Engineering Manager – Fiat Payments, Banking Infrastructure

Zero Hash

. Work with a team to deliver products and features that support zerohash's fiat infrastructure and banking integrations.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoMicroservicesSwift

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with a team to deliver products and features that support zerohash's fiat infrastructure and banking integrations.
Partner closely with zerohash product and program managers to ensure the roadmap is well understood and the team is able to plan and execute on expected outcomes.
Lead the team on technical planning to ensure that product requirements are accurately captured in the technical architectural design.
Partner with other Engineering Managers to drive the overall technical roadmap forward.
Support the engineering team in achieving a high level of technical excellence and platform resiliency.
Manage processes to help the team do its best work and interface effectively with the rest of zerohash.
Recruit, coach, and develop engineers; help engineers establish career development plans.
Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of zerohash's engineering management team.
Participate in essential technical, design, and product discussions with leaders across our product, finance, and operations teams.
Work with a wide range of stakeholders to build a clear vision for your team.
Oversee the success of your team's projects and achieve quantifiable results, notably around payment latency, transaction throughput, and system uptime.
Make consistent development contributions to maintain competency with our codebase and system architecture (primarily Golang).

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with significant focus on building and maintaining robust backend systems, APIs, and microservices for B2B integration.
2+ years of engineering management experience, including managing senior-level engineers.
BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering OR equivalent years of work experience.
Golang expertise, familiar with Go's idiomatic approach and niches.
Technical domain expertise in Fiat Payments, Banking-as-a-Service, or Fintech (specifically traditional fiat networks like ACH, RTP, FedNow, SEPA, Swift).
Proven experience overseeing integration with third-party financial services or banking APIs.
Strong knowledge of financial compliance and security standards related to fiat money movement (e.g., KYC/AML implications for transfers, data privacy).
Expertise in designing and operating large-scale, distributed systems that handle sensitive financial data and high transaction volumes with high reliability.
Experience in driving technical strategy and architectural decisions for complex, highly-available systems.
Exceptional client-facing communication and presentation skills with a proven ability to represent the engineering team to external banking partners, customers, and executive stakeholders.
Demonstrated experience collaborating directly with external engineering teams at partner banks to guide them through complex integrations, troubleshoot connection issues, and gather technical feedback.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts (like API architecture, security protocols, and banking constraints) into clear, concise language for both technical and non-technical audiences (e.g., Sales, Product, Legal, and external partners).
Experience partnering closely with Product Management to define product requirements, influence technical roadmaps, and make trade-offs between speed, quality, and technical debt.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare Insurance: zerohash covers roughly 100% of employee premiums as well as a portion of spouse/children (U.S. only)
Vision & Dental Insurance (U.S. only)
Chance to earn equity
Maternity & Paternity leave (after 6 months)
WeWork All Access Membership
WFH Yearly Stipend
L&D Yearly Stipend (after 6 months)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Golangbackend systemsAPIsmicroservicesfinancial compliancesecurity standardslarge-scale systemsdistributed systemstechnical strategyarchitectural decisions

Soft Skills

client-facing communicationpresentation skillscollaborationcoachingcareer developmenttechnical planningstakeholder managementproblem-solvingclear communicationteam leadership