Engineering Manager, Fintech Platform
PlayOn! Sports
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Alpharetta • 🇺🇸 United States
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SeniorLead
Tech Stack
AWSCloudDistributed Systems
About the role
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 5-7 senior, mid-level or contract engineers, fostering technical excellence and ownership.
- Oversee the architecture, delivery, and operations of PlayOn!’s financial infrastructure, including payments, settlements, refunds, reporting, and fraud detection.
- Partner with finance, compliance, and product teams to define requirements, ensure alignment, and deliver business-critical financial capabilities.
- Drive compliance and security as core practices, preparing for PCI and SOC audits and embedding audit readiness into daily operations.
- Consult with product development teams on Stripe integrations, payment flows, and financial best practices.
- Champion engineering best practices around infrastructure-as-code, observability, testing, and incident response.
- Recruit, retain, and inspire top engineering talent while promoting a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in an engineering management or leadership role.
- Proven experience leading compliance-heavy engineering teams and preparing systems for PCI and SOC audits.
- Strong technical background in AWS cloud services and distributed systems; hands-on familiarity with infrastructure-as-code.
- Deep understanding of the financial lifecycle, including payments, settlements, reconciliation, fraud detection, and reporting.
- Experience with Stripe or similar payment platforms, and ability to consult teams on integration best practices.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, able to partner across finance, product, compliance, and engineering stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, manage with empathy, and foster a high-performing, collaborative culture.
- Experience with data platforms such as Snowflake, Estuary, Tinybird, or similar technologies (preferred).
- A strong sense of ownership, accountability, and a passion for delivering secure, reliable, and compliant financial systems.
Benefits
- Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from
- Dental, vision life and disability insurance
- Employee Emergency Fund
- Company equity (stock options)
- Open PTO policy
- 401K plan with company match
- Hybrid/flexible work environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
software engineeringengineering managementAWS cloud servicesinfrastructure-as-codepaymentssettlementsfraud detectionreportingStripedata platforms
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationrelationship-buildingempathycollaborationownershipaccountabilityinclusivityinspiration
Certifications
PCI complianceSOC compliance