Verifications Engineering Lead

Checkr, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 233,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Cash and equity

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Fertility reimbursement

Flexible PTO

Wellness stipend

Lunch and snacks

Job summary

Checkr, Inc. is hiring an Engineering Manager for Verifications to lead a growing team and own a broad set of verification products, including employment, education, and health screenings.

You will drive reliability improvements, scale complex integrations, and partner with Product to map a compliant, scalable roadmap. You will guide architecture decisions, reduce manual touchpoints, and push AI-assisted development while ensuring strict data accuracy in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as an engineering manager leading high-performing teams.
• 8+ years as a software engineer with system design experience.
• Experience managing complex third-party integrations across vendors.
• Track record of improving reliability and operational metrics.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development practices.
• Experience with regulated products and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Verifications engineering team — setting technical direction, driving performance and career development conversations, and building a hiring pipeline that strengthens the team over time.
• Own the reliability and quality of a broad portfolio of fulfillment integrations — partnering closely with vendors and internal stakeholders to reduce friction, improve turnaround times, and minimize candidate and customer impact when issues arise.
• Partner with Product to define and execute the roadmap across employment, education, drug and health, and compliance products — translating customer and regulatory requirements into clear engineering priorities.
• Drive technical strategy for scaling a complex, integration-heavy system — making deliberate architecture decisions that improve coverage, reduce manual exceptions, and build toward a more automated and consistent verification experience.
• Lead the team's adoption of AI-assisted development practices — helping engineers move faster while maintaining the quality and accuracy standards that a regulated, data-sensitive product requires.
• Represent Verifications in cross-functional planning — serving as the engineering voice on team capacity, tradeoffs, and roadmap sequencing with Product, Compliance, and Engineering leadership.

Skills

Engineering management

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Third-party integration

Incident management

AI-assisted development

Regulated data handling

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Checkr, Inc. is hiring an Engineering Manager for Verifications to lead a growing team and own a broad set of verification products, including employment, education, and health screenings.

You will drive reliability improvements, scale complex integrations, and partner with Product to map a compliant, scalable roadmap. You will guide architecture decisions, reduce manual touchpoints, and push AI-assisted development while ensuring strict data accuracy in regulated environments.