
Engineering Manager – Financial Systems
Kaizen Labs
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead the accounting and payments roadmap - defining priorities, building, and executing
- Own payments, processors, reporting, and financial accounting systems end-to-end
- Establish rigorous systems for reconciliation, alerting, and financial accuracy
- Collaborate with product engineering to design clean, abstracted interfaces for payments and reporting
- Manage and mentor a small team while remaining a strong IC
- Drive ERP integrations and ensure smooth connectivity between payments, accounting, and inventory systems
- Contribute to high-level architectural decisions, helping us design scalable, reliable, and auditable financial systems
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software development experience
- Background at finance-heavy, tech-forward companies or foundational work at an early-stage startup building financial infrastructure
- Strong backend engineering skills (TypeScript, Postgres, Stripe API experience preferred)
- Experience with ERP integrations
- Comfortable leading projects and/or teams, or leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Customer-obsessed mindset - you care about providing reliable systems that empower users and earn customer trust
- Strong written and verbal communication; able to collaborate across product, engineering, and operations teams
- Familiar with (or excited to learn about) integrating AI-assisted coding and problem-solving tools into everyday development
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Coverage
- Dental, Vision & Financial Wellness
- Parental Leave That Supports Families
- Everyday Support & Flexibility
- Perks That Make Life Better
- Time Off to Recharge
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend engineeringTypeScriptPostgresStripe APIERP integrationsfinancial accounting systemsreconciliation systemsreporting systemsarchitectural decisionsfinancial infrastructure
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringproject managementcross-functional collaborationcustomer focuscommunicationproblem-solvingteam managementinitiativeattention to detail