We’re on a mission to help our customers and their communities unlock economic mobility for generations to come. Join the team that’s making our goal a reality.At Possible, we’re building a new type of consumer finance company. One that helps our customers stay out of debt rather than profit from them staying in it. As a Public Benefit Corporation, it is our mission and responsibility to help communities unlock economic mobility through affordable credit products crafted to improve financial health.Founded in 2017, our lead VCs are Canvas and Union Square Ventures. We have over 100,000 reviews on the App Store with a 4.8-star average rating.Since our founding, we have redefined how people approach small-dollar loans—delivering over $1 billion in funding to more than 1 million customers, issuing over 4 million loans, and saving our customers more than $500 million.Team IntroductionThe Platform Team is the backbone of Possible's technical infrastructure, enabling our product teams to deliver reliable, scalable financial solutions to our customers. We own the critical infrastructure and deployment systems for our Java services and React Native applications, while championing developer experience across the organization.Our team provides the foundation that allows Possible to innovate quickly and reliably in the fintech space. We design, build, and maintain the tools and systems that empower our engineers to develop and ship high-quality code with confidence. Beyond infrastructure, we develop and maintain core shared components that are used across our products, drive coding standards and best practices throughout the engineering organization.We play a pivotal role in architectural decisions, ensuring that our systems are designed for scale, security, and maintainability. By collaborating closely with product teams, we help shape technical solutions that align with our business goals while maintaining the highest engineering standards.Currently, we're tackling the challenges of scaling our infrastructure to support our growing user base while developing reusable components that accelerate product development. We're enhancing our observability systems, refining our architectural patterns, and building robust developer tooling that reduces friction and improves productivity across engineering teams.As we continue to expand our product offerings, the Platform Team focuses on creating both infrastructure and shared components that can adapt to new requirements while maintaining the highest standards of security and performance—essential components in the financial services industry.The Role & ResponsibilitiesAs the Engineering Manager for the Platform Team, you'll lead a talented group of engineers responsible for the technical foundation that powers our financial products. You'll oversee our infrastructure, deployment systems, developer experience initiatives, DevOps practices, monitoring solutions, and the development of critical shared components.You'll collaborate closely with product engineering teams to understand their needs and create infrastructure and technical solutions that enable them to deliver features efficiently. You'll help establish and enforce coding standards, testing practices, and architectural patterns that ensure consistency and quality across our codebase.Key responsibilities include:Leading and developing a team of platform engineers, setting clear goals and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvementPartnering with engineering leaders across the organization to identify infrastructure needs, establish technical standards, and prioritize platform initiativesOverseeing the evolution of our CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerization strategiesGuiding the design and development of shared components and libraries that can be leveraged across our productsParticipating in and sometimes leading architectural discussions for new features and productsDriving improvements in system reliability, performance monitoring, and incident responseChampioning code quality initiatives, including testing standards and code review processesEstablishing and refining technical standards and best practices across the engineering organizationManaging the platform roadmap, including capacity planning and resource allocationMentoring engineers and providing technical guidance on complex infrastructure and product challengesEnsuring our systems maintain the highest standards of security and compliance, essential for a fintech organizationThis role requires technical depth in both infrastructure and product development combined with strong leadership skills, as you'll need to make architectural decisions while guiding your team to successful implementation.Requirements3+ years of engineering management experience, ideally with experience leading both product engineering and platform/infrastructure teamsStrong technical background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD systemsExperience building and shipping customer-facing products using Java backend services and React/React Native applicationsBackground in designing and implementing shared components and libraries used across multiple productsProficiency with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)Knowledge of observability systems, logging solutions, and alerting frameworksExperience establishing and enforcing coding standards, testing practices, and architectural patternsTrack record of successful cross-team collaboration and influence on technical decisionsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experienceUnderstanding of security and compliance requirements in financial services (preferred)Experience with distributed teams across multiple time zonesLocation and Benefits:We prefer people located in Seattle or those willing to relocate. We have a hybrid work style, with the team meeting at our downtown office three times weekly.We offer a competitive salary range of $187,760.00 - $197,650.00 annually, with significant equity potential based on experience and qualifications. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off.Possible Finance is dedicated to financial fairness and community empowerment. We welcome diverse perspectives and experiences to help us achieve our mission of unlocking economic mobility for generations to come.Interested in building your career at Possible Finance? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.Apply for this jobindicates a required fieldFirst Name *Last Name *Email *PhoneResume/CVEnter manuallyAccepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtfEnter manuallyAccepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtfWhat excites you about Possible Finance and this opportunity? *Please include a link to your LinkedIn ProfileDo you live in Seattle? * Select...This is a hybrid role with the expectation that you will come into the office a minimum of 3 times / week.If you are not currently in Seattle. Are you willing to relocate?YesNoN/AIs our hybrid work environment acceptable for you? * Select...We have a hybrid work environment. Our office is in the Central Business District of Seattle. Team members work in the office three days a week (M, T,& Th). 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