Staff Software Engineer

About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Platform team, you will uncover patterns and technical challenges across the team and the entire engineering organization, and develop creative solutions to resolve them. You will strive towards the right balance between enforcing standardization and accommodating uniqueness. A person in this role will have a chance to lead team initiatives that shape how our entire system behaves and have an impact across Engineering.

Who You Are: 

• You have a strong sense of ownership with a proactive vs. reactive nature
• You are motivated by sharing knowledge and excited by what can be done when a group of people are aligned in their vision
• You possess a great desire to collaborate, improve, mentor, and innovate
• You are passionate about optimizing services for scale and speed

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate, drive, and execute architectural discussions with cross-functional teams 
• Influence technical roadmap and strategy
• Design, build, ship, and maintain the core software libraries, tools, and patterns used by all of Checkr’s engineering teams
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across the stack, with respect to performance
• Provide consultation and feedback across teams to ensure we are building highly reliable systems
• Present detailed technical information and benefits of the Checkr platform to a wide array of customers, including operations, developers, technical architects and executives

What You Bring:

• 8+ years experience as a software engineer (Ruby, Python, or GoLang)
• 5+ years experience in leading engineering projects/programs
• Strong understanding of infrastructure behind a micro-service architecture
• Deep experience with microservices design, REST APIs, and asynchronous queueing models
• Strong collaboration, documentation, communication, and project management skills

What you’ll get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. 

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. 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.

The base salary range for this role is $213,000 to $250,000 in San Francisco, CA

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.