Sydecar is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead one of our core product engineering teams. In this role, you will combine technical leadership with people management to build high-performing teams and turn strategic goals into outcomes.
What You'll Do
- Own business-critical initiatives by partnering with Product and Design to define and deliver work that creates real user and business value.
- Translate company strategy into clear, actionable technical plans with measurable outcomes.
- Prioritize the highest-impact work and create focus within the team even when goals are evolving.
- Lead effectively in ambiguity by structuring complex problem spaces and creating alignment around what matters most.
- Guide architectural thinking and support strong technical decisions without becoming a bottleneck.
- Help the team balance delivery speed with technical sustainability.
- Set a high bar for quality by encouraging craftsmanship, operational rigor, and scalable thinking.
- Build a high-trust, high-performing engineering team focused on ownership, urgency, and product impact.
- Invest in the development of engineers and future leaders by creating growth opportunities that align with team goals.
- Act as a force for clarity and alignment across engineering, product, and cross-functional partners.
What We're Looking For
- 3 to 5 years of engineering management experience in fast-moving, product-led environments.
- 8 or more years of hands-on software engineering experience, with the ability to support technical design and strategy.
- A track record of leading teams that have shipped meaningful, high-impact product work.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role open to candidates in San Francisco or New York City.
Sydecar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sydecar are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
