# Engineering Manager at Karat Financial

- Company: Karat Financial (YC W20)
- What the company does: Better financial services for creators. Backed by Y Combinator and USV.
- Company website: http://trykarat.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Los Angeles, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-08-25
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/karat-financial/jobs/DongpRb-engineering-manager
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/karat-financial-engineering-manager/

## About the role

We’re looking for our first Engineering Manager to join the team and help shape the future of our engineering culture, systems, and product. This is a unique opportunity to lead from the front — you’ll roll up your sleeves to design systems, write code, and ship features while also setting the bar for technical excellence, collaboration, and product thinking.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2–3 years in a leadership or managing role
- Proven ability to ship high-quality products end-to-end — from system design to launch
- Strong product sense: you care deeply about user experience and business outcomes, not just code quality
- Track record of cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and operations teams
- Experience in system design, architecture, and scaling modern web applications

Tags: Engineering