Engineering Manager (NYC)
Quick facts
- Pay
- $250,000 to $375,000 base salary
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- New York, New York
- Background
- Bachelor's degree
- Skills
- Engineering, Python, TypeScript, React, Django, Kubernetes
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B, OPT
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Our client is a fast-growing, AI-native enterprise software company rebuilding core financial infrastructure for mid-market and public companies. The platform combines AI agents, real-time accounting workflows, and rapid ERP migrations to replace manual finance operations at scale. Founded in 2024 by two entrepreneurs who previously built a $100M-revenue business, the company has raised more than $100M from leading technology investors, has grown to approximately 90 employees, and plans to scale beyond 200 people.
This is a hands-on Engineering Manager role reporting to the Head of Engineering. You will initially lead 20 to 30 remote engineers across Eastern Europe and South America while building the managerial systems for a rapidly growing engineering organization.
What you will do
- Build performance reviews, feedback loops, reporting structures, hiring processes, pod organization, and delivery metrics.
- Partner with Product on roadmap planning, prioritization, and execution.
- Make architecture decisions and contribute production code in a high-velocity environment.
- Guide a major infrastructure migration from AWS Fargate toward Kubernetes.
- Hire, coach, and develop strong backend and full-stack engineers across multiple time zones.
- Balance product speed with durable systems, operational reliability, and clear ownership.
Requirements
- 5 or more years of backend-heavy software engineering experience with progression from a strong individual contributor into hands-on management.
- A record of building and scaling an engineering team through meaningful growth.
- Strong Python experience and the ability to write and ship production code regularly.
- Experience making architecture decisions across cloud infrastructure, containers, databases, and distributed systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes and AWS or a comparable cloud platform.
- Familiarity with Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, GitHub Actions, React, and TypeScript or adjacent technologies.
- Product-company ownership in a fast-paced startup or high-growth environment with rapid deployment cycles.
- High agency, low ego, and the ability to make fast decisions, admit mistakes, and pivot quickly.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent technical discipline.
- Ability to work on-site five days per week at 7 World Trade Center in New York City or willingness to relocate.
Benefits
- $250,000 to $375,000 base salary.
- Approximately $100,000 to $120,000 in competitive equity value.
- Visa sponsorship and existing visa transfers, including OPT, H-1B, and TN, may be considered.
- High-impact leadership ownership in a rapidly scaling engineering organization.
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Raydar in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021) — estimated from the job title.
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B, OPT
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This role doesn't clearly match a profession on the USMCA (TN) list.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level IV (fully competent)Computer and Information Systems Managers · New York (state median of areas). Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $119,153 | ~15% |
| Level II | $146,744 | ~31% |
| Level III | $172,463 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $199,815 | ~61% |
This job pays $250,000–$375,000 a year — that's Level IV (fully competent). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level IV registration gets 4 entries; estimated selection chance about 61% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.