Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Products

Nerd Wallet

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$160,000–$294,000 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $214k
This role $227k
$144k most similar roles pay here $310k

This role pays more than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $182,500–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $227k versus about $214k 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 2 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Products

Software Engineering Manager, Mobile Products leads a customer-facing product team building across the React Native mobile app and Next.js web experiences. This role involves managing senior engineers to develop scalable systems rather than one-off features while navigating an AI-native workflow transition from human-written code to AI-generated content. The manager is responsible for team outcomes, coaching, and technical judgment, collaborating with Product and Design partners to shape the roadmap based on data and experimentation. Key technologies include React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Apollo. The role addresses the challenge of providing reliable financial advice by building tools that leverage credit bureau and financial institution data. Candidates must possess strong product instincts to balance speed and polish while ensuring high accuracy for users making critical financial decisions in a complex fintech environment.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $223750 from 106 postings across 38 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Manage a team of senior engineers building for React Native mobile and Next.js web platforms.
  • Lead the transition to an AI-native workflow for planning, defining, building, reviewing, and testing code.
  • Shape product roadmaps by providing data-driven recommendations on what features are worth building.
  • Drive the development of scalable systems that compound over time rather than one-off features.
  • Maintain a high performance bar by delivering hard feedback and coaching team members.
  • Balance technical accuracy for financial products with speed to gather rapid customer feedback.
  • Communicate team strategy, roadmap rationale, and progress clearly to internal stakeholders and partners.
  • Advocate for and implement new operating models when existing processes need to change.

What we're looking for

  • Must have at least 8 years of experience in software engineering, including hands-on individual contributor experience.
  • Must have at least 2 years of experience managing engineering teams.
  • Experience leading an AI-native product engineering team is required.
  • Must possess technical credibility on a modern web or mobile product stack to discuss architecture and tradeoffs.
  • Must demonstrate strong product and business instincts to inform roadmap decisions and trade-offs.
  • Proven track record of hiring engineers, delivering hard feedback, and managing to a high performance bar.
  • Experience with React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Apollo is preferred.
  • Experience in consumer fintech or building systems based on customer data is preferred.

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