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Versana is a data and technology company transforming the syndicated loan market through digital innovation. The company captures agent banks' data in real-time and centralizes it on a single platform, providing unprecedented transparency into loan-level details and portfolio positions. This brings efficiency and velocity to the entire market while ensuring participants access the loan market's most credible source of deal information.
The Engineering Manager is a strategic and operational leader responsible for driving high-performing engineering teams, enabling technical excellence, and delivering high-impact products and platforms. This role partners closely with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders to define technical strategy, mature engineering practices, and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
**People Leadership & Team Development:** Lead, mentor, and develop individual contributors across multiple teams. Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning. Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well-being and sustained productivity.
**Technical Leadership & Execution:** Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership. Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals. Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity. Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt.
**Operational Excellence:** Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability. Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization. Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale. Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant.
**Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration:** Act as a senior partner to Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams. Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and risks clearly to executive leadership. Ensure engineering alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements. Periodically work outside standard business hours during infrastructure upgrades and releases.
**Requirements:**
- 8+ years of engineering experience
- Proven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact software systems
- Strong technical foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practices
- Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership
- Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills
- Experience in a matrix organization with both direct and dotted-line structures
- Background working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid models)
- Familiarity with platform engineering, developer experience tooling, or productivity enablement
