Engineering Manager

As our first Engineering Manager in the US, you'll play a pivotal role in building and scaling Breeze's engineering organization while remaining deeply involved in the day-to-day execution of our product roadmap. This is a true player-coach role — part engineering leader, part builder.

You'll lead a small but growing team of engineers in New York, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and delivery leadership while partnering closely with Product, Design, and our global engineering teams. You'll help shape technical decisions, contribute to architectural discussions, and jump into execution when needed, all while creating an environment where engineers can thrive.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing leadership with hands-on involvement, thrives in fast-moving startup environments, and wants to help build both products and teams from the ground up.

• Lead and support a growing team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and high performance.
• Operate as a player-coach, remaining close to the technical work and contributing to architecture, design reviews, and execution when needed.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful customer-facing features and platform improvements.
• Drive project execution and delivery, ensuring priorities are clear, risks are managed, and teams are aligned around outcomes.
• Mentor and develop engineers through coaching, feedback, and career growth conversations.
• Help establish engineering best practices, processes, and operating rhythms that scale with the organization.
• Work closely with technical leaders across the company to ensure architectural consistency and engineering excellence.
• Identify and remove blockers, improve team efficiency, and continuously raise the quality bar across the engineering organization.
• Contribute to hiring efforts and help build the future engineering team in New York.
• Foster strong collaboration between the US team and our global engineering organization.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams in a startup or high-growth environment.
• Previous experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead Manager, or senior engineering leader with people management responsibilities.
• Strong technical foundation with the ability to contribute meaningfully to technical discussions, system design, and architectural decisions.
• Demonstrated success leading engineers while remaining actively involved in delivery and execution.
• Experience building and shipping customer-facing products in fast-paced environments.
• Strong project leadership skills with the ability to drive alignment and execution across multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust across technical and non-technical teams.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and helping teams grow.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes from scratch.

• Experience working in fintech, payments, crypto, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience scaling engineering teams from early-stage startup through growth.
• Experience working across distributed and global engineering organizations.
• Prior experience as a founder, startup engineer, or early engineering hire.

Fast-paced and dynamic – We move quickly and adapt as the business evolves.

Builder's mindset – We value ownership, initiative, and people who want to create impact.

Highly collaborative – Engineering, Product, Operations, Compliance, and GTM teams work closely together.

Continuous learning – We challenge assumptions, share knowledge, and continuously improve.

• Competitive salary + equity
• Hybrid work environment based in New York City (3+ days per week in office)
• 21 days PTO
• Flexible benefits including medical allowance, productivity allowance, and wellness reimbursement
• Annual company retreat
• Opportunity to help shape the engineering culture and technical direction of a company backed by Sequoia Capital
• Work alongside a high-performing global team building the future of payments