Hybrid Engineering Manager

at Cube

• Job title: Engineering Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $190,000 - $210,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Django, EC2, Python, React
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Engineering Manager leading a team and backend development at Cube, a cloud-based FP&A platform for finance teams. Drive operational excellence and compliance initiatives with a focus on team growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of engineers, fostering growth, collaboration, and accountability
• Contribute regularly to the backend codebase (Python/Django) — design, code, review, and optimize
• Read and understand frontend (React) code to provide architectural feedback and ensure alignment
• Take increasing responsibility for our compliance initiatives, particularly SOC 2 Type II
• Help define, document, and enforce compliance controls, policies, and procedures
• Drive backend architecture, reliability, deployment, monitoring, and security improvements
• Ensure the team delivers on sprint commitments with high quality
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams on cross-cutting initiatives

Requirements

• Strong experience in **Python** and **Django** in production environments
• Comfortable building, reviewing, and optimizing backend systems (APIs, database, caching, async jobs)
• Familiarity with **React** — able to understand and critique frontend architecture and code
• Solid AWS experience (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, Lambda, etc.), and experience with CI/CD, monitoring, and logging
• Experience or interest in **compliance and security frameworks**, particularly SOC 2 Type II
• Understanding of secure coding practices, access controls, vendor audits, logging, and incident response

Benefits

• Our flexible paid vacation and sick/mental health time guidelines help you get the time and space you need.
• We have a number of "Focus Fridays" built in throughout the year when everyone at Cube can use the day to catch up on a project, take a customer call/demo, or recharge at home or in your community.
• We offer stock options to all full-time employees of Cube, as we want you to be connected to the success of the company.
• We provide 100% covered employee medical, dental, and vision insurance options, including FSA/HSA options plus free memberships to OneMedical, Teladoc, and Talkspace.
• We give up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers.
• We offer each Cuber a quarterly learning budget to spend on books, classes, or events that support your development.
• You’ll be joining an experienced team of tech startup leaders who are eager to work with you and provide support and mentorship!
• You’ll work for a company that our __customers are truly excited about__!