Engineering Manager, Truework

The Truework Team at Checkr is looking for a motivated Engineering Manager to lead our Mortgage Verifications Team. This team is responsible for building and launching new products, customer-facing experiences, and enhancing the Truework platform. As the Engineering Manager for this team, you will work hand-in-hand with product managers and key stakeholders to create the software and experiences that delight our customers. The projects you’ll be working on are high impact and scale: you’ll be advancing our architecture and systems to lead Truework and Checkr into the next generation of product offerings. The decisions you make will impact potentially millions of consumers every year, and help businesses make fast, informed, and safe decisions.

What you’ll do:

• Drive technical vision for the team that motivates and inspires the team for the next chapter
• Partner closely with product management to build new features and enhance existing ones
• Work with the team to reduce technical debt and sustainably scale our architecture
• Build relationships with customers and drive results with them
• Nurture and grow team members based on their career aspirations
• Hire the best of the talent and continue to raise the bar for the team
• Represent the team in planning and product meetings
• Optimize engineering processes and policies to drive velocity and quality

What you bring:

• 4+ years as an engineering manager
• 8+ years as an engineer
• Strong skills in critical thinking, decision making, problem-solving, and attention to detail
• Experience managing quality incidents as both a technical lead and communication lead
• Experience working on products at scale, and understanding the data, legal, human impact, and technical nuances of supporting highly regulated products
• Strong experience with TDD, pair programming, and agile methodologies
• Deep understanding of service architecture and system design as well as lean software development principles
• Ability to make high-level prioritization decisions quickly and thoughtfully
• Able to develop inclusive teams to foster growth and diversity
• Humility, openness to feedback, and eagerness to learn
• Experience with machine learning and AI is a plus
• An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes

What you’ll get:

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Pay Transparency Disclosure

Team/Tech/Location details:

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website. On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA) $233,000 — $274,000 USD

At Checkr, we believe an in office work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.

Equal Employment Opportunities

Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.