Engineering Manager, Core APIs

**Fingerprint** empowers developers to stop online fraud at the source. We work on turning radical new ideas in the fraud detection space into reality. Our products are developer-focused and our clients range from solo developers to publicly traded companies. **We are a globally dispersed, 100% remote company** with a strong open-source focus. Our flagship open-source project is [FingerprintJS](https://github.com/fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs) (27K stars on GitHub). [We have raised $77M](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fingerprintjs) and are backed by Craft Ventures (previously invested in [Tesla,](https://www.tesla.com/) [Facebook,](https://facebook.com/) [Airbnb](https://www.airbnb.com/)), Nexus Venture Partners (previously invested in [Postman](https://www.postman.com/), [Apollo.io,](https://www.apollo.io/) [MinIO](https://min.io/), Druva) and Uncorrelated Ventures (previously invested in [Redis,](https://redis.io/) [Rollbar](https://rollbar.com/)& [Gradle](https://gradle.org/)). _We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Fingerprint recruiting email communications will always come from the @fingerprint.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Fingerprint via other sources should be ignored._ * * * ## Engineering Manager, Core APIs We’re looking for a Software Engineering Manager to join our Core APIs team. In this role, you’ll help foster a culture of technical excellence and high performance, supporting engineers in their growth and driving the development of products that deliver meaningful value to our customers. We believe diverse perspectives fuel innovation and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. ### **What You’ll Do** - Lead and mentor a team of engineers building and scaling our Core API services, which underpin our services: [Identification,](https://fingerprint.com/products/identification/) [Smart Signals](https://fingerprint.com/products/smart-signals/), Billing and more. - Provide hands-on technical leadership, collaborating with senior engineers to navigate architectural decisions and scaling challenges. - Support a healthy engineering culture through thoughtful code reviews, coaching, and knowledge sharing. - Partner with product managers to deliver robust, API-first solutions that help our customers detect and prevent fraud. - Communicate effectively across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders, making complex technical ideas accessible. - Promote a mindset of continuous improvement, learning, and accountability across the team. ### **What We're Looking For:** **Required** - 4+ years of experience managing software engineering teams in an agile environment. - 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, ideally within SaaS. - Strong technical foundation in software development and cloud infrastructure. - A track record of leading teams that deliver high-quality, scalable software. - Comfort working in a fast-paced, iterative environment with evolving priorities. **Nice-to-Have** - Experience managing teams in a high-growth company. - Familiarity with AWS and modern cloud-native tooling. - Background with programming languages like Go and/or TypeScript. **_Compensation Range_** _For **US-based employees**, the cash compensation range for this role is **$159,000 – $215,000**. We set standard ranges for all US roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. To comply with local legislation and provide greater transparency, we share salary ranges on all job postings. **However, these ranges are specific to the hiring location and may differ within or outside the US.**_ _We have noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where scammers attempt to access candidates' personal and financial information through fake interviews and offers. All Fi