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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 16 days Cedar's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 93% of Cedar's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Cedar
- high 9 stale, 1 reposted of 15 open
- Hiring momentum
- 20 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Cedar's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Cedar.
About this role
The Sr. Engineering Manager - Payments will lead two teams focused on evolving Cedar's payments platform to enhance scalability and performance across multiple product lines. This role involves partnering with engineering leaders to shape technical direction, improve observability, and manage third-party vendor integrations while fostering a high-performing engineering culture. The manager will also collaborate with Product and Commercial teams to prioritize payment feature requests and balance architectural investments.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Cedar as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of professional experience
- 3+ years of engineering management experience
- Experience managing managers
- Experience owning third-party vendor integrations
- Experience owning business-critical production systems and their performance, reliability, and operational health
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills, especially with Product and Commercial stakeholders
Nice to have
- Experience in payments, fintech, or a closely related domain
- Experience modernizing or decoupling complex production systems
- Experience supporting agentic or AI-enabled workflows at scale
- Experience driving the adoption of agentic development practices and AI-assisted tooling to accelerate team velocity
What you get
- Salary Range: $221,000-$260,000
- Equity eligible
- Competitive benefits and wellness package
- Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits
- Diversity initiatives including employee resource groups
Worth weighing
- No specific technology stack mentioned
- Role involves significant leadership responsibilities rather than hands-on coding
- The salary range is broad and subject to various factors
- Focus on payments may limit exposure to other areas of technology
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Listed by Cedar on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.