Manager, Enterprise Application Engineering

Role Description

We are looking for a Manager Enterprise Application Engineering to join the OppFi Technology team. This role will report directly to the Sr Director Platform and Operations and lead a team of engineers in support of OppFi’s technology efforts.

As an Enterprise Application Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of talented engineers, acting as their technical mentor and professional guide. Your mission is to be the trusted technology partner that transforms business operations by building a secure, scalable, and automated environment that empowers our employees, protects our data, and accelerates our business.

What you get to do:

• Team Leadership & Mentorship:
  • Lead, mentor, and build a world-class team of Enterprise Application Engineers.
  • Be responsible for hiring, onboarding, performance management, and the career development of your direct reports.
  • Act as the "player-coach" and most senior technical expert for your team, capable of unblocking your engineers, leading complex architecture reviews, and troubleshooting the most challenging issues.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Strategy & Business Partnership:
  • Develop and maintain the strategic roadmap for our enterprise application and integration architecture, ensuring it scales with the company's growth.
  • Act as the primary technical consultant and liaison for business leaders (e.g., Finance, HR, Marketing, Operations), understanding their needs and translating them into scalable, secure technology solutions.
  • Manage vendor relationships, software licenses, and budgets for your application stack, continuously evaluating new tools to maximize ROI and business value.
• SaaS Management:
  • Manage the entire Google Workspace ecosystem (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Groups), defining, configuring, and enforcing policies, rules, and OU structures.
  • Lead the architecture and administration of our Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence) guiding your team in building complex workflows and customizing projects for other engineering and business teams.
  • Design, build, and manage a SaaS Management Platform (SMP) to bring all OppFi SaaS applications under centralized management.
  • Proactively analyze license utilization across our entire SaaS portfolio to identify opportunities for cost savings, license reclamation, and contract consolidation.
  • Partner with Information Security and Enterprise Risk Management to conduct technical reviews for all new SaaS applications.
• Identity & Access Management (IAM):
  • Serve as the top-level architect for our Identity and Access Management (IAM) program.
  • Design, build, and manage our centralized Identity Provider (IdP) as the single source of truth for all user identities.
  • Develop, deploy, and enforce Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) policies to ensure the principle of least privilege.
• Integration & Automation:
  • Champion an "automation-first" mindset.
  • Build and manage automated Joiner, Mover, and Leaver (JML) workflows, ensuring employees are provisioned correctly on their start date and all access is instantly revoked upon termination.
  • Architect, build, and maintain robust integrations between our core business systems.
  • Be responsible for the reliability and integrity of data as it moves between integrated systems, including error handling and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years in Enterprise Systems or Application Engineering, with a demonstrable focus on automation and integration.
• At least 3+ years in a people management or technical lead role.
• Deep architectural and administrative experience with Google Workspace in a large-scale (1000+ user) environment.
• Deep architectural and administrative experience with the Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence), with the ability to design and implement complex workflows for both technical and business teams.
• Expert-level, hands-on architectural experience with Okta (or a similar major IdP), with deep understanding of Universal Directory, Lifecycle Management (SCIM), complex policy creation, and SAML/OIDC integrations.
• Architectural and administrative experience with Microsoft Active Directory in a large-scale (1000+ user) environment.
• Proven, hands-on experience building and managing integrations; comfortable with REST APIs with demonstrable experience automating IT processes using scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell).
• A strategic thinker who can connect IT initiatives to business outcomes like revenue growth, cost reduction, and risk mitigation.
• Excellent ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical executives and stakeholders.
• A passion for mentoring engineers and a proven track record of developing talent.

Benefits

• Flexible, remote environment.
• 401(k) matching program.
• Generous paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• DoorDash DashPass.
• Figo pet insurance.
• Rocket Lawyer.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Fringe, a lifestyle benefits platform that allows employees to decide how to spend rewards from dozens of vendors like Uber, DoorDash, and UrbanSitter.