Engineering Manager

About the role We're excited to share this opportunity to join our growing team at Adaptive! As an Engineering Manager, you'll play a key role in shaping both our product and engineering culture at an early stage. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll manage a team of 5-7 engineers while remaining deeply involved in technical decisions and execution.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you'll work closely with a tight-knit team to drive impactful product delivery, contribute to architecture, and ensure we build high-quality, scalable systems.

Responsibilities - Lead, manage, and develop a team of 5-7 engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management - Own end-to-end delivery of product initiatives, working closely with the team to ship quickly and iterate based on feedback - Act as a force multiplier by unblocking the team, simplifying problems, and maintaining strong execution momentum - Stay hands-on in the codebase, contributing across the stack where it matters most and setting a high technical bar - Drive pragmatic architectural decisions that balance speed and long-term scalability

Qualifications - 5-8+ years of software engineering experience with 1-3+ years of formal people management experience leading engineers - Strong technical depth with a willingness to be hands-on when needed - Experience operating in a startup or high-growth environment with evolving priorities - Proven track record of shipping products quickly and making sound trade-offs between speed and quality - Strong communication and collaboration skills with a high-ownership, low-ego mindset

What

we offer - Competitive salary plus meaningful equity - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance - 401(k) match and flexible PTO policy - A seat at the table in a rapidly scaling fintech startup - Unlimited opportunities for professional growth and leadership In-office mandate - This role requires you to work Monday - Thursday in our sunny Union Square office.