About this role
SentiLink is a company providing innovative identity and risk solutions, aiming to revolutionize identity verification in the United States. They are seeking a strong Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform-focused engineering team responsible for powering the company's core products and ensuring the systems are scalable, reliable, and secure.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and grow a team of backend/platform engineers building the systems that power Intercept and other critical applications
- Drive execution across planning, prioritization, and delivery with a focus on reliability and scalability
- Own the technical direction of backend services and APIs, ensuring systems are secure, performant, and maintainable
- Partner with product and front-end teams to translate product requirements into robust backend architectures
- Collaborate with data science to productionize models and integrate decisioning systems into APIs and workflows
- Work closely with infrastructure to improve system reliability, observability, and developer experience
- Contribute to architectural decisions and guide the long-term evolution of our platform
- Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, and operational excellence
- Support incident response and ensure systems meet SLA expectations
- Hire, mentor, and develop engineers while maintaining a high hiring bar
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Contribute to code and technical problem-solving as needed