Kaizen Labs

Engineering Manager – Financial Systems

Kaizen Labs

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per year

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