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CheckCheckSan Francisco, CA

Tech Lead Manager

Lead and mentor a small engineering team while hands-on building scalable payroll and financial infrastructure systems. Drive roadmap and workflow improvements in partnership with product and operations.

214k – 248k/yr
Remote5+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Scale systems that power payroll calculations, tax payments, and filings as volume and complexity increase
  • Design services that move and reconcile money across parties, while making results clear and traceable for partners
  • Support new businesses as they migrate large employer bases onto Check's infrastructure
  • Use AI to automate complex operational workflows, such as tax notice triage and reducing manual employer setup work

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience building complex software and delivering production systems end-to-end
  • 1-2 years of experience leading or managing a team
  • Desire to continue being hands-on and building with your team
  • Track record of driving business outcomes as well as upleveling IC engineers around you
  • Passion for improving engineering workflows and experimenting with AI

Nice-to-Haves

  • Familiarity with Python/Django, React, Typescript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, Github

Compensation & Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on your first day of work
  • Flexible PTO and sick leave - 9 company holidays, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for new parents with flexible return-to-work
  • 401k retirement plan
  • $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses
  • Base salary ranges:
    • San Francisco, NYC, LA, and Seattle: $225,000 - $247,500
    • All other US locations: $214,000 - $235,400

Skills

PythonDjangoReactTypeScriptAWSTerraformPostgresTemporalGitHubAI
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