Company Description We are a stealth mode startup in the greater Boston area developing eVTOL passenger vehicles with a novel vertical flight propulsion/guidance system for deployment in the burgeoning urban air mobility space. Our innovative startup seeks driven, high performance, high energy achievers who can work in a multidisciplinary team to build a groundbreaking eVTOL platform that will be the foundation for a range of high performance ultra quiet vertical flight systems. Job Description Don't see your perfect role on our careers page? We want you to hear from you, and understand your superpower and what types of problems you like to solve. Please submit your resume to this posting and share in an email or cover letter introducing yourself, a few career milestones, and why the eVTOL and urban air mobility industry is exciting to you. Qualifications

WHO WE ARE At Nova Credit, we’re on a mission to power financial inclusion globally, building a unified platform for credit and financial data that meaningfully impacts lives. Our software engineers develop innovative solutions that incorporate data integrations and advanced analytics into seamless user experiences, transforming diverse data into actionable risk insights. Join us to help unlock economic opportunities for consumers historically excluded from traditional credit systems. We foster a dynamic, inclusive environment that values diversity, intellectual honesty, and innovation, and are committed to supporting your professional growth. Our Technology Stack We leverage Node.js, React, TypeScript, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS to bring our products to life. THE OPPORTUNITY We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact vertical engineering team working on cross-functional initiatives. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing your team and defining the technical strategy that powers innovation at scale across our products and platform. You will elevate our engineering organization's overall capability by championing mentorship, establishing best practices, and fostering a culture of technical excellence. Your Profile & Expertise: 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a management role hiring and leading high-performing teams in a face-paced, product-driven environment or high-growth startups. Strong technical foundation with the ability to engage deeply in architectural discussions and guide technical strategy without needing to be the primary coder. Exceptional leadership and mentorship skills, with a passion for developing engineers’ careers and building inclusive, highly collaborative team cultures. Strategic collaborator who can partner effectively with Product, Design, and Data Science leadership to align technical roadmaps with business objectives. Your Contributions Across Diverse Projects: Driving the execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives that span product verticals and foundational systems. Defining and refining team-level technical strategies to ensure long-term scalability and reliability of our enterprise-grade platform. Scaling the engineering organization through active participation in hiring, onboarding, and organizational design. Optimizing engineering processes such as sprint planning, code review standards, and incident management to improve team velocity and quality. Acting as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business goals into clear technical milestones for your team. Engaging deeply with the team’s day-to-day challenges to provide guidance and support new product and customer launches. In the first month, you’ll: Deepen your understanding of our mission and business model while becoming familiar with our technical roadmap, engineering culture, and development lifecycle. Build rapport with your direct reports and key stakeholders across engineering, product, and design. Land several initial tickets to quickly familiarize yourself with our tech stack and release process. Take ownership of your team’s delivery, identifying early opportunities to remove blockers and ensuring high-impact initiatives are met with quality and speed. In the first quarter, you’ll: Establish clear performance goals and career development plans for your direct reports. Actively contribute to refining engineering norms, such as optimizing project planning and elevating code review standards. Collaborate with leadership to shape the next phase of the product roadmap based on technical feasibility and strategic impact. Drive measurable improvements in delivery, velocity and quality, directly improving the impact and reliability of our product offering. In the first year, you’ll: Successfully scale your team’s impact by identifying and hiring top-tier engineering talent. Influence and implement the company’s broader technical roadmap in close partnership with senior leadership. Drive significant architectural or systemic improvements that simplify and scale our product platform. Become a recognized leader within the organization, championing a culture of open dialogue, feedback, and continuous technical growth. $212,500 - $259,200 USD per year The above compensation ranges are dependent on individual experience, skills, education, location, and qualifications. We consider all elements of compensation to be a part of the value we provide to Novans. This may include base salary, equity grants, incentive compensation for eligible roles, professional development, flexible PTO, and tenure rewards. In the U.S., our benefits package includes comprehensive and generously subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance options, along with a company-sponsored 401 (k) plan, generous parental leave, sick time off, and paid vacation time.

• Partner with product leadership to design and execute the product roadmap while determining the long-term technical architecture of the business. • Maintain a hybrid role, contributing directly to the codebase while managing the engineering organization. • Build the technology that facilitates a high volume of content production and supports diverse monetization streams, including licensing and subscriptions. • Manage and evolve our AI-assisted code development and progressive agentic development orchestration. • Establish engineering processes (sprints, code reviews, deployments) and eventually hire and mentor a team of 3-10 engineers. • Act as a bridge between the technical team and non-technical stakeholders, earning trust through clear communication and reliable shipping cycles. • Ensure sustainable engineering velocity by systematically managing technical debt and making disciplined tradeoffs between speed and structural soundness. • Foster a strong, accountable engineering culture in a remote-first, distributed environment—creating clarity, trust, and ownership within the team while sustaining tight, collaborative relationships across functions.

• Manage a team of 4 leads and 6 individual contributors across experience levels, providing coaching, feedback, performance management, and career development • Foster a collaborative, challenging, and satisfying environment for your development team members • Partner with production, pod owners, and studio leadership to deliver sprints and milestones on time and at the expected quality bar • Allocate engineering resources across pods to best match skills, knowledge, and project needs • Empower engineers with the tools, context, and cross-studio support required to execute effectively • Represent the engineering organization by surfacing concerns, proposing solutions, and maintaining alignment while protecting technical integrity • Advise leadership on engineering systems, technology, and infrastructure, identifying and mitigating technical risks • Contribute hands-on as needed to gameplay systems in Unreal Engine 5 (Blueprints and C++) • Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and communicate regularly with pod leaders on delivery, resourcing, and performance • Support critical milestones with urgency, including playtests, in-person events, and occasional travel.