Data Platform Engineer II — Hybrid in Santiago (Python)

Checkr; Santiago; Hybrid; CLP 41,259,000 - 48,540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development allowance

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

5 extra vacation days

Job summary

Checkr is hiring a Software Engineer II for the Data Acquisition team in Santiago, Chile. You will design, build, and operate data platforms, focusing on reliability and observability, with Python and/or Go at the core and distributed systems experience valued.

You will collaborate with teams in Chile and the US, participate in architecture decisions, and own end-to-end services, including on-call rotations and delivery accountability, in a hybrid office setting.

Qualifications

• Advanced English communication skills (written and verbal).
• 4+ years of software engineering experience with a backend focus.
• Strong Python skills (or Go).
• Experience building or maintaining distributed systems, APIs, or data pipelines.
• Experience with containerized deployments - Docker, Kubernetes / EKS.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms - AWS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work on the development lifecycle for data platform features from design to production monitoring.
• Design and build data acquisition platforms in Python with reliability and scalability.
• Participate in architecture decisions and write design documents for team platforms.
• Improve platform visibility with logging, metrics, and alerts (Datadog, OpenTelemetry).
• Collaborate with engineers in Chile and the US on async planning and execution.

Skills

Advanced English

Backend experience

Python

Go

Distributed systems

APIs

Data pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Tools

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Checkr is hiring a Software Engineer II for the Data Acquisition team in Santiago, Chile. You will design, build, and operate data platforms, focusing on reliability and observability, with Python and/or Go at the core and distributed systems experience valued.

You will collaborate with teams in Chile and the US, participate in architecture decisions, and own end-to-end services, including on-call rotations and delivery accountability, in a hybrid office setting.