Engineering Manager, Growth

About Checkr

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

What you get

Pay Transparency Disclosure

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. 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) $233,000 — $274,000 USD.

On‑target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO) $197,000 — $232,000 USD.

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. Starting January 2026, hub‑based employees will be expected to work from the office 3 days per week. In‑office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and / or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.

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