Staff Software Engineer

About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company .

About the Role

Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment and income information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more. We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents, with a superior product and intense customer focus. Within Checkr, Truework operates independently, allowing rapid iteration while also leveraging the strengths and assets from Checkr’s core business. Think of it like joining a startup within a startup!

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Truework team, you will drive the development and scalability of a platform that’s used by 8 of the top 10 mortgage lenders in the US. At Checkr, Engineers take ownership and responsibility for all aspects of Product development, from leading projects, working with product managers and customers to define and implement features, to collaborating with our sales and marketing teams on launching and scaling products. You’ll have a lot of autonomy, agency, and input. You will be successful if you have high agency and a keen sense of craftsmanship for yourself and others.

What you’ll do

• Be an efficient and effective senior individual contributor who can solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal oversight and a high level of ownership


• Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features


• Partner with engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders in designing and architecting new 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


• Analytical mindset - instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven approach


• Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting Truework’s significant scale


• Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services across Trueworks technologies


• Collaborate, drive, and execute architectural discussions with cross-functional teams


• Influence Truework's technical roadmap and strategy


• Provide consultation and feedback across teams to ensure we are building highly reliable systems

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent education/training)


• 8+ years of software development experience


• 5+ years of experience in leading engineering projects/programs


• Deep experience developing and maintaining RESTful APIs


• A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release


• A proven track record of collaboration with external stakeholders


• Deep experience with systems design, deployment models, and cloud platforms (ie. AWS, containerized/micro-services architecture)


• Deep experience with RESTful APIs, Python, Django, and JavaScript


• Strong collaboration, documentation, communication, and project management skills

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 $213,000 to $250,000 in San Francisco, CA.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance .