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About Step Step's mission is to improve the financial future of the next generation. Millions of people use our banking and borrowing products to manage, build, and grow their money. Now that we're part of Beast Industries – the company behind MrBeast – we're poised for a new phase of growth to deliver financial literacy and tools at massive scale. The Role Step is looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead and grow a high-performing engineering team building products used by millions of customers. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll combine strong technical judgment with people leadership to help Step move quickly without compromising quality. You'll work closely with Product, Design, Data, Risk, Operations, and other engineering leaders to turn ambitious product goals into reliable, scalable systems and exceptional customer experiences. You'll have broad impact across Step's mobile, web, backend, and machine learning platforms, while helping establish the technical strategy, engineering practices, and team culture that enable us to scale. What You'll Do Lead and grow engineering teams: Build, mentor, and retain a world-class team of engineers, creating an environment where people can do their best work and grow their careers. Own execution: Partner with Product and Design to translate company and product priorities into clear engineering plans, balancing speed, quality, and technical investment. Set technical direction: Guide architecture and technical strategy across backend, mobile, web, data, and ML systems, making pragmatic decisions that support Step's growth. Deliver end-to-end: Ensure teams own features throughout their life cycle, from technical discovery and planning through production, measurement, and iteration. Raise the engineering bar: Establish strong practices around code quality, testing, observability, reliability, security, and operational excellence. Build for scale: Help evolve Step's technology platform to support rapid