Engineering Manager

Avant is seeking a driven Engineering Manager in Chicago to help us build the future of consumer lending. We provide personal loans and credit cards to millions of customers across the US, empowering them to take control of their financial futures. If you’re passionate about leading a team and leveraging technology to drive innovation while making a real impact on people’s lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

What You Do:

Manage team project and deliverables

• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including analysis, design and architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment.

• Create and Review Request For Comments (RFC) documents.

• Maintain and improve the performance and maintainability of existing software.

• Design and update the database, as well as develop system architecture.
   

​Manage engineering planning and practice

• Plan and refine your team’s roadmap and backlog items with the Product Manager and leadership team

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-up, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.

• Manage project priorities, timelines, and deliverables through close collaboration with product teams and stakeholders.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
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Support and coach team 

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of software engineers in a fast-paced Agile environment.

• Maintain high morale and manage the well-being of team members.

• Drive onboarding and professional development of new team members.

• Drive cross team collaboration, support and unblock your team effectively

• Leverage your experience and knowledge to increase your team’s productivity through mentorship and coaching.
   

Raise engineering excellence

• Communicate and enforce Avant software engineering standards and best practices.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by driving postmortem, retro and experiment effectively

• Efficiently use our tech stack to develop scalable and robust software solutions.

• Stay updated on new technology trends and best practices in full-stack development.
   

Why you’re a fit:

• BS/MS computer science or related field.

• Proven experience as a software engineering manager or team lead within an Agile environment.

• Excellent knowledge of Agile methodologies, techniques, and frameworks, like Scrum or Kanban.

• Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to motivate and guide a team.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Strong knowledge of microservice architecture and API driven development

• Eight or more years experience in back-end development using languages like Python, Ruby, Java, or .NET.

• Five or more years in database management and maintenance with SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Experience with version control tools (e.g., Git), automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) systems.

• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to think outside the box for innovative solutions.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Understand the value of teamwork and know that no problem is too hard or too big with the right team.

• Experience with performance management and team building.

• Familiar with DORA metrics

• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and one or more frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).

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We believe that a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences helps us create the most innovative solutions for our customers. We invite you to apply to our positions even if you do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed in the description. If you’re  passionate about our mission and aligned to our values, we hope you’ll come contribute to our awesome culture.

Why Avant is the place for you:

At Avant, we believe our values make a difference:

Authenticity. We show up to work as our whole selves and make sure others can too.

Collaboration. We can only succeed when we do so as a team.

Problem-Solving. The harder the problem, the more satisfying the solution.

Customer. We are all owners of the customer experience.

Initiative. Plan. Adapt. Get Sh!t Done.

We believe that great ideas come from anyone and anywhere, that everyone is an owner who drives change, and that we have more fun when we work together. We’re problem solvers who love collaborating with intelligent and highly-motivated people to reshape the face of digital banking. Avant offers terrific perks and benefits, fun social events with employees who actually like hanging out together, and a flexible growth environment where trying your hand at new projects and being the active owner of your career path is encouraged and supported.

Some of our benefits include:

• Choice of great Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plan options

• 401(k) Match

• Unlimited Paid Time Off

• Flexible Work Environment

• Generous Paid Parental Leave

• Lunch Allowance (Fooda) and In-office Snacks

• WFH Stipends for our Remote Employees

• Access to LinkedIn Learning for Professional Development

• No Meeting Wednesdays - (a.k.a. planned time to Get Sh!t Done)

• Summer Fridays

• Fun In-Office and Virtual Social Events

• And who doesn’t love the swag

This position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If required, you’ll be asked to provide proof that you’re fully vaccinated upon your start date or before working in or visiting our Chicago office. You’re considered fully vaccinated two weeks after you receive the second dose of a two-dose vaccine series (e.g., Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson/Janssen). Failure to provide proof of vaccination may result in termination. Subject to applicable law and requests for accommodation.