GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty across 15 countries since 2011. We believe cash transfers are one of the most scalable, cost-effective, and dignified forms of aid...Location: You must be based in one of the countries on this list and must overlap with East Africa Time and US Eastern Time (8am-6pm) by at least 3 hours. As an example, 6PM East Africa Time is 11AM US Eastern time in the summer and 10AM in the winter. In practice, if you are in the Eastern US timezone, that means being regularly available for 8AM meetings and some 7AM ones. We know people have commitments like school drop-offs, so you’re encouraged to set a schedule that works for you—as long as there’s sufficient overlap with the team. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment Visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time.About this roleWe’re hiring three Senior Engineering Managers to own domains of our cash delivery platform at a moment of rapid growth: we’re doubling our engineering team over the coming year and expect to hit $1B in revenue in 2026, with significant growth forecast for 2027.You'll own one domain of our cash delivery platform — payments, core platform, or data collection — the software product that is at the heart of delivering cash to recipients...You will own maintaining and scaling a strong engineering culture on your team through rapid growth: recruiting and retaining a high talent density team, and building strong operating processes that encourage open debate in search of the best outcomes for recipients rather than attachment to being right or looking good; continuous learning, improvement, and adoption of new tools; deep product ownership in service of impact for recipients; and strong judgment about tradeoffs. You'll set a high technical quality bar, pressure-testing designs and tradeoffs while still giving a very senior team high autonomy.You optimize for recipient impact, not the most interesting technical problem...You'll own the interface between engineering and team members who haven't worked heavily with a product development organization before...As GiveDirectly scales, technology is what allows us to reach more people without breaking. Your leadership means getting more cash to the people who need it most.Reports to: VP of TechnologyLevel: Senior ManagerTravel Requirement: Must be able to travel ~3-4 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats or field visitsTeam charters:We're hiring one Senior Engineering Manager for each of three teams...Payments: owns integrations with mobile money and banking rails, payments orchestration, and financial tracking and reconciliation...Core platform: owns the heart of the cash delivery platform: the recipient and program data model, the web app our call center agents and field managers use every day, and the migration cutover from our legacy and Salesforce systems.Data collection: owns how we identify and enroll recipients: survey and enrollment tooling built for low-connectivity, offline-first field contexts...What you’ll do:Directly manage a team growing to 5–7 senior engineers — 1:1s, goal setting, feedback, career development, performance management — and build the team itself: you'll drive recruiting for several of your own hires in your first year and own their onboardingOwn your domain’s technical outcomes: delivery, reliability, and the consequences of its big technical bets – in close partnership with senior and staff engineers and your product counterpartPartner with product to balance feature development with tech debt drawdown, infrastructure investments, and other efforts to improve velocity and drive compounding progressDrive operational excellence, including on-call, incident response, code quality, testing, AI, and deployment practicesProtect and scale the culture as we grow: open debate, product ownership, continuous improvement, and strong engineering foundationsRepresent your team with stakeholders and leadership: translate technical realities into business decisions and vice versa, and partner with diverse stakeholders to create the enabling environment for product developmentSet the technical quality bar: stay close enough to the technical work to weigh in on architecture, review designs, and help the team make sound trade-offs, without becoming the bottleneckWhat you’ll bring:Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity...Language Requirement: English3+ years managing software engineers through full delivery cycles8+ years of overall industry experience building production software, with a strong backend foundation (databases, cloud services, APIs)Demonstrated ability to recruit, coach, develop, and retain engineers, building and retaining a talent-dense and inclusive team during periods of high growthTrack record of building a strong engineering culture including candid, ego-free debate, deep product ownership, and continuously raising the bar on craft and tooling (including agentic engineering)You enable speed through focus and create clarity in ambiguity: cutting through complexity to the strategic kernel and shielding the team from distraction...Strong technical judgment driven by the mission, not ego...Energized to build product-development fluency in an organization that's relatively new to it...CompensationAt GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to calculate what we believe to be competitive pay based on role, location, and cost of living. We also have a no negotiation policy...United StatesBase Salary: $181,130Bonus at Target Performance: 15% (~$27,170, with potential for upside...)Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $208,300+Annual Benefits Stipend: $21,393United KingdomBase Salary: £124,370Bonus at Target Performance: 15% (~£18,656, with potential for upside...)Estimated Total Compensation at Target: £143,026+Annual Benefits Stipend: £2,760KenyaBase Salary: $112,350Bonus at Target Performance: 15% (~$16,853, with potential for upside...)Estimated Total Compensation at Target: $129,203+Annual Benefits Stipend: $8,453This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in the US, UK or Kenya, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.Working at GiveDirectlyGiveDirectly is an Equal Opportunity Employer...Commitment to SafeguardingGiveDirectly takes the safeguarding of its recipients, staff, and partners seriously...Reasonable AccommodationsWe are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment...ReferralsPlease consider referring them. We offer a reward of $3,000 for a Senior Manager or above role, and $500 for a Manager role...
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