Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Products

Nerd Wallet

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$160,000–$294,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
36 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $212k
This role $227k
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This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $183,625–$240,150 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $227k versus about $212k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Nerd Wallet

NerdWallet is a personal finance platform that helps consumers make smarter financial decisions by comparing financial products like credit cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, and investment accounts. Industry: Financial Technology & Personal Finance

Nerd Wallet currently has 6 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $139,500–$252,000 across 6 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Products

JOB TITLE: Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Products The Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Products leads a customer-facing product team responsible for building experiences across a React Native mobile app and Next.js web platforms. Reporting to the Senior Director, Engineering, this leader manages a team of senior engineers to develop systems that compound rather than one-off features. The role involves shaping the product roadmap, overseeing an AI-native workflow for planning and testing, and ensuring high performance and technical reliability. Key technologies include React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Apollo. The position addresses the business problem of moving from demand capture to demand creation by leveraging credit bureau and financial institution data to provide users with personalized financial insights and expert content within a complex consumer fintech domain.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $214394 from 123 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the outcomes of a customer-facing team building React Native mobile and Next.js web experiences.
  • Shape the product roadmap by providing recommendations on what to build based on data and AI capabilities.
  • Lead the team in building compounding systems rather than a growing list of one-off features.
  • Manage an AI-native workflow by overseeing how the team plans, builds, reviews, and tests code.
  • Maintain a high performance bar by delivering hard feedback and developing the skills of your engineers.
  • Make high-quality trade-offs between polish and speed to gather fast customer feedback.
  • Communicate the team's strategy, roadmap, and rationale clearly to peer teams and leadership.
  • Drive organizational change by making cases for new operating models and ensuring team adoption.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years in software engineering, including hands-on individual contributor experience.
  • 2+ years managing engineering teams.
  • Experience leading an AI-native product engineering team.
  • Technical credibility on a modern web or mobile product stack to engage engineers on architecture and tradeoffs.
  • Experience managing software engineers with accountability for team outcomes and business impact.
  • Strong product and business instincts with experience in data, experimentation, and measurement.
  • Experience hiring engineers and holding a high performance bar for the team.
  • Experience in consumer fintech (preferred); experience with React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Apollo (preferred).

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