Engineering Manager - FinTech

Engineering Manager - FinTechStubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. Whether someone is looking to attend their first event or their hundredth, we're here to delight them all the way from the moment they start looking for a ticket until they step through the gate. The same goes for our sellers. From fans selling a single ticket to the promoters of a worldwide stadium tour, we want StubHub to be the safest, most convenient way to offer a ticket to the millions of fans who browse our platform around the world.StubHub is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team responsible for building the data systems that power personalized marketing and retention experiences for millions of fans. This is a technical leadership role focused on driving business and customer outcomes through operational rigor, data-informed decisions, and strong people management. You'll be expected to deliver high-quality results, build a high-performing team, and raise the bar across engineering, execution, and impact.Location: Hybrid (3 days in office/2 days remote) – New York, NYAbout the Team:StubHub's FinTech organization builds the financial backbone of a global ticketing marketplace. This role leads two closely connected teams: Revenue Finance and Tax. Revenue Finance Engineering owns the systems that turn millions of transactions into accurate, auditable financial data - revenue recognition, billing and settlement, ledgers, reconciliation, and the reporting that Finance and Accounting rely on to close the books and report results. Tax Engineering owns how StubHub calculates, collects, and remits taxes across jurisdictions, including sales tax, VAT/GST, and marketplace facilitator obligations, along with the compliance and reporting workflows behind them.These systems sit at the intersection of engineering, finance, and regulation: they have to be correct, resilient, and audit-ready at scale, and they underpin decisions made all the way up to the executive level. As Engineering Manager, you'll set technical direction across both teams, partner closely with Finance, Accounting, and Tax stakeholders, and grow a team that treats financial integrity as a first-class engineering problem.Why This Role Matters:You'll work on critical systems that fuel StubHub's growth engine. This is a high-visibility role with executive support, cross-functional collaboration, and opportunities to influence architecture, mentor engineers, and shape how we drive customer lifetime value. If you like solving hard technical problems with measurable impact and enjoy blending product, data, and engineering, this is the team for you.What You'll Do:Drive measurable impact: Identify high-leverage problems, set clear goals, and deliver solutions that produce quantifiable business and customer value.Lead through execution: Own team delivery with precision, ensure commitments are met, blockers are resolved quickly, and progress is visible and tracked.Raise the bar on talent density: Hire exceptional engineers, actively coach performance, and make principled decisions to retain only those operating at a high level.Promote data-driven decisions: Use data and metrics to guide priorities, evaluate solutions, and continuously improve how your team operates.Own technical quality: Champion system design, code quality, reliability, correctness, and long-term maintainability across financial and tax systems where accuracy and auditability are paramount.Foster team health: Build a psychologically safe, inclusive team culture grounded in feedback, autonomy, and shared accountability.Partner across the business: Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Product, and Data partners to align on priorities, coordinate dependencies, and deliver business-critical initiatives.What Success Looks Like:Reliable, accurate, and auditable financial and tax systems that Finance, Accounting, and Tax teams trust to close the books and stay compliant.On-time, high-quality delivery of initiatives tied to company objectives.Clear evidence of team growth, engagement, and performance.Demonstrated improvement in team operational metrics (e.g., velocity, quality, incident reduction).A strong pipeline of internal talent and a team that continuously improves its impact-per-head over time.What We're Looking For:8+ years of engineering experience, including technical ownership of production systems and business-critical software.4+ years of people leadership experience, with a track record of hiring and developing high-performing teams.Direct experience building financial, payments, billing, ledger, or tax systems, or comparable domains where correctness, compliance, and auditability are first-order requirements.Strong technical background in backend, distributed systems, APIs, or data platforms (Postgres, SQLserver, Java, Python, React).Proven ability to drive execution, define clear success metrics, and solve complex problems with data and rigor.Experience working directly with Finance, Tax, or Accounting stakeholders and translating regulatory and accounting requirements into engineering roadmaps.Skilled in managing ambiguity, prioritizing ruthlessly, and delivering under tight timelines.Comfortable giving and receiving candid feedback, and modeling it for others.What We Offer:Accelerated Growth Environment: An environment designed for swift skill and knowledge enhancement, where you have the autonomy to lead experiments and tests on a massive scale.Top Tier Compensation Package: Competitive base, equity, and upside that tracks with your impact.Flexible Time Off: Enjoy unlimited Flex Time Off, giving you the flexibility to manage your schedule and take time to recharge as needed.Comprehensive Benefits Package: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package, featuring 401k, and premium Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance options.The anticipated gross base pay range is below for this role. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies. Base annual salary is one component of StubHub's total compensation and competitive benefits package, which includes equity, 401(k), paid time off, paid parental leave, and comprehensive health benefits.Salary Range$270,000 - $320,000 USDAbout Us:StubHub is the world's leading marketplace to buy and sell tickets to any live event, anywhere. Through StubHub in North America and viagogo, our international platform, we service customers in 195 countries in 33 languages and 49 available currencies. With more than 300 million tickets available annually on our platform to events around the world -- from sports to music, comedy to dance, festivals to theater -- StubHub offers the safest, most convenient way to buy or sell tickets to the most memorable live experiences. Come join our team for a front-row seat to the action. For California Residents: California Job Applicant Privacy Notice found hereWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity on our team. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.