# Engineering Manager, Verifications

**Company:** [Checkr](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/checkr)
**Location:** Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $197k – $274k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** service architecture, Distributed Systems, System Design, ai-assisted development, agentic coding, third-party integrations, Incident Management, technical strategy, Data Quality, Compliance
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Leads the Verifications engineering team and technical strategy for a broad portfolio of integration-heavy, regulated screening products. Requires engineering management experience, deep software engineering expertise in distributed systems, and a track record of improving reliability and developing high-performing teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Verifications engineering team, including technical direction, performance and career development, and hiring.
- Own the reliability and quality of fulfillment integrations; partner with vendors and internal stakeholders to reduce friction, improve turnaround times, and minimize candidate and customer impact.
- Partner with Product on the roadmap for employment, education, drug and health, and compliance products.
- Translate customer and regulatory requirements into engineering priorities.
- Drive technical strategy for scaling integration-heavy systems, improving coverage, reducing manual exceptions, and increasing automation.
- Lead adoption of AI-assisted development practices while maintaining quality and accuracy in a regulated, data-sensitive product.
- Represent Verifications in cross-functional planning and advise on capacity, tradeoffs, and roadmap sequencing.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of engineering management experience, with a record of building and developing high-performing teams.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong command of service architecture, distributed systems, and system design.
- Experience managing complex third-party integration environments.
- Track record of improving operational metrics, such as incident frequency, detection time, and production reliability.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development and agentic coding tools.
- Experience with regulated products where data accuracy and legal compliance are critical.
- Strong incident management and stakeholder communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize short-term reliability work against longer-term product investments.
- Strong communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Commitment to developing people through career conversations and stretch assignments.
- Humility, openness to feedback, eagerness to learn, bias for action, resilience, and ownership.

## Compensation and Benefits
- San Francisco, CA on-target earnings or base salary range: **$233,000–$274,000 USD**.
- Denver, CO on-target earnings or base salary range: **$197,000–$232,000 USD**.
- Learning and development allowance.
- Competitive cash and equity compensation.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Up to $25,000 reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- In-office perks may include meals, commuter stipend, snacks, and beverages.
- Relocation stipend may be available for relocation to a hub location.

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