API Engineering Manager

Brightwell is looking for an API Engineering Manager to lead one of their API teams responsible for building and maintaining services that power their payment platform. The team owns core services that enable cross-border payments and partner-facing integrations that connect the platform to the broader financial ecosystem.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, including hands-on coding experience and architectural design
• 2+ years of experience managing distributed software engineering teams
• Strong C# and.NET experience, including ASP.NET Core Web APIs
• Experience with relational databases and Entity Framework (PostgreSQL or equivalent)
• Strong Azure experience (Functions, Queues, Event Hub, Service Bus, App Services, and related services)
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects spanning months of development
• Experience coaching and mentoring individuals at various levels of experience, from leaders to individual contributors
• Comfortable moving between a 1-on-1 conversation and a pull request review in the same hour while doing both well
• Experience leveraging modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate engineering workflows and improve team productivity
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• 401(k) with match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid parental leave
• Paid vacation