Engineering Manager, Consumer Core

Upside
Austin, Chicago, Washington, New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 185,000 - 215,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["People-first leadership","Coaching","Team leadership","Collaboration","Operational excellence"]

Lead Upside’s Consumer Core engineering team, responsible for the core functionality powering the Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) front-end and a Python + Java back-end. Drive operational excellence through people-first leadership while shaping architecture, security patterns, and system-level quality across the app and API stack. Partner with product, design, security, and data science on platform capabilities, roadmap planning, and cross-functional execution.

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Engineering Manager, Consumer Core

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Job Summary

Lead Upside’s Consumer Core engineering team, responsible for the core functionality powering the Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) front-end and a Python + Java back-end. Drive operational excellence through people-first leadership while shaping architecture, security patterns, and system-level quality across the app and API stack. Partner with product, design, security, and data science on platform capabilities, roadmap planning, and cross-functional execution.
Location: Austin, Chicago, Washington, New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the Consumer Core full-stack team, driving operational excellence, growth, and scaling of systems powering the primary product platform.
  • •Define and maintain team domain boundaries across authentication, event architecture, user research/analytical workflows, internal mobile tooling, app security support, mobile FinOps, and cross-team repos.
  • •Champion system-level quality by addressing reliability, scalability, security, and performance across the app and API stack.
  • •Ensure the consumer app platform is secure, cost-efficient, and production-ready, enabling self-service, repeatable, and trusted workflows.
  • •Oversee AI adoption and represent the team in cross-functional planning, technical councils, and long-term roadmap discussions.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 185,000 - 215,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionEquity401kPaid ParentalPaid LeaveLearning BudgetGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years of engineering management experience, ideally across mobile or distributed API domains.
  • •Experience scaling teams and elevating systems while solving ambiguity in high-change environments.
  • •Hands-on experience steering mobile and API infrastructure, including AWS (preferred) and SDLC/analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Runway).
  • •Recent hands-on mobile and API development experience, including serverless, event-driven systems, REST, microservices, MVI, and Clean architecture patterns.
  • •Strong leadership that prioritizes clarity over consensus and supports developer growth and team alignment.
Experience:MobileDistributed APIsMobile and API developmentGenerative AI
Skills:People-first leadershipCoachingTeam leadershipCollaborationOperational excellence
Tech Stack:Kotlin MultiplatformKMPPythonJavaAWSMixpanelRunwayRESTMicroservicesServerlessEvent-drivenMVIClean architectureAPISDLC

Company Brief

Upside
Operates a consumer cashback and rewards platform that offers drivers and shoppers rebates on fuel, groceries, and dining by partnering with merchants and payment networks to deliver targeted offers and payments-driven incentives.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
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