Senior Data Platform Engineer – Hybrid (Santiago)

Checkr, Inc.; Santiago; Hybrid; CLP 49,980,000 - 58,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development reimbursement

Health coverage for employees and 
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Extra vacation days

Job summary

Checkr is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Data Acquisition team in Santiago. You will design, build, and operate data pipelines powering background check data across hundreds of sources, with a backend focus and Python expertise.

You will collaborate with engineers in Chile and the US, mentor peers, and contribute to design decisions, while working in a hybrid model based at the Santiago office and supporting scalable, observable systems.

Qualifications

• Advanced English communication skills — written and verbal.
• Available to work in a hybrid format in Santiago office (12 days per month).
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
• Strong Python skills (or ruby) — you write idiomatic, well-tested, production-grade Python.
• Experience building or maintaining distributed systems, APIs, or data pipelines.
• Experience with containerized deployments — Docker, Kubernetes / EKS.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms — AWS preferred (ECS, SQS, S3, RDS).
• Strong ownership mindset: you participate in on-call rotations and take end-to-end accountability for your services.
• An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full development lifecycle for data platform features — from design and architecture through implementation, testing, and production monitoring.
• Design and build new data acquisition platforms in Python, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and observability.
• Participate in architecture decisions, write design documents, and contribute to technical direction for the team's platforms.
• Improve platform visibility through structured logging, metrics, and alerting using Datadog and OpenTelemetry.
• Mentor junior engineers, lead code reviews, and raise the engineering quality bar across the team.
• Work closely with engineers in Chile and the US, contributing to async-first planning and execution.

Skills

Advanced English

Backend engineering

Python

Ruby

Distributed systems

APIs

Data pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

AWS

ECS

SQS

S3

RDS

On-call

Ownership

Bias for action

Tools

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Checkr is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Data Acquisition team in Santiago. You will design, build, and operate data pipelines powering background check data across hundreds of sources, with a backend focus and Python expertise.

You will collaborate with engineers in Chile and the US, mentor peers, and contribute to design decisions, while working in a hybrid model based at the Santiago office and supporting scalable, observable systems.