Manager, Software Engineering (Front End Infrastructure)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Balance engineering leadership and people management with hands-on technical engagement
• ▹Bring forward creative technical solutions to complex frontend platform challenges, collaborating with product, design, marketing, and other stakeholders
• ▹Guide architectural decisions across React Native, iOS, Android, and the CI/CD and developer tooling stack
• ▹Hire, lead, mentor, and help talented engineers grow professionally
• ▹Collaborate with business and engineering stakeholders on the roadmap and vision for the mobile platform
• ▹Work with Lead and Staff Engineers on scalable mobile architecture, better engineering practices, and tech-debt prioritization
• ▹Remove roadblocks for team members, both technical and otherwise
• ▹Co-own metrics enabling data-driven decisions around platform health and developer experience
• ▹Work with peer Engineering Managers to balance platform investments with squad-specific feature needs
• ▹Improve the mobile design-to-development workflow in partnership with design and product

Requirements

• ▹6+ years of software development experience
• ▹1.5+ years of engineering management experience
• ▹Hands-on experience with mobile or front-end development to guide architectural decisions
• ▹Technical depth in mobile development, React Native, iOS (Swift), and/or Android (Kotlin), sufficient to evaluate tradeoffs in upgrade paths and shared library design
• ▹Experience building and maintaining developer infrastructure: CI/CD pipelines, mobile build tooling, platform upgrade programs
• ▹Familiarity with mobile observability and monitoring tools (crash reporting, session replay, performance tracing) and driving their adoption
• ▹Familiarity with the mobile release process and app store regulatory requirements
• ▹Experience with product analytics and experimentation platforms, including how external vendor infrastructure supports product velocity
• ▹Experience creating maintainable products or systems
• ▹Ability to develop a technical vision for larger cross-squad infrastructure programs
• ▹Experience hiring and building diverse, high-performing teams
• ▹Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• ▹Ability to engage in technical and business discussions from both tactical and strategic viewpoints
• ▹Experience in a fast-growing startup
• ▹Bachelor's degree (or equivalent four-year degree) required

Nice to have

• ▹Hands-on experience with native iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin) development, particularly around OS upgrade cycles and native build tooling
• ▹Experience contributing to or operating an open-source mobile project
• ▹Fintech or regulated-industry experience, including how mobile platform decisions affect compliance and customer data handling
• ▹Experience integrating AI tooling into engineering workflows
• ▹Experience with mobile CI/CD, including managing self-hosted runners, build infrastructure, and app store deployment pipelines

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• ▹Generous paid parental and caregiver leave
• ▹401(k) savings plan with matching contributions
• ▹Financial advisor and financial wellness support
• ▹Flexible PTO and generous company holidays (Juneteenth, Winter Break)
• ▹Company in-person and virtual team events
• ▹Flexible hours, home office stipend, virtual-first culture

About the company

Dave is a US fintech app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field, offering affordable liquidity access to people underserved by traditional financial institutions. Its flagship ExtraCash product gives members up to $500 within minutes; in 2026 it is launching new products including a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option.