Senior Engineering Manager, Consumer / New Verticals

The posting, as Flex wrote it

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is building the payment layer for life's financial obligations, giving households one place to see, split, and pay their bills around how they live and get paid. By offering greater choice over how and when payments are made and allowing eligible on time payments to help build a positive credit history, Flex puts households back in control of their cash flow.

That work brings together people with different perspectives who challenge the status quo and take ownership of solving difficult problems. For you, that means doing the best work of your career next to people who make you better, and together bringing ideas to life that make a real impact for the people we serve.

About the Job

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC-headquartered FinTech company building the payment layer for life’s financial obligations—giving households one place to see, split, and pay their bills around how they live and get paid. By giving people greater choice over how and when they pay, and helping eligible on-time payments build a positive credit history, Flex puts households back in control of their cash flow.

Building on our roots in rent, we’re expanding into a broader consumer bill management platform that helps people manage essential spend and align payments with their finances. Our Consumer engineering team within the New Verticals division is at the forefront of this expansion, building a new business line within Flex. We’re looking for motivated leaders who thrive in ambiguity, turn new ideas into products, and help shape how millions of people manage their financial lives. About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to own consumer engineering teams within the New Verticals division. These teams partner closely with the product and the business to deliver high quality and delightful user experiences and the systems that power them.

You will own multiple workstreams that tie directly to critical business KPIs. You will work closely with product managers to drive delivery of their workstreams with your team of highly adaptable, AI-enabled engineers who reside in the Consumer organization but range across the entire Flex system as necessary.

You will serve as a key technical partner to Product, business leadership, and cross-functional teams (such as Lifecycle Marketing (LCM), Legal & Compliance, and Risk) to drive outcomes across your workstreams. You will also represent Consumer engineering and New Verticals in Flex-wide architecture and quality initiatives, ensuring we build solutions that scale across Flex as a whole.

Our Engineering Teams

• Consumer Engineering: Builds the APIs and backend systems powering Flex’s consumer-facing mobile and web apps. This team focuses on delivering high quality, delightful and trustful customer experiences.
• Partner Integrations Engineering: Owns the backend services and integrations that connect Flex to financial partners an

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ew business line with shared company-wide capabilities.

Preferred

• Experience building or operating consumer fintech, payments, banking, or lending products.
• Experience launching a new product or business line from early experimentation through adoption and scale.
• Familiarity with customer onboarding, bill management, payment workflows, or other consumer financial experiences.
• Experience using product analytics and experimentation to i, engagement, or retention.
• Experience partnering with Risk and Compliance teams in a regulated environment.
• Background scaling high-growth consumer platforms.

Compensation

Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, and compensation may vary depending on your primary work location. Work locations are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be commensurate with their experience, qualifications, and Flex’s internal leveling guidelines and benchmarks.

Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area, Los Angeles, Seattle)
$240,000 — $300,000 USD

Tier 2 (Austin, Washington D.C. Philadelphia, San Diego, Chicago, Atlanta)
$216,000 — $270,000 USD

Tier 3 (Salt Lake City, all other USA cities)
$200,000 — $255,000 USD

Life at Flex

Building a successful company takes a diverse team of intelligent, curious, determined, empathetic, and self-aware people. Our headquarters is in New York City, with employees across the US, Australia, Canada, and South America. We’re growing quickly and deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture. We value the perspectives our people bring and take pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.

Offices

Roles posted in New York, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are hybrid positions with on-site expectations of 2-3 days per week in our local offices. For candidates outside of these areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program.

Benefits

View our benefits and more at getflex.com/careers .