Manager, Software Engineering

About NerdWallet and the Manager, Software Engineering Role

At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions, and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds. We’ve built an inclusive, flexible, and candid culture where you’re empowered to grow, take smart risks, and be unapologetically yourself (cape optional). Whether remote or in-office, we support how you thrive best. We invest in your well-being, development, and ability to make an impact because when one Nerd levels up, we all do.

NerdWallet’s Content Platform team builds and maintains the high-traffic, headless WordPress CMS that powers much of our consumer-facing experience. We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead this team as we evolve the CMS at the heart of NerdWallet’s content ecosystem. In this role, you’ll help bring our vision of a decoupled content platform to life—one that enables fast, reliable, and flexible content experiences across web and mobile for millions of users.

As Manager, Software Engineering, you’ll lead and support a team of engineers delivering high-quality, scalable, and secure software that advances NerdWallet’s product and business goals. You’ll partner closely with Product and cross-functional collaborators to shape the roadmap, prioritize work, and remove obstacles, while fostering strong engineering practices and a culture of continuous learning. You’ll be accountable for technical quality, team health, and day-to-day execution—mentoring and developing engineers, making thoughtful technical decisions, and balancing near-term delivery with long-term maintainability, compliance, and reliability.

This role reports to the Director, Engineering.

Where You Can Make An Impact

• 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

Your Experience

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering
• 2+ years of experience as the people manager of an engineering team
• Proven experience delivering production software in a complex, fast-paced environment within FinTech or regulated industries
• Proven success owning and leading large-scale content management systems and headless architectures (our current platform is WordPress)
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle, agile methodologies, and modern engineering practices
• Solid technical foundation with experience designing and building scalable, reliable, and secure systems
• Proficient in PHP, GraphQL, SQL, and JavaScript languages e.g. TypeScript
• Working knowledge of security best practices, data privacy, and compliance considerations in financial systems
• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and support engineers at varying levels through clear, actionable feedback
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical partners
• Experience balancing delivery commitments with technical quality and long-term maintainability
• Experience in developing scalable web applications with SEO in mind
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with a proven ability to manage and deliver complex engineering projects at scale and on time
• A passion for mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, and creating inclusive, high-performing teams

Location and Benefits

This is a remote position and a person can be located anywhere in Canada (with the exception of Quebec). NerdWallet is proud to be a remote-first company! We believe great work can be done anywhere. No matter where you are based, NerdWallet offers benefits and perks to support the physical, financial, and emotional well being of you and your family.

What We Offer

Work Hard, Stay Balanced (Life’s a series of balancing acts, eh?)

• Monthly Healthcare Stipend
• Rejuvenation Policy – Vacation Time Off + You will receive the official public holidays in your province
• Paid sabbatical for Nerds to recharge, gain knowledge and pursue their interests
• Monthly Wellness Stipend, Wifi Stipend, and Cell Phone Stipend
• Work from home equipment stipend

Have Some Fun! (Nerds are fun, too)

• Nerd-led group initiatives – Employee Resource Groups for Parents, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women, LGBTQIA, and other communities
• Hackathons and team events across all teams and departments
• Company-wide events like NerdLove (employee appreciation) and our annual Charity Auction

Plan for your future (And when you retire on your island, remember the little people)

• RRSP with a 4% match. Eligible one month after hire.
• Financial wellness, guidance, and unlimited access to a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) through Northstar

NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, so all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Key skills/competency

• Engineering Management
• Headless CMS
• WordPress
• PHP
• GraphQL
• Agile Methodologies
• Scalable Systems
• FinTech Compliance
• Team Leadership
• Mentorship