• Lead, coach, and develop an engineering team responsible for NerdWallet’s Content Platform and CMS • Partner with Product Managers and other cross-functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and execute against the product roadmap • Drive consistent execution of software development best practices, including code quality, testing, documentation, and operational excellence • Contribute to and guide technical and architectural decisions, ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements • Balance platform evolution (e.g., headless CMS, APIs, content workflows) with stability for high-traffic, mission critical systems • Manage sprint planning, project timelines, and delivery commitments, ensuring predictable and high-quality execution • Identify technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, escalating and addressing them proactively • Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and psychological safety • Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for engineers at varying levels • Ensure systems owned by the team meet availability, performance, and security standards

• We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to build and lead a high-performing team responsible for launching and scaling Rula’s next generation of product verticals. • You’ll lead a talented group of backend, full-stack, and frontend engineers to design, build, and scale new user experiences end-to-end—turning product strategy into measurable business outcomes. • You’ll collaborate closely with Product and Design partners to ensure we deliver high-quality, scalable systems while maintaining speed and reliability. • As an engineering leader, you’ll set clear standards, foster accountability, and mentor engineers to do their best work.

• Own delivery outcomes including planning and estimation • Partner with Product/Design/Stakeholders for executable plans • Manage and coach engineers across disciplines • Develop career growth plans for team members • Support hiring and onboarding processes • Communicate status and risks to partners • Contribute production code as needed • Drive a strong quality culture with QA and engineering • Partner with infrastructure engineers for reliable environments

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description As the Engineering Manager, Core Platform, you will lead a team of Platform Engineers, driving execution at a high level while fostering a culture of trust, empathy, and technical excellence. The Core Platform team is responsible for improving developer productivity, AI tooling, observability, shared services, and code quality in our core systems. Your work will directly shape how quickly we can turn ideas into impact for patients. You will help transform behavioral health care by building the platform behind our care model. You will provide structured execution, clear prioritization, and alignment with business needs. As a hands-on leader, you will: - Lead sprint ceremonies, roadmap planning, and provide mentorship. - Remove blockers and contribute technically as needed. - Create a culture of execution and continuous improvement. - Partner with leaders in our Engineering, Data, and ML teams. - Define a vision for our Core Platform team. Responsibilities - Manage and mentor a growing team of Platform Engineers; foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement. - Lead execution, ensuring the team delivers high-quality, reliable solutions aligned with business priorities, including leading sprint ceremonies and roadmapping. - Own the team’s roadmap, balancing near-term developer pain with long-term architectural investments. - Hire and develop a high-performing team through strong onboarding, coaching, and performance management. - Build and maintain shared application capabilities, including libraries, services, frameworks, and internal tooling. - Establish clear platform boundaries and contracts to avoid service sprawl and reduce cognitive load for product teams. - Measure impact using outcomes like developer velocity, onboarding time, reliability, codebase health, and platform adoption. - Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements to team workflows, tools, and development practices. - Work with Product and Engineering to sequence and deliver incremental architectural improvements without impacting feature development. - Own AI tooling adoption and best practices across Engineering. Qualifications - 2+ years managing and mentoring Platform Engineers, with a focus on execution and delivery, and 6+ years of engineering experience total. - Proven ability to drive team operations, including sprint ceremonies, roadmap planning, and prioritization. - Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python preferred), with the ability to guide and review technical work. - Experience being an effective cross-functional partner with Product, Engineering, Machine Learning, and Analytics, aligning work with business goals. - Clear, concise communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders. - Comfortable navigating ambiguity, breaking down complex problems, and driving iterative solutions. - Committed people leader with a history of coaching talent and fostering a high-performance, inclusive team culture. Requirements - If you are not in NYC, this role requires travel to our NYC headquarters once per quarter. - Candidates located within a 75-minute commute of our NYC office are expected to work onsite 4 days/week. Nice to Haves - Experience leading a Core Services or Developer Experience team. - Familiarity with SPACE and DORA metrics. - Experience measuring AI developer tooling impact. Benefits - Comprehensive benefits to all full-time, exempt employees. - NYC-based candidates: $185,000 - $265,000. - Remote candidates (outside NYC): $185,000 - $225,000. - Pay will be determined on an individualized basis and will be impacted by location, experience, expertise, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. - Cash compensation is only part of the total compensation package, which may include stock options and other Charlie Health-sponsored benefits.