5 months ago
Base Salary
$257k - $302k/yr
Responsibilities
- Identify the highest-impact opportunities for the engineering organization
- Own the direction and lead execution of organization-wide technical efforts
- Make hands-on contributions in areas with significant business risk
- Break complex projects into maintainable systems that less experienced engineers can build
- Create architectural best-practice standards for the engineering organization
- Upskill Staff Engineers to improve quality and scale
- Inform buy-versus-build decisions and support broad business strategy
- Represent engineering teams in technical discussions with company leadership
- Understand customer, partner, and product team needs while advancing an API-first product architecture
- Lead initiatives including international platform expansion and development of an Enterprise Architecture
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field
- 2+ years leading architecture projects across an organization
- 5+ years of experience in a leadership role
- 15+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Experience developing in Ruby, GoLang, and Python
- Solid understanding of cloud technologies and all layers of backend stacks
- Deep understanding of microservices design and asynchronous queueing models
- Experience designing and maintaining real-time and batch processing data pipelines serving billions of data points
- Experience mentoring engineering and product teams in domain-driven design
- Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams
- Strong collaboration, communication, and project management skills
- Strong sense of ownership and desire to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate
Benefits
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive cash and equity compensation and advancement opportunities
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25,000 reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Expected to work from a Checkr hub office at least 3 days per week
- In-office perks include lunch five times per week, commuter stipend, snacks, and beverages
- Relocation stipend may be available for relocation to a Checkr hub location
About Checkr
Checkr builds an AI-powered background, identity, and credential verification platform for employers, marketplaces, landlords, and lenders, delivered via APIs and web tools. The privately held company, founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, supports employment, tenant, and mortgage screenings for more than 140,000 customers, including Uber, Airbnb, DoorDash, and Pennymac. Its business model centers on per-check and subscription-based screening services with built-in compliance workflows.