Senior Engineering Manager, Mortgage

About Checkr

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.

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 team/role

Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment, income, and asset information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more. We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents and outdated processes, with a better product and intense customer focus.

As the Senior Engineering Manager for Mortgage, you will lead the entire Mortgage engineering team, which consists of 16+ engineers, as the head of engineering for Checkr's mortgage business. You'll own the platform end to end, from the APIs and integrations core, to the AI/ML models that power verification decisions, to the customer-facing product experience. You will report to the VP of Engineering, with direct visibility to the executive leadership team, for the mortgage business line. You will run engineering the way a business owner runs a P&L: partnering with product to set the roadmap, setting the technical roadmap, owning delivery against growth targets, and building the team that takes our mortgage product to the largest lenders in the country. You will work as a peer to the business leadership, jointly accountable for hitting the numbers that matter, and directly responsible for the architecture, systems, and people that make that growth possible.

This role is ideal for a leader who has built and scaled high-performing engineering teams of comparable size across both new product development and production systems at scale, who stays hands-on with technical execution and architecture as the team grows, and who's comfortable working in the business as well as on it. Familiarity with mortgage lending or a comparably regulated, high-stakes industry is a plus, particularly the ability to translate technical tradeoffs into board-level business decisions.

The decisions this team makes affect real people's ability to get a mortgage, the stakes and the scale are real, and so is the room to make an impact fast. You will be an important part of an elite, professional, and rapidly growing cross-functional team that succeeds through collaboration, grit, and learning.

What you’ll do

• Own the technical roadmap and architecture for the Mortgage platform and partner with product management to co-own product direction, build new features, and enhance existing ones, decisions here affect millions of consumers a year
• Own delivery for the Mortgage business line, and partner with the business's leadership as a peer, jointly accountable for the business's results, 
• Set the technical direction for the team, reduce technical debt, and scale the architecture sustainably while maintaining delivery speed, advancing Checkr into the next generation of product offerings
• Represent engineering in annual strategy planning, including capacity modeling, headcount planning, and prioritization tradeoffs.
• Manage quality incidents as both technical lead and communication lead
• Hire and continually raise the bar for engineering talent, and mentor team members in a way that supports their individual career growth
• Build direct relationships with customers and drive results in partnership with them

What you bring

• 8+ years as an engineering manager and 12+ years as an engineer overall, including experience managing large teams, in addition to managing managers
• Experience owning a P&L or business line, including revenue targets, capacity planning, and cross-functional accountability, ideally for products operating at scale in highly regulated environments, with an understanding of the related data, legal, and human impact considerations
• Deep understanding of service architecture, system design, and lean software development principles, with the ability to make high-level prioritization decisions quickly, balancing technical and business tradeoffs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to translate technical strategy into business terms for executives
• Experience with machine learning and AI, and enthusiasm for working in an AI-native company where AI is embedded across how we build and operate
• Humility, openness to feedback, and eagerness to learn
• A-player mindset: a strong bias for action, urgency, resilience through ambiguity, and ownership of outcomes

Pay Transparency Disclosure

We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)

$269,000—$316,000 USD

What We Offer

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity 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

At Checkr, we believe an in office work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

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