Senior Engineering Manager, Backend/Platform

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

SentiLink seeks a senior engineering manager to lead a remote US‑based backend/platform team that builds and scales its core identity‑verification APIs and services. The role blends hands‑on backend engineering with people leadership, partnering across product, data science, and infrastructure to deliver reliable, secure systems.

Role Snapshot

• Lead backend/platform engineering team
• Own API and service architecture
• Drive reliability, scalability, and security
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineers
• Collaborate with product, data science, and infra
• Contribute to code and technical problem‑solving

Must-Have Requirements

• Golang
• Python
• Distributed systems design
• API development
• Backend architecture ownership
• engineering management
• backend engineering
• distributed systems design
• Must be authorized to work in United States
• Must have 3‑7 years engineering management experience

Nice-to-Have Signals

• OpenSearch
• Fintech experience
• Platform building for product teams
• Familiarity with data‑intensive systems
• Risk/decisioning system exposure
• fintech
• highly regulated environments
• data‑intensive systems
• Fintech

Work Setup

• Location: United States
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: COUNTRY_RESTRICTED
• Remote countries: United States
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Work authorization: Must be authorized to work in United States
• Visa sponsorship: no

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Relocation
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Writing sample
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Lead and grow a small team of backend engineers building API‑driven systems
• Define and execute the technical direction for backend services, ensuring performance, security, and maintainability
• Partner with product and front‑end teams to translate requirements into robust backend architectures
• Work with data science to productionize models and integrate decisioning workflows
• Improve system reliability, observability, and developer experience alongside infrastructure
• Guide long‑term platform evolution and architectural decisions
• Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, and operational excellence
• Support incident response and meet SLA expectations

Good Fit If You Have

• Experience building platforms for fintech or regulated domains (preferred)
• Familiarity with data‑intensive or risk/decisioning systems (preferred)
• Background in fast‑paced startup or growth‑stage environments