Senior Engineering Manager, Backend/Platform

The role

You will lead a team of backend and platform engineers responsible for core products and technical foundations. You will drive execution, own technical direction for backend services, and partner with product, data science, and infrastructure teams.

What you will do

• Lead and grow a team of 10 Senior & Staff backend/platform engineers
• Drive execution across planning, prioritization, and delivery
• Own the technical direction of backend services and APIs
• Partner with product and front-end teams to translate requirements into architectures
• Collaborate with data science to productionize models and integrate decisioning systems
• Work closely with infrastructure to improve reliability, observability, and developer experience
• Contribute to architectural decisions and guide platform evolution
• Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, and operational excellence
• Support incident response and ensure systems meet SLA expectations
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineers

Required 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

Nice to have

• 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

Benefits

• Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents
• 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)
• Flexible paid time off
• Regular company-wide in-person events
• Home office stipend

About the company

SentiLink helps institutions and protects customers by accurately resolving identities and flagging fraud risk. The company serves 13 of the top 15 U.S. banks and is a digital-first company with offices in the U.S. and India.