Full-Time

Software Engineering Manager

Glide

Glide

11-50 employees

Embedded fintech platform for credit unions

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Category
Engineering Management (1)
Required Skills
JavaScript
React.js
Software Testing
Git
Node.js
Docker
TypeScript
AWS
Next.js
DevOps
HTML/CSS
Requirements
  • Proven experience leading software engineering teams, including mentoring and performance management.
  • Strong technical foundation in fullstack development (JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, Next.js).
  • Experience designing and maintaining scalable, secure architectures.
  • Deep knowledge of modern frontend technologies (responsive HTML/CSS, state/data fetching libraries like React Query/TanStack or tRPC).
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices (AWS, Docker, Git, CI/CD).
  • Excellent understanding of software engineering best practices: architecture, testing, and security.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively across functions.
Responsibilities
  • Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering growth, collaboration, and technical excellence.
  • Partner closely with product and design to define requirements, prioritize work, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
  • Oversee development across frontend and backend, ensuring well-tested, secure, and performant code.
  • Establish and maintain best practices in engineering, including CI/CD, test automation, and code review.
  • Provide long-term technical vision for the evolution of Glide’s platform and infrastructure.
  • Help recruit and build a diverse, world-class engineering team.
Desired Qualifications
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a management or team lead role.
  • Experience working in fintech or other highly regulated industries.
  • A passion for building products end-to-end, from concept to delivery.
  • An entrepreneurial, collaborative mindset and a desire to shape company culture.

Glide provides an embedded fintech platform that helps community banks and credit unions modernize their digital services. It offers a unified, AI-powered digital experience layer on top of existing core systems, enabling seamless member onboarding and omni-channel interactions across online, branch, and in-person channels. The platform differentiates itself by consolidating 30+ legacy tools into a single intelligent layer, improving security with fraud detection and KYC tools, and speeding up account opening to boost deposits and lending. Glide’s goal is to reduce operational overhead for financial institutions while helping them compete in a digital-first market, supported by multi-year contracts and a $15 million Series A funding round in 2025 to expand its product roadmap and AI capabilities.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$15M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2021

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $15M Series A in May 2025 funds AI expansion for origination and automation.
  • Signed 15 credit unions in first year via founder-led sales.
  • Strong team with Stripe, Google alumni drives fintech-grade banking infrastructure.

What critics are saying

  • Glide Apps brand confusion erodes SEO and customer acquisition now.
  • Q2 2025 funding winter burns cash through 2026 without bridge.
  • NCUA end-2026 AI mandates expose non-compliant black-box models, halting deployments.

What makes Glide unique

  • Glide reduces account opening from 20 minutes to under three, tripling conversion rates.
  • Platform integrates with Truv, KnotAPI, Middesk, Finix for all account types.
  • Self-configurable omni-channel experience unifies over 30 fragmented tech solutions.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Wellness Program

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Hybrid Work Options

Company News

IT Juzi
May 9th, 2025
With Glide Secures $15M Series A Funding

With Glide, an embedded fintech platform provider, has secured $15 million in Series A funding. The investment round was led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Pear Ventures, NOMO Ventures, 186 Ventures, and Pathlight Ventures.

FinSMEs
May 8th, 2025
Glide Raises $15M in Series A Funding

Glide, a NYC-based provider of an embedded fintech platform, raised $15M in Series A funding

The Charlotte Observer
May 8th, 2025
Glide Raises $15M Series A to Power the Digital Transformation of Traditional Financial Institutions

Glide raises $15M Series A to power the digital transformation of traditional financial institutions.