CheckrSenior Staff Software Engineer
Senior Staff Software Engineer to design core systems, lead initiatives, and ensure scalable, API-first product architecture.
**About Checkr**Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions.
Checkr is looking for an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer to facilitate the long-term design of Checkr’s core systems and to lead critical cross-organizational initiatives, including the international expansion of our platform and development of an Enterprise Architecture.
**Responsibilities: **
- Proactively identify the top opportunities for impact for the engineering organization
- Own direction and lead execution of organization-wide technical efforts
- Hands-on contribution in areas with a high degree of business risk
- Break down very complex projects into simple systems that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers
- Create documents to set standards of architectural best practices that are consumed by the broader engineering org
- Upskill the Staff Engineer in the company to systematically raise the bar for quality and scale.
- Inform buy vs build decisions, supporting broad business strategy
- Deeply understand customer, partner, and product team needs, and represent your teams in technical conversations with company leadership
**What you bring: **
- Degree in computer science or related field (Bachelor's or Master's)
- 15+ years experience as a software engineer
- 2+ years leading architecture projects across an organization
- 5+ years experience in a leadership role
- Experience developing in Ruby, GoLang, and Python
- Solid understanding of Cloud technologies and all layers of backend stacks
- Strong collaboration, communication and project management skills
- Deep understanding of microservices design and asynchronous queueing models
- Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams
- A strong sense of ownership
- Experience mentoring engineering and product teams in domain-driven design
- A great desire to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate
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.
_The base salary range for this role is $251,000 to $295,000 in San Francisco, CA.
_The base salary range for this role is $213,000 to $250,000 in Denver, CO.