Engineering Leader - CRS

About CRS

CRS is a fintech technology company building the infrastructure and products powering the next generation of financial services. We're combining deep financial technology expertise with an AI-first approach to software development, creating innovative solutions across lending, financial marketplaces, and emerging agentic commerce.

We're looking for an exceptional engineering leader to help scale our core infrastructure, develop our engineering teams, and fundamentally rethink how software is built in an AI-driven world.

About the Role

We're seeking a hands-on engineering leader who has owned mission-critical financial infrastructure processing high volumes of high-value transactions and is already building and orchestrating autonomous AI agents, not simply using AI to write code faster.

Equally important is a relentless curiosity for AI and software development. The ideal candidate is deeply immersed in emerging technologies, constantly experimenting, and driven to push the boundaries of what's possible.

This is a player/coach leadership opportunity for someone who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to lead, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering teams. You'll take ownership of critical systems while helping shape the future of engineering at CRS.

What You'll Do

• Lead the architecture, development, and operation of mission-critical financial infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, security, and performance.

• Drive the evolution of our engineering organization toward AI-native software development, incorporating autonomous agents, intelligent automation, and emerging engineering practices.

• Remain technically hands-on, contributing to architecture, solving complex engineering challenges, and building alongside the team.

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of engineers, fostering technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Establish and evolve engineering processes, standards, and best practices that support rapid development without compromising system reliability.

• Collaborate with executive leadership, product teams, and business stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into technical direction and execution.

• Help scale engineering capabilities, infrastructure, and teams as the business continues to grow.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in backend systems, distributed architecture, and scalable infrastructure.

• 2+ years of experience leading or managing engineers in a hands-on, player/coach capacity.

• Demonstrated ownership of high-volume, mission-critical transactional systems where reliability, accuracy, and uptime are essential.

• Experience in fintech, financial services technology, financial infrastructure, or complex transaction-processing systems, ideally involving lending, payments, credit, or financial marketplaces.

• Hands-on experience building and orchestrating autonomous AI agents and agentic workflows, with a strong understanding of how AI can fundamentally transform software development.

• Deep technical curiosity and a demonstrated commitment to experimenting with emerging AI technologies, tools, and engineering methodologies.

• Strong software architecture and system design expertise, with a track record of solving complex technical challenges.

• Proven ability to mentor engineers, guide technical decisions, and balance hands-on execution with broader engineering leadership.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and executive teams.

• A collaborative, adaptable mindset with a strong sense of ownership and a bias toward action.

Why Join CRS?

• Build the future of engineering: Help pioneer AI-native software development and explore what's possible when autonomous agents become central to how software is built.

• Own critical infrastructure: Lead systems at the heart of a growing fintech business, with meaningful technical ownership and direct business impact.

• Lead and build: Stay close to the technology while developing talented engineers and helping shape the engineering organization.

• Drive innovation: Work on emerging products spanning financial infrastructure, intelligent marketplaces, and agentic commerce.

• Grow with the company: Join a rapidly evolving organization with significant opportunities to expand your technical and leadership responsibilities.

Base Salary for this role is expected to land between $225,000 and $275,000 with flexibility for the ideal hire. The package will include a substantial equity package.