Engineering Manager, Subledger
Hopper · United States - Remote
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## About the Role As **Engineering Manager for the Subledger team**, you will own the system of record for every financial transaction at Hopper—driving accurate reporting and reconciliation across all money movements in our ecosystem. Every team that processes transactions (both booking and post-booking) depends on the subledger, so you’ll shape Hopper’s financial platform architecture alongside **Finance, Accounting, Payments, and product engineering**. You’ll be the primary technical owner of a system where **accuracy and full traceability** matter most—balancing accounting rigor with the engineering judgment needed to keep it evolving. ## What You’ll Do (Day-to-Day) - **Own and manage the subledger platform** with an outcomes-based mindset, serving as the primary point of contact for technical, accounting, and operational topics related to transaction recording and reconciliation - **Lead, grow, and mentor engineers**, setting technical direction and championing correctness in a system where every entry must balance - **Drive subledger architecture**, evolving the current design toward **simplicity and scalability** through sound abstractions and automation - Ensure all money movements across **booking and post-booking** flows are accurately accounted for, with **full traceability** from source event to financial report - Build strong, senior relationships with **Finance and Accounting**, translating accounting requirements into system design and surfacing technical constraints early - Partner with **Payments, Bookings, Post-Booking, and Data** teams to align on contracts, data models, and migration paths - Identify and act on opportunities to reduce **manual reconciliation effort**, close reporting gaps, and eliminate classes of discrepancies at the source - Track KPIs such as **reconciliation accuracy**, **unmatched transaction rates**, **close-cycle timelines**, and **system reliability**; lead recurring reviews with Finance and engineering leadership ## What You Bring (Ideal Candidate) - **8+ years** of software engineering experience, including **2+ years managing engineers** (fintech, payments, or financial systems experience is a plus) - Experience designing and operating **high-volume transactional systems** where **correctness, idempotency, and auditability** are critical - Working knowledge of accounting fundamentals, including **double-entry bookkeeping**, ledgers and subledgers, reconciliation, and the financial close process—and the ability to apply them to system design - A systems-minded approach to architecture: clear invariants, clean abstractions, automation over one-off fixes; experience leading large refactors or migrations of production financial systems - Clear communication with both accountants and engineers, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders - Strong organization and self-direction in a high-growth environment - **Based in the Eastern or Central time zone**, with daily overlap across the Finance, Accounting, and engineering teams you partner with ## Perks & Benefits - Well-funded and proven startup with competitive salary and **pre-IPO equity packages** - **Unlimited PTO** - **Carrot Cash** travel stipend - Access to co-working space on demand through **FlexDesk** + **work-from-home stipend** - Very generous **parental leave** - Entrepreneurial culture with open communication and massive impact in small, dynamic teams - **100% employer-paid** Medical, Den
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