Senior Engineering Manager - Lending Platform

Imprint is reimagining co-branded credit cards & financial products to be smarter, more rewarding, and truly brand-first. We partner with companies like H-E-B, Turkish Airlines, Brooks Brothers, and Eddie Bauer to launch modern credit programs that deepen loyalty, unlock savings, and drive growth. Our platform combines advanced payments infrastructure, intelligent underwriting, and seamless UX to help brands offer powerful financial products—without becoming a bank.

Co-branded cards account for over $300 billion in U.S. annual spend—but most are still powered by legacy banks. Imprint is the modern alternative: flexible, tech-forward, and built for today’s consumer. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, and Khosla Ventures, we’re building a world-class team to redefine how people pay—and how brands grow. If you want to work fast, solve hard problems, and make a real impact, we’d love to meet you.

The Lending Team builds a powerful and flexible platform that supports a wide range of financial products. Our platform power both consumer-facing experiences and partner integrations, enabling businesses to launch and scale lending products with ease. We focus on building secure, compliant, and scalable solutions that meet the demands of modern fintech. Whether it's ensuring regulatory alignment or enabling rapid product innovation, we aim to deliver lending products that drives real impact—for our partners, our users, and the broader financial ecosystem.

Technical Leadership and Oversight

• Oversee the development and maintenance of the core ledger platform, ensuring robustness, scalability, and reliability.

• Stay abreast of the latest technological advancements and incorporate relevant innovations to enhance the platform's capabilities.

• Collaborate with the architect to define and refine the platform's technical roadmap.

Team Management and Development

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers and developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with team members to track progress, address concerns, and support career development.

• Coordinate with HR for hiring and training new team members, ensuring a match between the team's skill set and project requirements.

Project Management

• Plan and manage the execution of projects, ensuring timely delivery within the allocated budget.

• Utilize agile methodologies to monitor progress, facilitate daily stand-ups, and lead sprint planning sessions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, finance, and compliance, to align project objectives and deliverables.

Stakeholder Communication

• Regularly communicate with senior management and other stakeholders to report on project status, risks, and opportunities.

• Gather feedback from internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve the platform’s functionality and user experience.

• Represent the team in inter-departmental meetings, ensuring alignment with the company's overall strategic goals.

Quality Assurance and Risk Management

• Ensure adherence to high-quality coding and documentation standards.

• Oversee the implementation of robust testing strategies to identify and mitigate risks early in the development cycle.

• Collaborate with the security engineering team to prioritize and resolve any security vulnerabilities and compliance issues related to the ledger platform.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Encourage a culture of innovation within the team, promoting experimentation and learning.

• Stay informed about industry trends and competitor products to identify opportunities for platform enhancement.

• Lead efforts in streamlining processes and implementing best practices to increase efficiency and productivity.

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering

• 5 + years of proven experience in a fintech company

• 5+ years of experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems

• 5+ years of proven experience in team leadership as an engineering leader.

• 3+ years of strong background in developing financial platforms,

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science.

• Excellent project management and communication skills.

• Familiarity with agile development methodologies.

• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science.

• Experience in building a team of developers from 0 to 10

• Experience in building high-scale distributed systems (ledger, payment, billing or other financial systems)

• Track record of building and delivering mission-critical, 24x7 production software systems

• Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills

• Competitive compensation and equity packages

• Leading configured work computers of your choice

• Flexible paid time off

• Fully covered, high-quality healthcare, including fully covered dependent coverage

• Additional health coverage includes access to One Medical and the option to enroll in an FSA

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary caregiver and 8 weeks for all new parents

• An understanding that successful hybrid work requires flexibility and an appreciation for asynchronous work

• Access to industry-leading technology across all of our business units, stemming from our philosophy that we should invest in resources for our team that foster innovation, optimization, and productivity

Imprint is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Imprint is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Imprint welcomes talented individuals from all backgrounds who want to build the future of payments and rewards. If you are passionate about FinTech and eager to grow, let’s move the world forward, together.