Engineering Manager, Nova

AngelList

San Francisco, CA

Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level engineering managers with fintech or compliance experience working in a hybrid in-office environment with a focus on high-stakes product development.

Best fit for

Mid-level engineering managers with experience in fintech or compliance domains and a track record of scaling customer-facing products
— “Experience building in an environment with high stakes and strict compliance requirements”
Candidates who have led small engineering teams and can demonstrate a clear technical direction and team development strategy
— “2+ years of engineering management experience, including hiring, developing, and getting the best work from engineers”
Individuals who are comfortable with ambiguity and can balance process with speed to deliver in a fast-moving startup setting
— “Good startup judgment. You're comfortable with ambiguity and add enough process to help the team without over-building it.”

Things to consider

Hybrid work model requires at least two in-office days per week in San Francisco
— “hybrid in-office model: teammates come in at least 2 days per week”
Role involves managing a growing team with clear expectations for scaling the product group
— “Grow the team from ~4 engineers to 5-7 and help shape the structure of the broader Product group as it scales.”

How to stand out

Highlight experience with high-stakes product launches and compliance-critical workflows in your resume and interviews
— “Maintain a high standard of quality across workflows with high stakes and strict compliance requirements”
Demonstrate your ability to set technical direction and collaborate with cross-functional teams
— “Work closely with Product, Design, stakeholders, and the Foundations engineering teams to make progress against the roadmap.”
Showcase your hands-on engineering involvement and capacity to unblock teams when needed
— “Stay hands-on where it helps. Unblock the team and maintain enough technical context to ask good questions and make sound tradeoffs.”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

grew the engineering team
shipped high-quality products
maintained compliance

Typical background

2+ years of engineering management experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Engineering-managementTeam-growthTechnical-directionQuality-assuranceCompliance

Preferred

Fintech-experienceTypeScript

Stack & domain

LeadershipCommunicationTeam-orientedStrategicCustomer-focusedAnalytical

About the role

Original posting from AngelList via Lever

Why Join AngelList
We’re solving some of the hardest problems in venture capital and private markets. You’ll work with a team that values precision, urgency, and long-term thinking. If you want to shape how startups are funded and built, this is the place.
About AngelList
We exist to accelerate innovation by increasing the number of successful startups in the world. We do this by building the financial infrastructure that makes it easier for more people to invest in world-changing companies.
AngelList is the nexus of venture capital and the startup community. We support $171B+ in assets and have powered investments into over 13,000 startups—over 300 of which are unicorns. Today, 57% of top-tier U.S. VC deals involve investors on AngelList. While our scale is large, our ambition is larger.
If you're excited to build the future of private markets, come build with us.
What You'll Do:
Own the results of a Nova Product team responsible for the product experience across subscriptions, data rooms, distributions, capital calls, and the LP wallet and portal.
Grow the team from ~4 engineers to 5-7 and help shape the structure of the broader Product group as it scales.
Work closely with Product, Design, stakeholders, and the Foundations engineering teams to make progress against the roadmap.
Set a clear technical direction with the team's senior and staff engineers.
Maintain a high standard of quality across workflows with high stakes and strict compliance requirements, where real money and investor identity are on the line.
Stay hands-on where it helps. Unblock the team and maintain enough technical context to ask good questions and make sound tradeoffs.
You Have:
2+ years of engineering management experience, including hiring, developing, and getting the best work from engineers.
A record of shipping and scaling customer-facing products, ideally in complex domains where quality is critical. You care about the user experience and pay attention to the details.
Experience building in an environment with high stakes and strict compliance requirements, where every detail matters. Experience with fintech, payments, or identity and KYC is a bonus.
Experience with a modern TypeScript stack, or the ability to learn it quickly.
Good startup judgment. You're comfortable with ambiguity and add enough process to help the team without over-building it.
How Success Will Be Measured:
You've learned the team's systems and can discuss the full Nova product surface.
Nova's flagship workflows, including subscriptions, distributions, and capital calls, are consistently high quality and increasingly self-service. For example, 95%+ of distributions complete end-to-end with zero manual intervention.
New payments, wallet, and identity products ship on a clear, coherent architecture, and the product remains highly reliable as it scales.
The team is healthy and growing. You've hired toward 5-7 engineers, and the team is clear on its roadmap.
Working Here
If you don’t meet every requirement above, we still encourage you to apply. We value complementary strengths and operators who learn by doing.
AngelList has offices in a few cities, with our engineering hub in San Francisco. We’re building our engineering and product teams around this hub to make the most of in-person collaboration. We have a hybrid in-office model: teammates come in at least 2 days per week (Tuesdays and either Wednesday or Thursday).
Compensation:
The compensation for this role consists of a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity package. The base salary for this role is $240,000+ annually but actual will vary based on a number of factors including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.
Benefits:
We support your life both in and outside of work.
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What Guides Us:
At AngelList, we are united in our purpose to accelerate innovation and build the future of private markets. Our beliefs and values shape what we work on and how we create impact. If the below resonate, we'd love to have you with us.
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AngelList is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Source: AngelList careers (Lever)