About Juniper Square

Our mission is to unlock the full potential of private markets. Privately owned assets like commercial real estate, private equity, and venture capital make up half of our financial ecosystem yet remain inaccessible to most people. We are digitizing these markets, and as a result, bringing efficiency, transparency, and access to one of the most productive corners of our financial ecosystem. If you care about making the world a better place by making markets work better through technology – all while contributing as a member of a values-driven organization – we want to hear from you.

Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital-first operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have a physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.

About your role

The Juniper Square engineering team is growing fast. As a Sr Engineering Manager for our Accounting Software team, you will build, lead, and develop multiple engineering teams that can deliver a rapidly evolving Accounting software platform. This platform is the backbone of our Fund Administration and Investor Reporting business units.

Your role is to collaborate with the leadership team to define and deliver on team objectives, work with cross-functional partners to strategize and prioritize, and support teams throughout execution, all while setting and maintaining a high standard. You will also be deeply involved in your team’s technical direction, guiding architectural decisions, and solving complex challenges alongside your engineers.

You will be responsible for a team of 6-9 engineers and will own your team's roadmap, balancing long-term technical vision with the immediate needs of our business. Your leadership will be key to modernizing our platform by integrating new technologies, including AI-powered tools, to drive automation and scalability.

What you’ll do

• Leadership: Be a leader across the engineering team, influencing and empowering others within the team(s) you support and the broader engineering team to do their best work. Contribute to improving the broader engineering culture by laying the foundation with new or improved processes or practices across the engineering organization

• Technical Ownership & Architecture: Take ownership over the team's architecture, actively participating in design reviews and driving the long-term technical vision. Identify and promote software best practices to improve team effectiveness.

• Hiring & Team Building: Partner with recruiting to build and grow the team. Own the final hiring decision and be responsible for the team-level organizational design to accomplish team goals. Collaborate with engineering leaders and technical recruiting teams to refine our hiring process and build high-caliber engineering teams

• Execution & Project Management: Effectively define & manage the team(s) roadmap, actively identifying risks and creating clear mitigation strategies to ensure successful project delivery. Manage multiple initiatives, supporting either a large team or multiple teams of engineers

• Coaching & Mentorship: Coach and guide the development of the engineers on your team into engineering tech lead managers and engineering managers, fostering their technical and professional growth.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with product and cross-functional business stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver impactful solutions. Handle most cross-team conflicts and decisions autonomously. Guide the roadmap planning process and effectively communicate with stakeholders to identify and resolve dependencies

• Operational Excellence: Take ownership of monitoring, diagnosing, and resolving production issues within the team's services. Establish and promote strong operational practices for the services your team(s) own.

• AI-Native Culture & Velocity: Champion and embed AI-native development practices and tools (e.g., Cursor, Augment) to achieve significant productivity gains, fostering a "startup-mode" culture of rapid iteration, high velocity, and quality, including guiding the effective use of AI code generation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams, preferably with experience managing other managers

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and align them on product goals.

• Proven ability to collaborate with product managers, other stakeholders, and engineers to build plans, set expectations, and successfully deliver on key initiatives

• Demonstrable product focus and a keen understanding of how technology can solve customer problems and drive business outcomes.

• Highly self-driven, with a proactive approach to leadership, technical problem-solving, and initiative execution.

• Experience working in agile development environments and familiarity with practices that promote rapid iteration and velocity.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and lead teams effectively in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

• Deep understanding of service-oriented architecture, modern software development practices, and developing scalable, reliable systems.

• Proven experience in software engineering with significant hands-on technical contributions, including experience in system design, architecture, and leading technical initiatives.

• Enthusiasm for adopting and driving the use of AI-native development tools and methodologies (e.g., Cursor, Augment, Lovable.ai).

Benefits include:

• Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family

• Life insurance

• Mental wellness programs

• Meal vouchers

• Industry-leading vacation package in addition to national holidays

• Paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies

• Retirement saving plans

• Monthly internet reimbursement