Senior Software Engineering Manager

Marathon Ventures

Marathon Ventures

Software Engineering
Posted on Nov 7, 2025

As a Senior Engineering Manager, youll lead and grow a high-performing engineering team. Youll balance people leadership, technical direction, and delivery management ensuring your team builds robust, scalable systems aligned with business goals.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in dynamic environments, values impact and ownership, and enjoys mentoring others while shaping technology at scale.


What Youll Do

People Leadership

  • Hire, onboard, and develop engineers across different levels.
  • Run effective 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations.
  • Foster a culture of inclusion, trust, and high performance.

Delivery & Execution

  • Ensure projects are delivered on time and meet quality standards.
  • Lead sprint planning, retrospectives, and execution oversight.
  • Partner closely with Product and Design to align priorities and goals.

Technical Leadership

  • Provide technical direction and support architectural decisions (without daily coding).
  • Ensure best practices in testing, scalability, observability, and security.
  • Mentor senior engineers and champion engineering excellence.

Strategy & Alignment

  • Translate business goals into actionable engineering roadmaps.
  • Balance short-term execution with long-term sustainability.
  • Participate in strategic planning and represent engineering in leadership forums.

What Were Looking For

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in management or tech lead roles.
  • Proven experience leading teams of 515 engineers.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, CI/CD, and scalable systems.
  • Excellent communication, empathy, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience in fintech, SaaS, or other high-scale environments is a plus.
  • Fluency in English (Spanish and/or Portuguese is a strong plus).

Why Youll Love Working Here

  • Opportunity to shape the future of fintech and digital infrastructure for SMBs in Latin America.
  • Collaborative, learning-driven culture with high ownership and autonomy.
  • Work with passionate, talented people solving real-world problems.