Griffin
Financial Services
EngineeringManager
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“Engineering Manager at Griffin. Skills: Functional programming, Team development, Hiring. Write code on non-critical paths. Review PRs”
What You'll Achieve.
Ship quality code consistently; Deliver real value for customers
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Functional programming skills, Experience building high-performing teams, Comfort working with product teams, Comfort with high autonomy and startup pace
Nice to Have
Fintech domain expertise
What You'll Do.
Write code on non-critical paths
Pair with engineers on problems
Create an environment for engineers
Hire people who raise the bar
Help team members develop
Shape what gets built
Help engineers understand why they're building
Turn pitches into work
Manage shape/architect build phases
Ensure solutions solve customer problems
Maintain quality in systems
Address performance issues
Find engineers who can thrive writing Clojure
Build a team for distributed systems
Build a team for financial services constraints
Build the right environment
Communicate with business on priorities
Ensure accurate work estimation
Help an engineer level up
Improve how the team works
Shape pitches for engineer context
Fix processes slowing down
Build a culture of autonomy
Build a culture of safety
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Work with product leads; Work with stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Shape Up cycles
Full Job Description
ABOUT GRIFFIN Hi, we’re Griffin. We’re a fully regulated UK bank that powers the accounts and payments offerings of product-led fintechs and platforms like Uber, Yonder, Prosper, and Sidekick. By doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes, our customers can focus on what they do best - delivering amazing customer experiences. We’ve grown rapidly since our launch in 2024, and today provide the banking backbone behind products in remittance, payroll, wealth, insurance, proptech, payments, neobanking and more. We’re moving into card issuing, stablecoin infrastructure, and agentic finance next as we continue to support the next generation of product-led companies. Learn more about what we do https://griffin.com OUR CULTURE We believe that smart, motivated, conscientious people thrive in high-trust, high-autonomy environments and have done our best to create such an environment at Griffin. People who thrive here don’t require much hand-holding, and go out of their way to figure out how to contribute in the most valuable way possible. We've been remote-first since we were established in 2017 and we remain so today. Work here is asynchronous and fully flexible - because we want to be a part of your life in a way that helps you to get the most out of both your work and home life. We understand that our culture and ways of working aren’t for everyone, and we’re very intentional about our hiring process as a result. We won't hire people who don’t seem like a strong fit for our core values, even if they're otherwise extremely qualified. Our strong culture has helped us to remain a mission-driven company as we have scaled, and gives our people a clear, explicit operating framework and the space to focus on delivering real value for our customers. Learn more about our culture. https://griffin.com/culture THE TEAM The Craft function has small, cross-functional engineering teams - each with engineers, an engineering manager, and a product lead, working closely with designers. You'l
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