Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Checkr; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Staff Software Engineer where you'll drive innovation and collaboration in a dynamic environment. This role offers the opportunity to lead architectural discussions, influence technical strategies, and work on core software libraries that impact the entire engineering organization. With a commitment to optimizing services for scale and speed, you'll tackle complex production issues and collaborate with talented professionals. Enjoy a competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits, and a hybrid work environment that fosters creativity and connection. If you are passionate about technology and making a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Learning and development allowance

100% medical, dental, and vision coverage

Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services

Flexible PTO policy

Monthly wellness stipend

Home office stipend

Lunch four times a week

Commuter stipend

Abundance of snacks and beverages

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience as a software engineer with expertise in Ruby, Python, or GoLang.
• Strong understanding of micro-service architecture and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and execute architectural discussions with cross-functional teams.
• Design, build, and maintain core software libraries and tools.

Skills

Ruby

Python

GoLang

Microservices Design

REST APIs

Project Management

Collaboration Skills

Documentation Skills

Communication Skills

Job description

About Checkr
Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. We've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Platform team, you will uncover patterns and technical challenges across the team and the entire engineering organization, and develop creative solutions to resolve them. You will strive towards the right balance between enforcing standardization and accommodating uniqueness. A person in this role will have a chance to lead team initiatives that shape how our entire system behaves and have an impact across Engineering.

Who You Are:

• You have a strong sense of ownership with a proactive vs. reactive nature
• You are motivated by sharing knowledge and excited by what can be done when a group of people are aligned in their vision
• You possess a great desire to collaborate, improve, mentor, and innovate
• You are passionate about optimizing services for scale and speed

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate, drive, and execute architectural discussions with cross-functional teams
• Influence technical roadmap and strategy
• Design, build, ship, and maintain the core software libraries, tools, and patterns used by all of Checkr’s engineering teams
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across the stack, with respect to performance
• Provide consultation and feedback across teams to ensure we are building highly reliable systems
• Present detailed technical information and benefits of the Checkr platform to a wide array of customers, including operations, developers, technical architects, and executives

What You Bring:

• 8+ years experience as a software engineer (Ruby, Python, or GoLang)
• 5+ years experience in leading engineering projects/programs
• Strong understanding of infrastructure behind a micro-service architecture
• Deep experience with microservices design, REST APIs, and asynchronous queueing models
• Strong collaboration, documentation, communication, and project management skills

What you’ll get:

• 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, home office stipend

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.

The base salary range for this role is $213,000 to $250,000 in San Francisco, CA.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.

Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.