Senior Engineering Manager, Backend

SentiLink provides innovative identity and risk solutions, empowering institutions and individuals to transaction with confidence. We’re building the future of identity verification in the United States replacing a clunky, ineffective, and expensive status quo with solutions that are 10x faster, smarter, and more accurate.We’ve seen tremendous traction and are growing extremely quickly. Our real-time APIs have helped verify hundreds of millions of identities, starting with financial services and rapidly expanding into new markets. SentiLink is backed by world-class investors including Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin.We’ve earned recognition from TechCrunch, CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, PYMNTS, American Banker, LendIt, and have been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 list every year since 2023. Last but not least, we’ve even made history - we were the first company to go live with the eCBSV and testified before the United States House of Representatives on the future of identity.SentiLink supports a variety of ways to work, ranging from fully remote to in-office. We operate as a digital-first company with strong collaboration across the U.S. and India. We maintain physical offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago in the U.S., and in Gurugram (Delhi) and Bengaluru in India. If you’re located near one of these offices, we would love for you to spend time in the office regularly. Some roles are hybrid or in-office by design. For example, our engineering team in India works primarily from our Gurugram office.RoleWe’re looking for a strong Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform-focused engineering team responsible for powering SentiLink’s core products.This team owns the backend systems, external APIs, and services that power these experiences, as well as the technical foundation that ensures the product is scalable, reliable, and secure.You will lead a small but growing team of engineers responsible for building API-driven systems, evolving our platform architecture, and enabling product teams to move quickly with confidence.This role sits at the intersection of backend platform development, technical architecture, and people leadership. You’ll partner closely with product, data science, infrastructure, and front-end engineering teams to deliver high-quality systems in a fast-moving environment.We are looking for a manager who is fundamentally a strong backend engineer and enjoys staying close to technical work, contributing to architecture, guiding design decisions, and unblocking complex systems challenges.This is a remote, US-based position.Technologies: React, Golang, Python, PostgreSQL (RDS), Docker, OpenSearch, AWS technologies (Lambda, Cognito and other standard services)ResponsibilitiesLead and grow a team of backend/platform engineers building the systems that power Intercept and other critical applicationsDrive execution across planning, prioritization, and delivery with a focus on reliability and scalabilityOwn the technical direction of backend services and APIs, ensuring systems are secure, performant, and maintainablePartner with product and front-end teams to translate product requirements into robust backend architecturesCollaborate with data science to productionize models and integrate decisioning systems into APIs and workflowsWork closely with infrastructure to improve system reliability, observability, and developer experienceContribute to architectural decisions and guide the long-term evolution of our platformMaintain high standards for code quality, testing, and operational excellenceSupport incident response and ensure systems meet SLA expectationsHire, mentor, and develop engineers while maintaining a high hiring barFoster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvementContribute to code and technical problem-solving as neededRequirements3-5+ years of engineering management experience leading backend or platform teamsStrong background as a senior or staff-level backend engineerDeep experience building API-driven systems using languages like Golang, Python, or similarStrong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and system designExperience owning and evolving backend architecture in production environmentsTrack record of shipping complex, customer-facing or platform systemsComfortable leading technical discussions and diving into implementation detailsExperience working in fast-paced, startup or growth-stage environmentsExperience building platforms that support product teams (internal APIs, shared services, developer tooling) preferredFamiliarity with data-intensive systems, search (OpenSearch), or risk/decisioning systems preferredExperience in fintech or highly regulated environments preferredCompensation$200,000/year - $240,000/year + equity + benefitsPerksEmployer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)Flexible paid time offRegular company-wide in-person eventsHome office stipend, and more!Corporate ValuesFollow ThroughDeep UnderstandingWhatever It TakesDo Something Smart