Senior Backend Software Engineer

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 has been recognized as one of BuiltIn's 2023 Best Places to Work in the US and is a Y Combinator 2023 Breakthrough Company.

About the team/role

Checkr is looking for a skilled Senior Backend Software Engineer to join the Product Enablement team. Our team is dedicated to enhancing Checkr’s scalability, flexibility, and speed to market for products by developing and promoting adoption of foundational platform components. You will play a critical role in executing proof of concept projects, driving towards a north star architectural vision for our background check products, and ensuring seamless internal customer validation and platform adoption.

You will be vital in deprecating legacy platforms to reduce complexity and enhance developer productivity. Addressing the slow speed of new product development and mitigating tech debt are key challenges in this role, ensuring the robustness and reliability of our platform. If you enjoy working on impactful product platform solutions and thrive while collaborating with diverse teams, come join us!

What you’ll do

• Own the product development of product platform features from design, implementation, to release
• Partner closely with other Engineering and Product teams in architecting new platform capabilities
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our products
• Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code
• Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
• Provide mentorship to engineers on the team and across the organization

What you bring

• 5+ years of backend software development experienceStrong proficiency in at least one of Ruby (preferred), Python, or Golang
• Strong domain modeling, object design and system architecture skills
• Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as relational databases, data structure and algorithms, Object Relational Mapping, REST APIs, microservices, etc.
• A strong sense of ownership across all aspects of the development lifecycle
• Desire to collaborate and share knowledge with peers, both within the team and across the organization
• An eagerness to learn, improve, and innovate

What you’ll get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive 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. 

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

The base salary range for this role is $175,662 to $206,661 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.