Senior Engineering Manager (Core Services)

We’re looking for a strong Senior Engineering Manager to lead a backend/platform-focused engineering team responsible for powering SentiLink’s core products.

This team owns the backend systems, external APIs, and services that power these experiences, as well as the technical foundation that ensures the product is scalable, reliable, and secure.

You will lead a small but growing team of engineers responsible for building API-driven systems, evolving our platform architecture, and enabling product teams to move quickly with confidence.

This role sits at the intersection of backend platform development, technical architecture, and people leadership. You’ll partner closely with product, data science, infrastructure, and front-end engineering teams to deliver high-quality systems in a fast-moving environment.

We are looking for a manager who is fundamentally a strong backend engineer and enjoys staying close to technical work, contributing to architecture, guiding design decisions, and unblocking complex systems challenges.

This is a remote, US-based position.

Technologies: React, Golang, Python, PostgreSQL (RDS), Docker, OpenSearch, AWS technologies (Lambda, Cognito and other standard services)

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