Engineering Manager

Specifics About The Role:

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the team building FrameOS, the infrastructure layer that handles compliance, payments, identity, and fraud for high-compliance merchants. You will be responsible for the technical roadmap, engineering culture, and the quality of what ships. You will manage engineers, work closely with product and risk, and hold the bar for how we build. The problems are deep. The surface area is wide. This is not a maintenance job.

Why Frame:

Frame is a compliance infrastructure company powering payments for complex, highly regulated industries. We enable businesses to move money with confidence by embedding compliance and payments into a single, intelligent platform. Our ambition is to become the infrastructure layer that regulated businesses rely on to operate, scale, and access services globally.

At Frame, how we build matters as much as what we build. We're headquartered in Los Angeles with a globally distributed team. We're committed to running an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any adjustments along the way, let us know.

What You'll Do:

• Own the engineering organization including structure, hiring, performance standards, and culture
• Drive technical roadmap and architecture decisions across the full FrameOS platform
• Build engineering processes that keep the team fast, focused, and accountable
• Own relationships with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Operations, ensuring engineering serves the business and the business understands engineering
• Hold a standard of craft including APIs that are obvious, systems that feel inevitable, and code that holds up

What We Require:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 in an engineering leadership role
• Experience leading teams building financial infrastructure, payments, or compliance systems
• Strong technical depth. You can get into the code when it matters
• A clear point of view on how to build well, including abstractions, reliability, and developer experience
• Low tolerance for artificial delay. You move teams forward and remove blockers before they compound
• Track record of recruiting and retaining strong engineers

You'll Be Successful If:

• You are someone who holds a high bar for craft and won't compromise it for speed, but won't compromise speed for craft either
• You can move from architecture review to recruiting to a 1:1 to a code review without losing momentum
• You build engineering organizations that ship quickly and consistently, and you remove blockers rather than absorbing them
• You have experience at a payment facilitator, processor, or regulated fintech
• You've scaled an engineering team through a growth phase without losing quality
• You have hands-on experience with Rails, Go, or TypeScript at scale
• You have familiarity with card network rules, ACH, KYC systems, or chargeback infrastructure

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Unlimited PTO with trust to manage your own time.

A wellness budget covering dental, vision, and a free Equinox membership, plus team-led running and spin groups.

Daily lunch and a fully stocked snack kitchen in our Los Angeles office.

Apple hardware, Frame branded merch, regular company off-sites, and a relocation package if you're not already local.