Software Engineering Manager (Ruby)

At Beyond Finance, we've made it our mission to help everyday Americans escape the endless cycle of crippling debt and step into a brighter financial future. Through compassionate, individualized care, a culture focused on compliance and ethics, supportive user-centric technology, and customized financial solutions, we've helped over 300,000 clients on their path to a brighter future.

While we're proud of what we've already accomplished, we're searching for new collaborators to help us get to the next level! If you're looking to join a forward-thinking, rapidly growing organization with helping people as its number one goal, we want to hear from you.

About The Role

You'll lead a team of 3-7 engineers working in a Ruby on Rails stack to design and build all the back end support needed for core features of our debt negotiation platform. You’ll play a key role in setting the technical goals and strategy for delivering our consumer products. Our organization values clear communication, transparency, and collaboration. We drive progress by small iterations and reflecting on how we can best work together.

We’re a Chicago-based company looking for candidates willing to come into our downtown office 2 days a week. Enjoy in-person team collaboration, mentorship, and catered lunches — not to mention a free fitness center and relaxation lounge! 

What You’ll Do

• Design and build our internal-facing API’s, asynchronous back end processing, and third-party integrations using Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and AWS
• Work with our devops team to ensure our CI/CD pipeline built with CircleCI, Jenkins, and AWS tooling fits our growing needs.
• Lead technical planning and roadmap delivery in support of our company's creditor-facing negotiation operation.
• Work with the leadership team to produce and deliver the engineering roadmap
• Mentor engineers and sponsor them for the right projects to deliver the best product while growing their skillset
• Offer constructive and respectful feedback via code reviews
• Identify and promote engineering best practices
• Advise leadership team on technical feasibility and implications of product decisions
• Design and execute a recruiting strategy to build and maintain a high-performing engineering team

What We Look For

• At least 2 years of Experience managing engineering teams
• 5+ years of experience building and deploying scalable applications in the cloud
• Hands-on expertise with Ruby on Rails.
• Expertise in scoping large projects and initiatives into small iterations for release
• Clear and efficient communication skills
• Previous experience working in a fast-paced environment preferred
• Mentorship skills and the ability to give well-crafted constructive feedback

Why Join Us?

While you make a difference for others, we’ll work to make a difference for you, providing an uplifting, collaborative work environment and benefits that reflect your value to us. For eligible full-time employees, we offer:

• Considerable employer contributions for health, dental, and vision programs
• Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid parental leave
• 401(k) matching program
• Merit advancement opportunities
• Career development & training

And finally, our team spirit and culture! We cultivate an environment of community, connection, and belonging across our entire organization.

Beyond Finance does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job positions.  No fee will be paid to their parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Beyond Finance employees or the Beyond Finance HR team.  No placement fee will be paid to any third party unless such a request has been made by the Beyond HR team.