Software Engineer

Checkr; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development allowance

Competitive cash and equity, and merit

100% medical, dental, and vision

Up to $25K fertility/adoption/parental

Flexible PTO

Monthly wellness stipend

Job summary

Checkr is hiring to own end-to-end software development for scalable, secure systems in a fast-paced environment. You will lead design-to-release of features, collaborate with product and design, and work with engineers to architect and deploy new capabilities.

A strong ownership mindset and customer focus help ship impactful features. You’ll engage in data-driven experiments, maintain high quality, and contribute to a culture of learning and innovation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency with test frameworks and automation (e.g. Cypress)
• Passionate about XP practices, Domain Driven Design, and Continuous Delivery
• Bonus points for experience with in-house component-based design systems
• A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
• A desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
• An eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, innovate, and have fun

Responsibilities

• Own the product development of features from design and implementation to release
• Partner with product, design, and other stakeholders in designing new features
• Collaborate with other engineers in architecting and implementing new features
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our products
• Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of transactions a day
• Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
• Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features
• Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
• Quality mindset - you insist on quality as a critical pillar of your software deliverables
• Develop new end-to-end web applications
• Instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven mindset

Skills

Software development

Test automation

Cypress

Domain Driven Design

Continuous Delivery

Ownership

Collaboration

Tools

Cypress

Job description

About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.
We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company .

What you’ll do

• Own the product development of features from design and implementation to release
• Partner with product, design, and other stakeholders in designing new features
• Collaborate with other engineers in architecting and implementing new features
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our products
• Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of transactions a day
• Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
• Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features
• Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
• Quality mindset - you insist on quality as a critical pillar of your software deliverables
• Develop new end-to-end web applications
• Instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven mindset

What you bring:

• 3+ years of software development experience
• Proficiency with test frameworks and automation (e.g. Cypress)
• Passionate about XP practices, Domain Driven Design, and Continuous Delivery
• Bonus points for experience with in-house component-based design systems
• A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
• A desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
• An eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, innovate, and have fun

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On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)

$150,000 - $176,000 USD

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO)

$127,000 - $149,000 USD

What We Offer

• 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

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