Job Description & How to Apply Below
At Nerd Wallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions, and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well‑being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.
Nerd Wallet’s Platform team builds and operates the foundational systems that power our consumer experience. They own our centralized product data platform, partner ingestion pipelines, publishing and click‑tracking infrastructure, Graph
QL gateway operations, and our high‑traffic, headless Word Press CMS. These platforms ensure accurate, compliant, and high‑performance product and content experiences across web and mobile for millions of users. We’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead this team, driving the modernization of legacy services into scalable, reliable systems and advancing our vision of a decoupled, flexible platform that enables faster publishing, stronger observability, and future growth.
As Senior Engineering Manager for our Platform Systems, you’ll lead and support a team of engineers delivering high‑quality, scalable, and secure software that advances Nerd Wallet’s product and business goals. You’ll partner closely with Product and cross‑functional collaborators to shape the roadmap, prioritize work, and remove obstacles, while fostering strong engineering practices and a culture of continuous learning. You’ll be accountable for technical quality, team health, and day‑to‑day execution—mentoring and developing engineers, making thoughtful technical decisions, and balancing near‑term delivery with long‑term maintainability, compliance, and reliability.
This role reports to the Director, Engineering.
Where you can make an impact:
Lead, coach, and develop an engineering team responsible for Nerd Wallet’s platform systems, including the Content Platform, CMS, and Product Data Platform
Partner with Product Managers and other cross‑functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and execute against the product roadmap
Drive consistent execution of software development best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence
Contribute to and guide technical and architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements
Balance platform evolution (e.g., headless CMS, APIs, content workflows) with stability for high‑traffic, mission critical systems
Manage sprint planning, project timelines, and delivery commitments, ensuring predictable and high‑quality execution
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, escalating and addressing them proactively
Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and psychological safety
Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for engineers at varying levels
Ensure systems owned by the team meet availability, performance, and security standards
Your experience:
8+ years of relevant software engineering experience
5+ years of experience as the people manager of an engineering team
Proven experience delivering production software in a complex, fast‑paced environment within Fin Tech or regulated industries
Proven success owning and leading large‑scale content management systems and headless architectures (our current platform is built on Word Press)
Proven success leading large scale backend systems
Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, agile methodologies, and modern engineering practices
Solid technical foundation with experience designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure systems
Proficient in either PHP or Python, Graph
QL, SQL, and Type Script
Working knowledge of security best practices, data privacy, and compliance considerations in financial systems
Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and support engineers at varying levels through clear, actionable feedback
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Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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