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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, Software Engineering (MANTL) - **Company:** Alkami - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $210,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Code Review, Relational Databases, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Data Logging, Event Driven Architecture, Api Design, Restful APIs - **Published:** June 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1a915a6ed9590413 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Software engineering?, * 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong hands-on technical foundation. * 2+ years of experience in a technology leadership role with a track record of building and leading strong teams. * Strong experience with modern software engineering across areas such as TypeScript, Node.js, Python, API development, event-driven systems, and relational databases such as Postgres. * Strong system design and architecture skills, with the ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly and guide teams through ambiguous problems. * Experience building backend services and APIs, with a solid understanding of REST APIs and microservice-style architectures. * A leadership style centered on raising the bar through code reviews, technical coaching, and thoughtful collaboration. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn product asks into clear technical plans and align stakeholders around execution. * Comfort operating in an evolving environment where priorities can shift and the best leaders stay calm, adaptable, and execution-focused., * You lead through the work and enjoy being both a technical leader and a people leader. * You write clean, well-documented, well-tested code and care about long-term quality and performance. * You think carefully about error handling, logging, and edge cases instead of optimizing only for speed. * You enjoy breaking down complex product asks into elegant, maintainable solutions. * You are comfortable discussing architecture, advocating for sound technical decisions, and weighing tradeoffs thoughtfully. * You enjoy mentoring teammates and helping raise the quality of the broader team's work. ## Description * Lead the Activations engineering team responsible for the technical work that helps new clients go live, including integrations with client core provider APIs, third-party services such as check ordering and ACH transfers, and workflows tied to digital account opening. * Align team priorities, processes, and decision-making with broader organizational goals while setting clear direction for the team's roadmap and delivery outcomes. * Coach, develop, and support engineers through regular feedback, performance conversations, and day-to-day technical guidance. * Design, guide, and review systems within the team's scope while contributing production-grade code where needed to move ambiguous problems forward. * Review code and technical designs to ensure high standards for quality, maintainability, testability, efficiency, and long-term scalability. * Partner closely with Product Management to translate complex product requirements into practical technical plans, sequencing, and delivery decisions. * Monitor quality, reliability, and platform health so the team makes the right technical investments to support current and future needs. * Help create an environment where engineers can think through problems with a product lens, operate autonomously, and make strong decisions in fast-moving situations. ## Related Videos - [Stop using Node.js like in 2020! 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