Senior Engineering Manager, Versana
$200-230k
Transparency, efficiency & velocity for the syndicated loan market
Open for applications
Transparency, efficiency & velocity for the syndicated loan market
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$200-230k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To transform the syndicated loan and private credit markets.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of engineering experience with 3–5 years leading managers or senior technical leads
- Proven track record scaling engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact software systems
- Strong technical foundation in software architecture, cloud technologies, and modern development practices
- Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership
- Exceptional communication, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills
- Experience in a matrix organization with both direct and dotted-line structures
- Background working in Agile environments—Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid models
- Familiarity with platform engineering, developer experience tooling, or productivity enablement
What the job involves
- The Senior Engineering Manager is a strategic and operational leader responsible for driving high-performing engineering teams, enabling technical excellence, and delivering high-impact products and platforms
- This role partners closely with Product, Architecture, and cross-functional stakeholders to define technical strategy, mature engineering practices, and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery
- The ideal candidate is both a strong people manager and a seasoned technologist who can elevate engineering capabilities across the organization
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, tech leads, and individual contributors across multiple teams
- Build a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Drive career growth frameworks, performance management, and succession planning
- Foster an inclusive, high-trust environment that supports well-being and sustained productivity
- Provide strategic technical direction in partnership with architecture and product leadership
- Guide teams in designing scalable, secure, and high-quality systems aligned with long-term business goals
- Champion engineering best practices, including code quality, observability, automation, and DevOps maturity
- Lead efforts to modernize technology, simplify architecture, and reduce technical debt
- Establish and monitor KPIs for engineering performance, quality, and reliability
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization
- Optimize team structures, resource allocations, and processes for scale
- Oversee vendor or contract engineering relationships when relevant
- Act as a senior partner to Product, Design, Data, Security, and Infrastructure teams
- Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and risks clearly to executive leadership
- Ensure engineering alignment with organizational goals and compliance requirements
Our take
The US loan market is rife with inefficiencies and fragmented software, making it difficult to achieve transparency and efficiency of service. Versana is a multi-tenant fintech solution that centralizes corporate loan data and improves transparency.
Versana’s platform offers its customers real-time insight into loan details and portfolio positions, whilst aiding the customer transfer from legacy manual processes onto automated self-service platforms. Its high-speed and efficient processes allow customers to access the most credible and up-to-date information on potential syndicated loan deals, aiming to usher in a new era of modernisation within the syndicated loan market.
Versana has an impressive investor list, with the likes of Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Citibank all pitching into its 2024 VC round. With backing from huge banking players, Versana is in a strong position to roll out its digitising platform to new markets and customers.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2024
$26m
LATE VC
Mar 2023
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $66m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision insurance covered 100%
- Company equity
- Disability and life insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid holidays, paid sick days and generous PTO
Company HQ
Garment District, New York, NY
Leadership
Cynthia Sachs
(Founding CEO)Previously CEO and Chief Investment Officer at Athena Art Finance Corp, Managing Director at Yieldstreet, Head of Fixed Income Valuations at Bloomberg LP and Senior Portfolio Manager at Morgan Stanley.
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