Engineering Manager - Digital Innovation

• Full-time

Renaissance Partners is a NYC-based recruiting firm and trusted adviser to leading companies in the financial services, technology, retail, and healthcare industries.

As a member of the Digital Innovation team, you’ll work with a group passionate about technology and modernizing the payments landscape. Our client leverages technology in innovative ways to construct fully automated financial platforms in the cloud, utilizing machine learning, mobile, IoT, and advanced capabilities.

As an Engineering Manager, your responsibilities will include:

Leading teams by supporting their development, managing innovation initiatives, and providing technical direction across a diverse team of 10-15 product engineers, technical analysts, and automation engineers. You should have a hands-on approach, familiarity with open technologies, modern architecture, and an ability to foster a positive, energetic culture in an agile environment, dedicating 20-30% of your time to team building.

Who you are:

You’re someone eager to influence your own development, comfortable with technology, and capable of partnering with experts to build great products. Your skills span business, technology, user experience, and leadership, with the ability to switch between managerial and technical roles, including coding when necessary. You value modern tools and organized processes to align teams and stakeholders with business and technical goals.

You also have:

• Full-stack experience including Java, Docker, REST/JSON, RDBMS, and open source technologies.
• Experience working on large-scale, high-volume, user-oriented applications.
• A fast personal pace with results-driven mindset.
• A deep understanding of software quality and resilient solutions.
• Strong mentoring and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to recruit, screen, and select talent.
• Active involvement in setting technical and product strategy.
• Passion for building strong, self-sustaining engineering teams.
• Energetic, open, and collaborative attitude.
• Practices servant leadership, fostering success and a positive culture.

To apply, you’ll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, information technology, business information systems, or related fields.
• Extensive UI software delivery experience (10+ years), including full-stack development, Dev Ops, and project management.
• At least 5 years in a managerial role with clear leadership attributes—setting direction, growing teams, goal setting, recruiting, and prioritizing.
• Heavy experience in modern UI technology, architecture, and automation patterns.
• Fluent, open communication skills—speaking, writing, collaborating.