Engineering Manager, Accounting & Reconciliation

Dave vs. Goliath. We’re Dave.

Dave is a financial app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field. It is redefining the financial landscape by leveraging technology to create an affordable, transparent, and user-centric access to liquidity for millions of Americans. As a leading innovator in the U.S. financial services sector, Dave’s digital financial platform offers products designed to meet the credit needs of those underserved by traditional financial institutions. Dave’s offerings include its flagship ExtraCash product, providing members up to $500 in short-term advances within minutes. The company is on track to launch several new product offerings in 2026, including a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) option.

Dave is focused on serving Americans who are financially vulnerable or living paycheck to paycheck. Dave is leading the charge in creating a new era of credit products that prioritizes speed, affordability, and accessibility, making it the go-to financial partner for those who need it most.

Dave is hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead our Ledger & Reconciliation Platform team — the systems that ensure every dollar moving through Dave is correct, fully accounted for, and auditable end-to-end.

The Opportunity

You’ll lead a team building the financial source of truth behind Dave’s products. This work sits at the intersection of distributed systems and accounting, where precision matters as much as scalability. You’ll partner closely with Accounting and Finance to translate real-world financial requirements into deterministic systems. Not everything is fully defined — you’ll help shape how we model, track, and reconcile money as we grow.

What You’ll Build & Own

• Lead and develop a team responsible for ledger systems and reconciliation pipelines that underpin all money movement
• Define architecture that prioritizes correctness, idempotency, and auditability over short-term convenience
• Design and evolve double-entry ledger models, transaction lifecycles, and reconciliation workflows across products
• Build systems that reconcile internal state with external partners (banks, processors, networks) with high confidence
• Partner with Accounting to encode financial rules, reporting requirements, and controls directly into system design
• Establish engineering practices focused on data integrity, observability, and reliable recovery

The Impact

Your team owns the integrity of Dave’s financial systems. The work you lead determines whether every transaction can be trusted, explained, and audited — supporting regulatory compliance, financial reporting, and member trust.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Technical Foundation

• 6+ years of software engineering experience
• 1.5+ years of engineering management experience
• Experience building or evolving ledger systems, accounting platforms, or reconciliation infrastructure
• Strong understanding of data correctness, transactional integrity, and consistency models
• Experience designing systems where accuracy and auditability are core requirements
• Familiarity with distributed systems challenges (idempotency, ordering, failure recovery, eventual consistency)
• Experience partnering with Accounting or Finance to translate domain requirements into technical systems
• Track record of building and developing high-performing teams

Bonus

• Background in fintech, payments, or financial infrastructure
• Experience implementing double-entry accounting models in software
• Exposure to audit, compliance, or financial reporting systems
• Familiarity with TypeScript (Node.js), MySQL, GCP, React/React Native

What Makes Someone Successful Here

You take responsibility for outcomes, not just deliverables. You understand that small inconsistencies in financial systems can compound into real risk, and you build with a focus on long-term correctness. You make thoughtful trade-offs between speed and durability, and you care about systems that hold up under scale and scrutiny.

You also lead through collaboration. You work closely with Accounting, Finance, and partner teams to ensure systems reflect how money actually moves. You ask thoughtful questions, incorporate feedback, and help your team navigate ambiguity without losing momentum. You create clarity where it doesn’t exist yet, and help others connect their work to the broader system.

What to Expect

You’ll own a foundational platform with high visibility across the company. The problems are complex and evolve as the business grows. You’ll have real autonomy to shape both the system and the team, with decisions grounded in data, collaboration, and long-term impact.

Why Join Dave

• Build the financial source of truth powering all of Dave’s products
• Work on technical problems at the intersection of systems engineering and accounting
• Partner directly with Accounting and Finance on business-critical systems
• Shape a platform that must scale with product complexity and regulatory expectations
• Lead a team focused on thoughtful, durable engineering

Ready to build for the underdog?

Reports to: Director of Engineering

Don’t let imposter syndrome get in the way of an incredible opportunity. We’re looking for people who can help us achieve our mission and vision, not just check off the boxes. If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why you’ll love working here

At Dave, our people are just as important as our product. Our culture reflects the values that guide who we are, how we work, and what we aspire to be. Daves are member-centric, helpful, transparent, persistent, and better together. We strive to create an environment where all Daves feel valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work. As a virtual-first company, team members can live and work anywhere in the United States, except Hawaii. 

A few of our benefits & perks:

💚 Opportunity to tackle tough challenges, learn and grow from fellow top talent, and help millions of people reach their personal financial goals

💻 Flexible hours and virtual-first work culture with a home office stipend

🏥 Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance plans

👶 Generous paid parental and caregiver leave

💰 401(k) savings plan with matching contributions

📈 Financial advisor and financial wellness support

🏖️ Flexible PTO and generous company holidays, including Juneteenth and Winter Break

🎉 All-company in-person events once or twice a year and virtual events throughout to connect with your team members and leadership team

Dave Operating LLC is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is dedicated to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants and do not discriminate on any basis protected by federal, state, or local law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history.