Engineering Manager, Growth

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About Checkr<br></strong></span>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, Amazon, and Anthropic.<br><br>We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/" target="_blank">Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List</a> and is a Y Combinator 2024 <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/yc-top-companies-2024">Breakthrough Company</a>.</p></div><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>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 &amp; 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.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>Lead test experimentation across multiple surfaces to unlock incremental business value while improving customer experience</li> <li>Drive technical vision for the team that motivates and excites the team for the next chapter</li> <li>Partner closely with product management to build new features and enhance existing ones&nbsp;</li> <li>Work with the team to reduce technical debt and sustainably scale our architecture</li> <li>Build relationships with cross-functional teams and drive results with them&nbsp;</li> <li>Nurture and grow team members based on their career aspirations</li> <li>Hire best of the talent and continue to raise the bar for the team</li> <li>Represent the team in planning and product meetings</li> <li>Optimize engineering processes and policies to drive velocity and quality</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you bring</strong></p> <ul> <li>4+ years as an engineering manager</li> <li>8+ years as an engineer</li> <li>Exceptional verbal and written communication skills</li> <li>Strong skills in critical thinking, decision making,