Engineering Manager

chile

Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile · Santiago · Chile

Posted Aug 22, 2026

Other
Remote
Engineering

Job description

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, Amazon, and Anthropic.

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

Checkr is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Data Acquisition Bulk team. This team is responsible for supporting and expanding the largest US national criminal database. This database supports all Checkrs products and clients. Leveraging your deep experience, you will build, coach, and inspire the tech ops team to meet company objectives.

What You’ll Do:

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.

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 (Santiago, Chile)

$82.952.900—$97.590.000 CLP

What We Offer

A collaborative and fast-moving environment
Be part of an international company based in the United States
$3,000 USD per year learning and development reimbursement allowance
Competitive compensation and opportunity for professional and personal advancement
100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
Additional vacation benefits of 5 extra days and flexibility to take time off

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid 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.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.

Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.

*Legitimate Checkr emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g., name@checkr.com or name@ext.checkr.com).