The Engineering team builds the software powering Veriff. We're cracking the online identity crisis in a scalable way, deploying excellence to keep Veriff on the cusp of innovation. It's a fast-paced market with many challenges. We're seeking an experienced and driven Technical Lead to join our Data Verification team.
In this role, you'll lead a team of talented engineers extending Veriff's new use cases, focusing exclusively on backend technologies. You will guide the development of mission-critical products such as Proof of Address, AML Screening, and contribute to shaping the platform that standardizes various registry integrations. We're not just looking for a strong coder; we're seeking a technical leader ready to inspire and mentor our team to extend Veriff's portfolio beyond ID verification. Join us on this exciting adventure!
You’ll help us protect honest people online by:
- Leading and mentoring: Guiding a team of engineers, fostering their growth, and cultivating a collaborative and high-performing environment.
- Technical direction: Providing technical leadership and direction in the design, development, and testing of software applications or systems using TypeScript and occasionally Python.
- Architectural oversight: Ensuring the quality and maintainability of the codebase, promoting best practices, and contributing to architectural decisions.
- Collaboration and communication: Effectively collaborating with other tech leads, product managers, stakeholders, and other engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions.
- Driving results: Taking ownership of projects and features, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality outcomes.
You are the right future Veriffian for the job if you have:
- Proven leadership experience: Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, with a focus on backend technologies.
- Strong technical foundation: Long-term experience with NodeJS using TypeScript, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, GraphQL, RabbitMQ.
- Architectural expertise: Deep understanding of microservices architecture, database design, SQL, and CI/CD.
- Excellent communication skills: Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and foster collaboration within and across teams.
- Passion for quality: Commitment to producing high-quality, well-tested code and driving engineering excellence.
You’re an especially awesome match if you have:
- Prior experience working in a scaleup environment.
- Experience with data analysis and processing.
You can get familiar with our tech stack on StackShare.
If you're passionate about coding, problem-solving, leading teams, and contributing to Veriff's mission, we want to hear from you! Be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
Why Veriff?
We are the preferred identity verification platform partner for the world’s most innovative growth-driven organizations helping conveniently verify and safeguard users anywhere in the world. We support the broadest number of identity documents from nearly every country and territory in the world - and this is continually increasing! With a diverse team and offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Estonia, as well as robust backing and funding from investors including Accel, Alkeon, IVP, Tiger Capital, and Y Combinator, we’re dedicated to helping businesses and individuals build a safer and more secure world. We strive to be the benchmark for trust online, and we take pride in being a positive force.
When you join Team Veriff, we offer you the opportunity to have a real impact and advance your career, while looking after you along the way with a range of benefits designed with you in mind. Some of our favorites include...
- Flexibility to work from home
- Stock options that ensure your share in our success
- Flexible vacation policy and work hours
- Extra recharge days on top of your annual vacation
- Comprehensive relocation support to Estonia or Spain
- Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to ensure you’re feeling great physically and mentally
- Learning and Development & Health and Sports budget that you are free to tailor to your own needs
We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to a diverse and representative team. Different opinions, perspectives and personalities push us forward. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. We also know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates - so rest assured, whoever you are, we want to hear from you!
Please be informed that in the final stage of the recruitment process we may request you to go through identity verification. For more information, please see Recruitment Privacy Policy.
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What We Do
Veriff is the preferred identity verification partner for the world’s biggest and best digital companies, including pioneers in fintech, crypto, gaming and the mobility sectors. We provide advanced technology, deep insights and expertise from our foundation in digital-first Estonia and honed over decades in leading the digital identity revolution.The partner of choice for businesses who need to rapidly and effortlessly verify online users from anywhere in the world, Veriff delivers the widest possible identity document coverage. By supporting government issued IDs from more than 230 countries and territories and with our intelligent decision engine which analyzes thousands of technological and behavioral variables Veriff enables trust from the first hello.
With offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Estonia, and robust backing and funding from investors including Accel, Alkeon, IVP, Tiger Capital and Y Combinator, we’re dedicated to helping businesses and individuals build a safer and more secure world. To learn more, visit veriff.com.
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