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Engineering Manager, Growth

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr's innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable. We're a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the Role

Checkr is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Checkr Growth team. This team is hyper-focused on Checkr's self-serve business delivering products and capabilities for Checkr's growth funnel: Acquisition, Activation, Expansion & Retention. Leveraging your deep experience, you will build, coach, and inspire the engineering team to meet company objectives and bring new products and features to market.

What You'll Do

Lead a team to work on growth-focused initiatives such as increasing self-service customer conversions, improving the onboarding experience, creating engagement loops, and expanding product usage across segments.

Lead test experimentation across multiple surfaces to unlock incremental business value while improving customer experience

Drive technical vision for the team that motivates and excites the team for the next chapter

Partner closely with product management to build new features and enhance existing ones

Work with the team to reduce technical debt and sustainably scale our architecture

Build relationships with cross-functional teams and drive results with them

Nurture and grow team members based on their career aspirations

Hire best of the talent and continue to raise the bar for the team

Represent the team in planning and product meetings

Optimize engineering processes and policies to drive velocity and quality

What You Bring

4+ years as an engineering manager

8+ years as an engineer

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Strong skills in critical thinking, decision making, problem-solving, and attention to detail

Experience managing quality incidents as both a technical lead and communication lead

Experience working on products at scale, and understanding the data, legal, human impact, and technical nuances of supporting highly regulated products

Strong experience with TDD, pair programming, and agile methodologies

Deep understanding of service architecture and system design as well as lean software development principles

Ability to make high-level prioritization decisions quickly and thoughtfully

Backbone to make tough decisions when necessary

Able to develop inclusive teams to foster growth and diversity

Ready to mentor the team to grow by providing stretch assignments and opportunities relevant to their interests

Humility, openness to feedback, and eagerness to learn

An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes

What You Get

A fast-paced and collaborative environment

Learning and development allowance

Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement

100% medical, dental, and vision coverage

Up to 25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services

Flexible PTO policy

Monthly wellness stipend