Engineering Manager, IDV

1Kosmos • Edison, NJ

13d • $170,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

1Kosmos is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead technical execution across its Identity Verification (IDV) feature line. This hands-on technical leadership role guides a distributed team of 4–6 engineers based in India and partners closely with Product and engineering leadership from the Iselin office. The manager sets architectural direction, makes design decisions, removes delivery blockers, upholds release quality, and contributes directly to the codebase when needed.

The role involves understanding the existing IDV platform, translating product requirements into executable engineering plans, owning delivery and production outcomes, and building secure, reliable systems across Node.js microservices and cloud-based SaaS deployments. The manager participates in design discussions, code reviews, debugging, incident response, root-cause analysis, and release decisions while providing daily technical direction and fostering collaborative execution across teams.

The position is hybrid and requires working from Iselin, New Jersey three days per week, with meaningful working overlap with the India-based IDV engineering team. The role reports to the SVP of Engineering and Chief Architect. Compensation is $170,000 or more depending on experience.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including recent hands-on experience guiding technical delivery and engineering teams.
• Ability to lead by example through architecture, code reviews, debugging, technical decision-making, and direct contribution when needed.
• Sound technical judgment and ability to explain trade-offs and make decisions amid ambiguity.
• Experience organizing engineering work, identifying dependencies and risks, unblocking teams, and delivering quality capabilities predictably.
• Experience with design and code reviews, automated testing, observability, incident response, root-cause analysis, and release readiness.
• Practical understanding of secure software development, data boundaries, platform security, and performance considerations in enterprise SaaS.
• Ability to influence through technical depth, clarity, and follow-through while working across US- and India-based teams.
• Willingness to work from Iselin, NJ three days per week and maintain meaningful working overlap with the India-based IDV engineering team.
• Deep practical experience building, debugging, reviewing, and supporting production Node.js services; JavaScript and TypeScript are also listed in the programming stack.
• Strong experience with service-oriented architecture, API design, inter-service communication, resiliency patterns, scalability, and performance.
• Demonstrated experience building and operating secure, scalable, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS services, cloud deployment patterns, security, monitoring, reliability, and cost-aware operational practices.
• Hands-on experience with containerized workloads, Docker, Kubernetes, deployment practices, and operational troubleshooting.
• Experience with automated build, test, deployment, and rollback practices that support predictable and reliable releases.
• Experience with secure API design, authentication and authorization concepts, secrets management, data protection, vulnerability remediation, and security-focused code reviews.
• Experience diagnosing and improving latency, throughput, scalability, and reliability in high-volume distributed systems.

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of Java and Go; these are secondary and not mandatory.
• Working knowledge of GCP and Azure.

Responsibilities

• Understand the existing IDV platform and guide technically sound designs aligned with current capabilities and longer-term architectural direction.
• Partner with Product to shape requirements, clarify trade-offs, sequence work, and translate feature requests into practical engineering plans.
• Organize incoming work, clarify priorities, make dependencies visible, and keep delivery commitments on track across the IDV feature line.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, debugging, and technical problem-solving; contribute directly to the codebase when needed to validate approaches, unblock work, or resolve production issues.
• Establish and uphold standards for design review, code quality, test readiness, performance, security, and release decisions.
• Participate directly in incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions for IDV services.
• Drive sound engineering decisions across Node.js microservices, cloud-based SaaS deployments, Kubernetes, AWS, observability, performance, and platform resilience.
• Provide daily technical direction, remove obstacles, facilitate delivery discussions, and help engineers make informed decisions.
• Make timely, well-reasoned technical decisions, communicate trade-offs, and constructively challenge approaches when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with Product, QA, and engineering peers to foster ownership, rigor, and delivery.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Unlimited PTO policy.
• Opportunity to build and lead a critical function at a high-growth Series B startup.
• Collaborative, fast-paced culture where impact is immediate and visible.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed