Staff Software Engineer, Payroll Platform

RiseMe; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Check is building a next-generation payroll platform to power money movement, tax calculations, and compliance workflows for thousands of payroll operators. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own complex problems end-to-end, collaborating closely with product, design, and operations to turn intricate infrastructure into reliable, scalable systems.

You’ll build and ship internal and partner-facing tools, mentor teammates, and help raise the quality bar across the engineering org.

Qualifications

• Experience with staff-level ownership and end-to-end delivery of production systems.
• Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or product systems that support complex operational workflows.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces and bring structure through thoughtful design and collaboration.
• Comfort debugging complex systems and investigating issues that span multiple services or infrastructure layers.
• Ability to articulate technical tradeoffs to engineers and cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Run at complex problems across our platform, translating complex payroll infrastructure into intuitive tools for operators and partners.
• Own projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem and shaping the solution through design, implementation, rollout, and iteration based on real-world usage.
• Be a true partner to product, design, and operations by developing a deep understanding of the workflows and challenges faced by payroll operators and partners.
• Build internal and partner-facing tools that improve the visibility, reliability, and explainability of how money moves through the payroll system.
• Reduce friction in our systems by improving workflows, architecture, and tooling for both developers and operators.
• Role model clear, critical thinking through code, proposals, and diagrams that help teams align and move forward together.
• Raise the quality bar by working in the open, giving thoughtful feedback, mentoring teammates, and helping the team ship work we’re proud of.

Skills

Staff-level ownership

End-to-end delivery

Ambiguity navigation

Debugging complex systems

Communication of tradeoffs

Tools

Python/Django

React

Typescript

AWS

Terraform

Postgres

Temporal

Github

Job description

Check is building a next-generation payroll platform to power money movement, tax calculations, and compliance workflows for thousands of payroll operators. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own complex problems end-to-end, collaborating closely with product, design, and operations to turn intricate infrastructure into reliable, scalable systems.

You’ll build and ship internal and partner-facing tools, mentor teammates, and help raise the quality bar across the engineering org.