Engineering Manager – Credit Systems

About the role

FalconX is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Credit team’s core engine, including the margin notification and loan booking systems. You will focus on data accuracy, system reliability, and architectural integrity while guiding a high‑performing group of senior engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee and maintain reliability, precision, and efficiency of core credit applications (Margin Notification Engine, Loan Booking Systems).
• Drive architectural roadmap decisions, prioritizing refactoring and system longevity alongside product requirements.
• Streamline engineering workflows by removing friction, cutting redundant work, and avoiding over‑engineered solutions.
• Integrate modern development tools, including AI tools, into daily engineering processes to boost overall team efficiency.
• Direct a team of senior technical professionals across performance reviews, hiring, retention, and team alignment.

Required profile

• Minimum 2–3 years of hands‑on people management experience, leading teams through performance cycles, hiring, and retention.
• Strong backend engineering foundation with primary proficiency in Python.
• Proven ability to make decisive calls on technical scope, feature trade‑offs, and pragmatic engineering solutions.
• Preferred experience scaling lending businesses or fintech/credit domains; background in high‑throughput distributed systems with strong finance interest.

Required skills

• Python