Staff Software Engineer, Payroll Platform & Ops (Remote)

Check; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Check is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to join a team rebuilding payroll infrastructure. You will build the platform that powers money movement, tax calculations, and compliance workflows for thousands of businesses, turning complex systems into reliable tools for operators and partners.

You'll work across product, design, and operations to ship end-to-end solutions, mentor teammates, and raise the quality bar by driving thoughtful design and open collaboration.

Qualifications

• Staff-level ownership and delivery of production systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operation.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Run at complex problems across our platform, designing and building products that translate 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 ownership

End-to-end delivery

Internal tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Debugging complex systems

Architectural thinking

Mentoring teammates

Python/Django

React

Typescript

AWS

Terraform

Postgres

Temporal

Github

Tools

AWS

Postgres

Terraform

Temporal

Github

React

Typescript

Python/Django

Job description

Check is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to join a team rebuilding payroll infrastructure. You will build the platform that powers money movement, tax calculations, and compliance workflows for thousands of businesses, turning complex systems into reliable tools for operators and partners.

You'll work across product, design, and operations to ship end-to-end solutions, mentor teammates, and raise the quality bar by driving thoughtful design and open collaboration.