The salary range for this role is $5,800 - $10,400 per month (Gross in USD)
About Sezzle:
With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we’re building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!
About the Role:
This role is a hands-on, player-coach Engineering Manager position, expected to contribute meaningfully to production code while owning team execution, delivery, and technical leadership.This role presents an exciting opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within a rapidly growing team, with abundant prospects for career advancement. This team is a highly visible team which contributes directly to the success of Sezzle on a daily basis.
Compensation:
For this Engineering Manager role, with 8+ years of experience, the compensation range is $5,800 - $10,400 USD per month. This range acknowledges the extensive expertise, leadership capabilities, and significant contributions expected at this level, offering a competitive salary to reflect the value of advanced skills and experience.
What You'll Do:
- Lead by example as the technical lead, actively writing well-designed, testable, and efficient code, conducting code reviews, and implementing software development best practices, coding standards, and quality assurance processes through daily work alongside the team
- Contribute directly to team velocity through individual contributions while establishing and tracking KPIs and team norms to assess performance and drive continuous improvement
- Mentor and grow team members through hands-on technical guidance, pairing sessions, and code reviews and hire when needed
- Create an engineering culture that supports innovation while delivering high quality products with reliability
- Establish strong working relationships with leaders and other departments
What We Look For:
- 5+ years of experience working in a full-stack environment
- 3+ years of experience leading a team of engineers
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field
- Strong technical background with hands-on experience in software development, architecture, and design
- Experience with Golang, Python, React, AWS, Gitlab, and JavaScript
- Excellent leadership and team building skills, with the ability to empower and encourage technical teams
- Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills to prioritize multiple tasks and provide a high level of detail
- Experience building flowchart architecture diagrams with a focus on scale
Sezzle’s Technology Stack:
- Languages: Golang, Typescript, Python, JavaScript
- Front-end: React w/Typescript, React Native w/Typescript
- Backend: Golang
- Database: MySQL 8, Postgres, Elasticsearch
- DevOps & Cloud: AWS, Kubernetes
- Version Control: Git
- CI/CD: Gitlab
- Testing: Developer-driven, focus on automated unit, integration, and E2E
- We focus on using open source, and we build what we can before buying!
About You:
- You have relentlessly high standards - many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.
- You’re not bound by convention - your success—and much of the fun—lies in developing new ways to do things
- You need action - speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking.
- You earn trust - you listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
- You have backbone; disagree, then commit - you can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly.
- You deliver results - you focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle.
What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome:
At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire.
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