Verifications Engineering Manager: Scale, AI & Compliance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development allowance

Competitive cash and equity

Health insurance

Fertility/adoption reimbursement

Flexible PTO

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Checkr is hiring an Engineering Manager for Verifications to own a broad portfolio of fulfillment integrations and compliance products. You will lead a growing team, improve reliability, and drive the roadmap in collaboration with Product and Compliance.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development and scalable data quality across complex systems. The position rewards experience in regulated environments, strong incident management, and the ability to balance rapid delivery with long-term

Qualifications

• 4+ years as an engineering manager leading high-performing teams.
• 8+ years as a software engineer with service architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience managing complex third-party integration environments.
• Proven track record of improving operational metrics in production environments.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development and agentic coding tools.
• Experience with regulated products requiring data accuracy and compliance.
• Strong incident management and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to prioritize quickly balancing reliability and product investments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Verifications engineering team and hiring pipeline.
• Own reliability and quality of a broad portfolio of fulfillment integrations.
• Partner with Product to define and execute roadmap across employment, education, drug and health, and compliance products.
• Drive strategy for scaling a complex, integration-heavy system.
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted development practices.
• Represent Verifications in cross-functional planning with leadership.

Skills

People leadership

System design

Distributed systems

Third-party integrations

AI tooling

Regulated data

Incident management

Prioritization

Cross-functional comms

Mentoring

Job description

Checkr is hiring an Engineering Manager for Verifications to own a broad portfolio of fulfillment integrations and compliance products. You will lead a growing team, improve reliability, and drive the roadmap in collaboration with Product and Compliance.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development and scalable data quality across complex systems. The position rewards experience in regulated environments, strong incident management, and the ability to balance rapid delivery with long-term