Senior Software Development Manager

Job Description

**City:**
LA, CA

**Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote:**
Hybrid

**Duration**
: Full-time

**Work Authorization**
: GC, USC, All valid EADs except OPT, CPT, H1B

**Must Have:**

– 10+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years in backend/platform leadership roles
– Expertise in backend development with
**Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL**
– Strong background in
**AWS architecture**
(Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, SQS, CloudWatch, EventBridge)
– Experience with
**Infrastructure as Code**
(Terraform preferred)
– Knowledge of
**event-driven systems and microservices**
– Proven track record in
**security, compliance, and audit-ready systems**
– Experience with enterprise systems such as
**NetSuite, Salesforce, Concur, or Stripe**
– Strong understanding of
**data modeling, transactional workflows, and financial system logic**

**Responsibilities:**

– Lead design and development of scalable backend services for payments, invoicing, revenue recognition, and financial workflows
– Provide
**full-stack ownership**
across backend (Node.js/GraphQL/Postgres) and frontend (React/TypeScript) applications
– Architect secure, cloud-native solutions on AWS with strong reliability and compliance standards
– Drive
**system integrations**
with ERP, CRM, treasury, and banking/payment providers
– Ensure
**security-first engineering**
with encryption, IAM, service hardening, and secure CI/CD pipelines
– Manage and grow a high-performing engineering team, driving execution of complex roadmaps
– Collaborate with product, finance, and external vendors to deliver deterministic service logic for financial operations
– Act as the
**technical escalation point**
for system design, trade-offs, and production challenges

**Qualifications:**

– Deep technical expertise in backend/platform engineering
– Hands-on experience with
**financial systems**
(payments, GL integration, trust accounting, contingent compensation, tax workflows)
– Experience in compliance-focused environments requiring
**auditability and financial precision**
– Familiarity with
**serverless/FaaS patterns**
and platform compliance tools (e.g., Datadog, AWS Config, Prisma, Wiz)
– Understanding of
**data privacy regulations**
(PII, GDPR, CCPA) and secure data flows
– Strong leadership skills with a track record of building and mentoring engineering teams
– Ability to balance
**technical architecture**
with
**business requirements**
and cross-functional delivery