Engineering Manager, Consumer Core

Upside

Engineering Manager leading the Consumer Core team at Upside. Responsible for overseeing full-stack functionality and driving operational excellence in a hybrid environment.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeAustin • District of Columbia, Illinois, New York, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $185,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in engineering management with a focus on mobile and API domains, ensuring system reliability, security, and performance while fostering team alignment and continuous improvement through innovative practices and tools.

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Engineering Management ExperienceMobile And API InfrastructureGenerative AI IntegrationAnalytical And SDLC ToolsMobile And API Development Best Practices

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Hard Skills

Serverless ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitectureREST APIsMicroservicesMVI ArchitectureClean Architecture

Soft Skills

Team AlignmentProblem SolvingAdaptability

Tools & Technologies

AWSMixpanelRunway

Industry Keywords

AuthenticationEvent ArchitectureUser ResearchAnalytical WorkflowsApp SecurityMobile FinOps

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaMicroservicesPythonSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Clearly defines and maintains the team’s domain boundaries across authentication, event architecture, user research and analytical workflows, internal mobile tooling, app security support, mobile FinOps, and cross-team repos, while leaving room for evolution as Upside’s needs change.
Champion system-level quality by identifying and addressing gaps in reliability, scalability, security, and performance across our app and API stack.
Ensure the consumer app platform is secure, cost-efficient, and production-ready, and that the development stacks and tooling enable self-service, repeatable, and trusted workflows.
Oversee team AI adoption and general exploration strategy to keep our KMP, Python, and Java platforms on the frontier of industry-leading tools and integrations.
Act as the primary point of contact for internal partners (e.g. Product, Design, Security, and Data Science), ensuring platform capabilities support evolving business needs.
Represent the Consumer Core team in cross-functional planning, technical councils, and long-term roadmap discussions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have 3+ years of engineering management experience, ideally across mobile or distributed API domains.
Thrive in environments where you’re asked to scale teams, elevate systems, and solve ambiguity in equal measure.
Have familiarity with mobile and API infrastructure (AWS preferred), analytical and SDLC tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Runway).
Have hands-on experience or familiarity with mobile and API development best practices, including serverless, event-driven, REST, microservices, MVI, and Clean architecture patterns.
Value clarity over consensus and help teams stay aligned through high-change, high-growth conditions.
Are interested in integrating generative AI into team workflows and engineering processes to improve delivery speed, quality, and developer productivity, and foster continuous improvement across the development lifecycle.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on Day 1
Equity (ISOs)
401(k) program
Family planning programs + paid parental leave
Physical fitness and wellness memberships
Emotional and mental health support programs
Unlimited PTO + 10 paid federal holidays + our annual, week-long Winter Break
Flexible work environment
Lunch reimbursement for in-office employees
Employee Resource Groups
Learning and Development stipend
Transparent culture
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