managers at Alloy are facilitators, not dictators. You need to have the technical and managerial knowledge to help your team succeed and foster a collaborative work environment across all the other teams, both in engineering and elsewhere. We think the best way to set you up for success in this position, you should have:
- 6+ years of engineering experience, at least 2 of which should be in an engineering leadership position
- Agile project management skills: experience leading sprint planning and execution
- Experience with mentorship and helping engineers grow to achieve their career goals
- Technical credibility: intermediate-to-expert capability writing Javascript and/or Python (our core languages), ability to give thorough code reviews and help engineers solve bugs
- Experience recruiting and hiring
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Humble - agrees with the philosophy of servant leadership; you lead by pointing people in the right direction and being there to help support them along the way, not by micromanaging or demanding
- Must be local to Greater New York City
- Extra credit:
- Experience in high-growth product companies
Benefits and Perks
- Unlimited PTO and flexible work policy; we are remote for most roles!
- Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA employer contribution, FSA, and FSA dependent programs
- 401k with 100% match up to 4% with immediate vesting and eligibility
- $500 to set up your WFH space - a one time thing
- Monthly commuter contribution
- Monthly credits for groceries from Public Goods
- Monthly credits for Seamless
- Monthly wellness credits to ClassPass
- Annual Citi Bike membership
- Annual $1,000 learning & development stipend
- 4 free therapy sessions and 1 year of talk therapy
Alloy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and employer. We’re committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.
Alloy’s Covid-19 Company Statement
Alloy does not require employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19, but vaccination or testing may be mandated by the relevant local laws with which the company will comply. If this position involves contact with third parties, attendance on-site for events, travel, and/or work in our New York City offices, those actions will be subject to any relevant local laws, venue or customer requirements, or travel requirements regarding vaccines or testing (and exemptions thereto).
At this time, Alloy is currently following compliance regulations with New York City’s Private Sector Mandate and is offering religious and medical accommodations for all eligible employees and visitors