Senior Backend Platform Leader — Remote & High-Impact

SentiLink; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Match

Flexible PTO

Regular company-wide in-person events

Home office stipend

Job summary

SentiLink is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform team powering core products. You will manage a growing group responsible for API-driven systems, architecture evolution, and reliable, secure services, partnering with product, data science, and infrastructure.

The role focuses on hands-on leadership, technical decision‑making, and guiding teams to build scalable solutions. This US‑based remote position offers competitive compensation and equity.

Qualifications

• Minimum 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.

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

API-driven systems

Distributed systems

Leadership

Startup experience

Tools

Golang

Python

PostgreSQL

Docker

OpenSearch

AWS

Job description

SentiLink is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform team powering core products. You will manage a growing group responsible for API-driven systems, architecture evolution, and reliable, secure services, partnering with product, data science, and infrastructure.

The role focuses on hands-on leadership, technical decision‑making, and guiding teams to build scalable solutions. This US‑based remote position offers competitive compensation and equity.