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Lending Club Corporation (NYSE: LC) is the parent company of Lending Club Bank, National Association, Member FDIC. We are the leading digital marketplace bank in the U.S., having helped our nearly 5 million members secure over $90 billion in loans to refinance high-cost debt and achieve their financial goals. Members today have mobile-first access to a growing range of products and services designed to work seamlessly together to deliver value in new ways. Everyone deserves a better financial future, and our team is committed to making that a reality. Join the Club!

About the Role

As an Engineering Manager on the Consumer Engineering Team at Lending Club, you will lead a team of software engineers in designing, building, and enhancing the systems that power personal loan originations, underwriting, borrower experiences, and operational workflows. You will guide the development of resilient, scalable backend services while fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Your experience delivering high availability distributed systems, driving backend technical strategy, mentoring engineers, and collaborating cross functionally will enable you to meaningfully advance Lending Club’s mission to transform consumer lending through innovation and responsible technology.

What You'll Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing engineering team focused on backend systems supporting the originations journey
• Drive the technical vision, architectural direction, and engineering roadmap for key platforms and services
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Operations to translate business needs into scalable, high‑impact technical solutions
• Guide the team in delivering features end‑to‑end across Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, distributed systems, and AWS services
• Ensure the team builds high‑availability, fault‑tolerant services with a strong emphasis on observability, performance, and security
• Facilitate technical design discussions, code reviews, and architectural evaluations
• Balance delivery of new capabilities with long‑term platform reliability, refactoring, and technical debt management
• Cultivate a positive engineering culture grounded in collaboration, accountability, continuous learning, and craftsmanship
• Own team execution—setting priorities, aligning on milestones, removing blockers, and ensuring consistent delivery
• Promote operational excellence
• Master team metrics (services and team performance)

About You

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a people‑leadership or team‑lead role; bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong background in backend engineering, distributed systems, and service‑oriented architecture.
• Expertise with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and cloud-native development (AWS preferred).
• Solid understanding of modern engineering practices: CI/CD, testing strategies, code quality, observability, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through ambiguity, set direction, and drive alignment across stakeholders.
• Ability to translate business objectives into clear engineering plans and technical designs.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills—you make complex technical concepts accessible.
• Passion for mentorship, coaching, and career development of engineers.
• Commitment to building inclusive, high‑trust, high‑impact engineering teams.

Bonus Points

• Experience in regulated industries or with compliance-heavy platforms.
• Financial services or lending industry experience.
• Experience with large-scale service migrations.
• Familiarity with frontend or full‑stack environments (even if backend‑heavy).
• Experience leveraging AI tooling to improve developer workflows or service capabilities.
• Curiosity, ownership mindset, and enthusiasm for transforming the banking and lending industry.

Work Location San Francisco:

The above locations are eligible offices for this role. The locations have been determined to foster in-person collaboration with this role’s team or the related business lines. We utilize a hybrid work model, and our teams are in-office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. In-person attendance is essential for this role’s success, and remote placement will not be considered. Lending Club offers relocation, based on actual job level.

Time Zone Requirements Primarily PT:

While the position will primarily work local hours, Lending Club is headquartered in Pacific Time and our ideal candidate will be flexible working across time zones when necessary.

Travel Requirements As needed travel to Lending Club offices and/or other locations, as needed.

Compensation:

The target base salary range for this position is 176,000-207,000. The base salary of the role will be determined by job-related knowledge, experience, education, skills, and location. Base salary is just one part of Lending Club’s Total Rewards package. You may also be eligible for long-term awards (equity) and an annual bonus (which is based on company performance, employee performance and eligible earnings).

We’re creating new financial services solutions for our members based on fairness, simplicity, and heart, and we treat our employees the same way. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families, 401(k) match, health and wellness programs, flexible time off policies for salaried employees, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave and more.

Lending Club is an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We believe that a variety of perspectives will make our teams and business stronger as we work together to transform the traditional banking system.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at interviewaccommodations@lendingclub.com.