# (Senior) Engineering Manager, Platform/Back End

**Company:** [SentiLink](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sentilink)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $200k – $240k/yr
**Skills:** Go, Python, Postgres, Docker, Opensearch, AWS, AWS Lambda, Cognito, React, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-04-08

> Leads a backend/platform engineering team building scalable APIs and systems for identity verification products. Requires 3-5+ years managing backend teams, strong senior-level engineering expertise in Golang/Python, and experience with distributed systems architecture.

## Job Description

## 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

## Requirements
- 3-5+ 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

## Preferred
- Experience building platforms that support product teams (internal APIs, shared services, developer tooling)
- Familiarity with data-intensive systems, search (OpenSearch), or risk/decisioning systems
- Experience in fintech or highly regulated environments

## Compensation
- $200,000/year - $240,000/year + equity + benefits
- Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- Regular company-wide in-person events
- Home office stipend, and more!

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