Tech Lead Manager
Lead a team to solve complex payroll challenges and enhance infrastructure for businesses at Check.
Posted by employer 4 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
AI in the day-to-day
Use AI to automate complex operational workflows, such as tax notice triage and reducing manual employer setup work.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5–7 years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Tech Lead Manager at Check, the individual will tackle complex payroll challenges, developing solutions that enhance the payment experience for a diverse range of businesses. Key skills include hands-on software development and team leadership, with a focus on technologies like Python, React, and AWS. This position is ideal for someone with over five years of experience in software engineering and a passion for mentoring others while driving impactful business outcomes. The collaborative environment at Check encourages engineers to take ownership and innovate across various projects.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Check's careers page October 27, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$172,000).
- Starts above 75% of 44 comparable lead management roles in United States that list Python we track (median $200,000 across 24 companies). See Python salary trends
- Python appears in 13.1% of 589 comparable lead management roles in United States; Temporal appears in 0.2% of 589 comparable lead management roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Tech Lead Manager role remote?
- It's hybrid — Check expects some on-site time in Remote.
- What's the salary range?
- Check lists $240,000–$264,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- 5–7 years of relevant experience for this Tech Lead Manager role.
- Where is the role based?
- Check is hiring for this position in Remote.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Django, GitHub, PostgreSQL, Python, React.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Check targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Tech Lead Manager role at Check.
From the original posting
Engineering Culture at Check
At Check, engineering operates as one team. Engineers are staffed based on business priorities, not tied to fixed domains. Engineers stay close to the work and to each other’s decisions. The team is small and operates with a high level of ownership. Work does not sit waiting on ownership boundaries, and people step in to move things forward when something is stuck.
About this role
As a Tech Lead Manager at Check, you'll be responsible for turning complex, high-impact problems into solutions that help over a million people get paid. You'll act as both a manager, leader, and force multiplier both by doing the work and amplifying the work of our team. Through your close partnership with product and operations, you'll define the roadmap and workflow improvements that will help our business (and the businesses that rely on Check's infrastructure) reach the next stage of growth.
What You'll Do
Scale systems that power payroll calculations, tax payments, and filings as volume and complexity increase.
Design services that move and reconcile money across parties, while making results clear and traceable for partners.
Support new businesses as they migrate large employer bases onto Check's infrastructure.
Use AI to automate complex operational workflows, such as tax notice triage and reducing manual employer setup work.
What We're Looking For
5+ years of experience building complex software and delivering production systems end-to-end
1-2 years of experience leading or managing a team
A desire to continue being hands-on and building with your team
A track record of driving business outcomes as well as upleveling IC engineers around you
Passion for improving engineering workflows and experimenting with AI
While we don't have requirements for programming languages, a desire to learn our current stack is required: Python/Django, React, Typescript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, Github.
The estimated base salary for this role is $240,000-264,000 for Tier 1 cities (SF, NYC, LA and Seattle) and $228,000-250,000 for any other city in the US.
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