At January, we're transforming the lives of consumers by bringing humanity to consumer finance. Our data-driven products help financial institutions streamline their collections, offering borrowers straightforward and compassionate solutions to regain financial stability and control over their lives. We're not just expanding access to credit – we're restoring dignity and giving millions of people the chance to achieve financial freedom.
About the Role
As the Engineering Manager for the Compliance & Money Ops team, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our compliance capabilities, payment systems, and operational excellence. Our team envisions a future where every dollar moves with precision, every report shines with accuracy, and every audit impresses with ease. We’re looking for a leader motivated to elevate a growing team’s performance, lead change, foster collaboration, and strengthen partnerships with key stakeholders in Legal, Ops, Compliance, and Finance. Your leadership will be integral to refining operations and positioning us as industry leaders, by helping architect the infrastructure that reconciles millions, drives transparency, and fuels January's growth.
What You’ll Work On
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Collaborate with Product to identify opportunities for improving key processes, such as compliance testing and reconciliation, ensuring reliable and accurate operations.
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Develop systems that deliver consistent timelines and outcomes while seamlessly meeting compliance and audit requirements.
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Build and scale the team by hiring top talent, while staying involved in technical decision-making to set a high bar for engineering excellence.
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Foster a culture of mentorship and growth, empowering engineers to step into leadership roles and contribute meaningfully beyond their immediate responsibilities.
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Partner closely with stakeholders to establish trust and alignment, ensuring the team’s work supports and accelerates broader business objectives.
What You Bring to the Table
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5+ years experience as a software engineer
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2+ years in engineering management
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Proven track record managing projects from concept to delivery with Agile experience.
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Experience with cloud platforms and building scalable, reliable systems.
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Excitement to enable other steam-aligned teams.
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Motivated to turn a reactive team into a proactive one, with experience in brownfield development.
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A background in finance and accounting.
We are currently hiring for this position in our New York office.
As a New York City-based company, we are dedicated to transparent, fair, and equitable compensation practices that reflect our commitment to fostering an environment where all team members are valued and supported. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
What the Team is Saying
January Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials highlight medical, dental, and vision coverage with subsidization for employees and their families. Public descriptions present the package as comprehensive for its market.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO is emphasized, and third-party listings note an unlimited policy with a minimum floor to encourage rest. This breadth of time away complements standard paid holidays and sick time described in external profiles.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is repeatedly called generous, with public profiles describing fully paid leave for new parents, including adoption and fostering. Family medical leave and related supports are also referenced.
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What We Do
At January, we bring humanity to consumer finance. Using data intelligence, we create trust and deliver better outcomes for consumers and creditors alike. Our mission is simple: expand access to credit while empowering consumers to achieve lasting stability and control of their financial lives. We began by building the foundation for creditors to engage with and support their borrowers at scale across the entire debt lifecycle. We’ve mastered outsourced collections by combining best-in-class performance with differentiated consumer satisfaction and superior compliance. And we’re just getting started. Together, we’re creating a financial system where trust and opportunity spark lasting change in people’s lives.
Why Work With Us
We're driven to push boundaries and thrive in a culture of collaboration, rapid growth, and continuous learning, January offers the chance to do your best work. We thrive on: Write to clarify thinking, scale collaboration, and drive intentionality. Prioritize impact over routine. Embrace growth, feedback. Assume and act with positive intent.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco, we believe that in-person collaboration promotes creativity, camaraderie, and trust amongst our team. Because of this, we operate on a hybrid model, where our team comes in 3x a week.
