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Prosper Funding

Fintech lender offering loans and cards

Manager Engineering

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Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • At least 3 years of technical management experience.
  • At least 3 years of experience working with remote teams.
  • At least 8 years of hands-on engineering experience, with depth in either back end (for example, Java and Spring Boot) or front end (for example, React and GraphQL), and working fluency in the other.
  • Experience managing teams that deliver both back-end services and customer-facing web or mobile experiences.
  • A proven track record of creating and managing high-performing teams.
  • Project management skills and experience using tools such as Jira.
  • Creative problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to make sound technical decisions and guide teams through complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a scrum team of 6–10 software engineers.
  • Oversee the full software development lifecycle for the team's projects, from planning and design through deployment and maintenance.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, and timelines, ensuring alignment with product vision and business goals.
  • Drive project execution, monitor progress, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality software releases.
  • Own the quality and safety of the team's releases through automated testing, rigorous code review, and controlled rollouts using feature flags and staged releases.
  • Champion operational excellence through robust monitoring and observability, proactive incident management, and swift resolution of production issues.
  • Guide the team in modernizing its systems, retiring legacy services and technical debt while continuing delivery, and moving toward scalable, reliable, cloud-native architecture.
  • Lead the team's adoption of AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code and Cursor, with clear practices for code review, security, and data privacy.
  • Foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performance team culture that encourages innovation and continuous improvement.
  • Communicate project status, technical challenges, and team performance to team members, peers, and leadership.
  • Contribute to quarterly and sprint planning to develop actionable, high-quality roadmaps.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with cloud platforms, with GCP highly preferred, and distributed systems.
  • Experience using AI-assisted development tools and leading teams that adopt them.
  • Experience with modern monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture principles, including microservices and cloud-native design.
  • A growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

About the Company

Prosper Funding

Fintech lender offering loans and cards

Prosper Marketplace offers a range of consumer-finance products including personal loans, credit cards, and home equity lines of credit. Personal loans are issued by WebBank, while the Prosper Card is issued by Coastal Community Bank under a Mastercard license, with Prosper acting as the platform that connects customers to these bank-issued products. Customers apply online and receive financing terms determined by partnering banks; the company generates revenue from interest and related fees. Prosper is an equal housing lender, emphasizing fair access to credit. The company differentiates itself through its broad suite of affordable products that span different credit profiles and its partnerships with established banks to deliver card and loan products. Its goal is to improve financial wellbeing by providing accessible, responsibly priced credit options to a wide range of consumers across the credit spectrum.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$551M
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Founded
2005

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