Sr Manager, Database Engineering

About the role

At LendingClub, our mission is to empower people working toward better financial health. That mission depends on highly reliable, secure, and scalable data platforms that support millions of financial transactions in a regulated environment. The Database Engineering team owns the foundational database infrastructure that powers LendingClub's products and internal platforms. This team is responsible for the design, operation, and continuous evolution of our database systems, ensuring they meet the highest standards for availability, performance, security, and compliance. Our platform leverages a broad set of technologies, including AWS-managed services (Aurora, RDS, DocumentDB, ElastiCache, OpenSearch), relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server), data replication technologies (GoldenGate), and modern analytics platforms such as Snowflake. As Sr Manager, Database Engineering, you will lead this critical function and define the long-term vision for database engineering. You will manage and grow a team of experienced Database Engineers, partner closely with application, platform, and data engineering leaders, and serve as a trusted advisor on database architecture, scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency. This is a highly visible role with direct impact on platform reliability, developer productivity, and customer trust.