Senior Software Engineering Manager

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Senior Software Engineering Manager

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About GoodLeap:GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple, fast, and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable, accessible, and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on GoodLeap’s proprietary, AI-powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication, deeper business intelligence, and streamlined payment and operations. Our platform has led to more than $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018. GoodLeap is also proud to support our award-winning nonprofit, GivePower, which is building and deploying life-saving water and clean electricity systems, changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa, Asia, and South America.

Position Summary

GoodLeap is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and scale a high-performing team of backend and frontend engineers driving innovation in climate-impacting home improvement finance. You will be accountable for building reliable, scalable software systems that support our mission, with an emphasis on payments infrastructure and seamless customer experiences. This role requires a strong technical foundation, hands-on leadership, and the ability to develop and nurture engineering talent. Domain experience in payments platforms, especially Stripe, ACH, and card network integration, is highly desirable. You'll thrive in this role if you're excited to build world-class systems, scale engineering teams, and influence product direction in a high-visibility, high-impact environment.

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow a diverse, distributed engineering team (11+ engineers) across time zones, driving accountability, ownership, and results
• Drive execution across a broad portfolio of software projects, including payments systems, platform services, and user-facing applications
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data, and Business stakeholders to define strategy and translate it into measurable execution plans
• Set and uphold high engineering standards through code reviews, technical design guidance, and architectural oversight
• Design and scale distributed, cloud-native systems with attention to reliability, performance, and observability
• Foster a strong engineering culture centered on inclusion, autonomy, continuous improvement, and technical excellence
• Own the hiring process for your team: sourcing, interviewing, onboarding, and developing top-tier talent
• Mentor and develop engineers and managers through structured career development plans, continuous feedback, and goal setting
• Guide the team through complex trade-offs and evolving priorities, while consistently delivering high-quality results
• Represent the engineering team in leadership discussions and provide transparency into plans, decisions, and risks

You'll Excel Here if You

• Operate with a product mindset and thrive in a fast-paced, outcome-driven environment
• Have deep technical expertise, with a strong understanding of cloud architecture, backend systems, and modern development practices
• Are passionate about payments technology and understand the nuances of integrating systems like Stripe, ACH, and card networks
• Balance execution and long-term thinking, investing in infrastructure, maintainability, and innovation
• Enjoy scaling systems, teams, and culture as part of a rapidly growing organization
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills and lead with empathy and conviction

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally across backend systems and APIs
• 3+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers or technical leads
• Proven experience designing and scaling cloud-native systems (AWS/Azure/GCP), including production systems at scale
• Experience building and running payments platforms (e.g., integrating with Stripe, ACH, card networks)
• Strong familiarity with technologies such as Node.js, .NET, TypeScript, React, REST, GraphQL, NoSQL databases, and CI/CD pipelines
• Demonstrated success building diverse, high-performing engineering teams
• Ability to conduct technical reviews, guide architecture, and support hands-on debugging when needed
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent professional experience