Senior Engineering Manager, Backend/Platform

About the role

SentiLink helps institutions and protects customers by accurately resolving identities and flagging fraud risk. Each day, we verify more than 3 million identities, flagging 150k+ fraud attempts in the process. The problems we work on are challenging, and solving them takes deep domain expertise, rigorous analysis, and a willingness to dig into the details.

At SentiLink, you'll work alongside smart, highly collaborative colleagues who respect each other's time and judgment, take ownership, and follow through on their commitments. Together, we do truly meaningful work protecting the identities of innocent consumers and flagging the fraudsters attempting to exploit them.

We're well capitalized and growing quickly. We already serve 13 of the top 15 U.S. banks, we're expanding into new markets, and we're backed by Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin. We've been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 and as a 2026 FICO Industry Vanguard Decision Award Winner . We were also the first company to go live with the electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service, and we've testified before the U.S. Congress on the future of identity.

We want SentiLink to be the best place you've ever worked. We offer generous benefits and support a range of working arrangements, from fully remote to in-office. We are a digital-first company with strong collaboration across the U.S. and India, and we meet in person regularly to build relationships. We have offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle (Bellevue), Los Angeles, and Chicago in the U.S., and in Gurugram (Delhi) and Bengaluru in India.

Role:

We’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)

Responsibilities:

Lead and grow a team of 10 Senior & Staff 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

Requirements:

3-7 years of engineering management experience leading backend or platform teams

Strong background as a senior or staff-level backend engineer

Deep experience building API-driven systems using languages like Golang, Python, or similar

Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and system design

Experience owning and evolving backend architecture in production environments

Track record of shipping complex, customer-facing or platform systems

Comfortable leading technical discussions and diving into implementation details

Experience working in fast-paced, startup or growth-stage environments

Experience building platforms that support product teams (internal APIs, shared services, developer tooling) preferred

Familiarity with data-intensive systems, search (OpenSearch), or risk/decisioning systems preferred

Experience in fintech or highly regulated environments preferred

Compensation:

$200,000/year - $260,000/year + equity + benefits

Perks:

Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents

401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)

Flexible paid time off

Regular company-wide in-person events

Home office stipend, and more!

Corporate Values:

Follow Through

Deep Understanding

Whatever It Takes

Do Something Smart

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