Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager
Company Name: Cross River
Location: Jerusalem
Job Type: Not specified (Hybrid)

Full Description:
We are
At Cross River, we're building the financial infrastructure that powers global innovation. With our cutting-edge suite of embedded payments, cards, and lending solutions, we enable millions of businesses and consumers to transact seamlessly and securely.
With 900+ employees worldwide and an R&D center of over 160 employees in Jerusalem - we’re reshaping how financial technology is developed and delivered.

The Role
This is not just a managerial role- it’s a chance to lead a high-impact team building core products at scale. As Engineering Manager, you’ll be a technical leader, a team builder, and a strategic partner. You’ll guide your team to deliver performance, scalable, and secure software solutions, while shaping culture, structure, and product direction. From technical design to org design, you’ll have a direct influence on how we work and what we build.
You’ll work closely with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional teams to turn ambitious ideas into clean, production-ready code - while creating an environment where engineers grow, thrive, and do their best work.

Who You Are
* A collaborative leader who thrives on enabling others to succeed
* Able to balance trust and autonomy with clear technical direction
* Strategic, but not afraid to roll up your sleeves when needed
* Calm, clear, and confident in a fast-paced, high-growth environment

What You’ll Actually Be Doing
* Be both a highly technical contributor and an effective people leader
* Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert in a product domain, and have strategic influence Lead team(s) that deliver on multiple projects of increasing dependencies in an ambiguous or high-impact area
* Work with your team and cross functional partners to define and influence strategy
* Drive roadmap creation and execution
* Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives and have an impact at an organizational level
* Mentor, coach, and grow your direct reports - championing career development and engagement
* Own recruitment, onboarding, and performance management for your team
* Influence engineering-wide culture, org design, and cross-functional collaboration

Requirements:
* 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams
* 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including API design and distributed systems
* Proven track record building and scaling high-volume, web-based solutions
* Strong experience with cloud-native infrastructure, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
* Skilled at building consensus across departments and aligning engineering with business goals
* Experience managing full project lifecycles and technical teams, including performance management
* Excellent communication in English (written and verbal)

Responsibilities:
(See "What You’ll Actually Be Doing" above)