Senior Backend & Platform Engineering Leader

SentiLink; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer paid group health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Flexible paid time off

Regular company-wide in-person events

Home office stipend

Job summary

SentiLink is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform team powering its core products. You will own backend systems, external APIs, and the technical foundation ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.

You'll guide a growing team, partner with product, data science, and infrastructure, and help shape architecture while staying close to technical work. This is a remote, US-based position with a focus on delivering high-impact systems.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Skills

Engineering management

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

API design

Technical leadership

Startup experience

Product collaboration

Tools

Golang

Python

OpenSearch

Job description

SentiLink is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform team powering its core products. You will own backend systems, external APIs, and the technical foundation ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.

You'll guide a growing team, partner with product, data science, and infrastructure, and help shape architecture while staying close to technical work. This is a remote, US-based position with a focus on delivering high-impact systems.