Engineering Manager (Shared Services)

Join Human Interest as an Engineering Manager for Shared Services. In this role, you will lead the platform team that provides common, reusable capabilities for the rest of the engineering organization. You will set the direction for the team, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive the adoption of shared platform capabilities. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced engineering manager who is excited to shape the foundations of the company.

• Lead the platform team responsible for delivering common, reusable capabilities such as AI services, authentication, authorization, notifications, and shared libraries.
• Set the direction of the team, define the ideal future state, and partner with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize projects that drive business growth.
• Build and develop a high-performing and engaged team, promote a safe environment for experimentation, learning, and growth, and drive the team's adoption of AI-powered development tools.
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining quality software in production at scale
• Experience leading a platform, shared-services, or developer-experience team, or a closely related domain where your customers were other engineers
• You care deeply about culture and foster collaborative, inclusive teams in which people are empowered to do their best work
• Understanding of application security lifecycle and security best practices
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• You treat internal engineering teams as customers and care about their developer experience as much as you care about your own team's output
• Knowledge of software design and agile processes to effectively deliver products
• Successful ownership of a high-volume software service, including ensuring customer cases are addressed in a timely manner and services are monitored for reliability and performance
• Minimum of 3 years managing a technical team of engineers in a fast-paced environment
• Experience directing AI coding agents (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) in a team setting
• Understanding of systems design, scalability, performance, and data modeling concepts
• Past experience working in startups and/or fintech
• Experience leading identity, authorization, or notification systems at production scale (e.g., RBAC/ReBAC, SpiceDB / Authzed, OPA, Cedar)
• Experience deprecating a legacy monolith in favor of services
• Familiarity with our stack: TypeScript / Node.js, React, AWS, PostgreSQL, and Terraform (CDKTF)
• Please feel free to apply to this position even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements listed above
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent