Manager, Software Engineering- Enhancements​/Account Maintenance; MANTL

Build core experiences used by both bank administrators and customers by delivering streamlined, high‑quality product workflows and the technical systems behind them. This role focuses on designing and implementing user‑facing flows, building robust and scalable APIs, and integrating with third‑party services such as Plaid or Send Grid to support critical banking functionality.

You will contribute production‑grade code with strong documentation and testing, bringing a systems‑thinking mindset to feature development and prioritizing reliability through thoughtful error handling, logging, and edge‑case coverage. Additionally, you will translate complex product requirements into elegant, maintainable solutions, actively shape architecture through strong technical judgment, clear communication, and well‑reasoned decision making. This role also includes mentoring and enabling the team through technical guidance, thoughtful code reviews, and continuous improvement that raises the overall engineering bar.

• Align strategy, processes, and decision‑making across teams while constantly setting and communicating team priorities that support the broader organization’s goals.
• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization’s goals.
• Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop the mid‑term technical vision and roadmap within the scope of your team(s).
• Evolve the technical roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Design, guide and vet system designs within the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, code quality, testability, and efficiency).
• Constantly review infrastructure metrics, SLAs, and quality metrics to ensure the right technical investments in the platform and its capabilities to meet current and future goals while optimizing costs.
• Work with Product Management to collaborate through creative brainstorming sessions and assist in writing requirements for technical debt.

• 2 years of experience in a technology leadership role, with a proven track record of building and leading a high‑performing team.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in software engineering with hands‑on coding.
• Strong background in object‑oriented programming such as React.js, Type Script, Node.js, Python.
• Strong experience building systems and API development.
• Strong experience working with eventing technologies such as Kafka.
• Strong experience with databases such as Postgres.
• Passion for high‑performance and high‑throughput design.
• Demonstrated improved growth and leadership of successful teams over time.
• Successful in managing multiple concurrent work streams.

$168,000–$210,000

Alkami Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Alkami are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Alkami will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Alkami encourages applicants of all ages.

We cannot offer employment sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full‑time employment.