Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Checkr Trust - Checkr

Checkr Trust is building safer communities by providing our customers with risk signals about its users. Every year, our team provides insights on tens of millions of users across multiple verticals: online dating, caregiving, car rental, short-term rentals and many more. We are part of Horizon 3Y, the Checkr start-up lab: we operate with the speed of a small startup, while enjoying the leverage and resources of a known technology brand. 

We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer to play a pivotal role in the continued growth of our startup. 

You are the right fit if:

• You have strong opinions about the product you work on
• You want to help shape how the Checkr Trust should operate and scale 
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities
• You want to work and iterate in person with the team. 

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with our customers, other engineers and leadership to design, develop and launch innovative new products
• Take full ownership of the entire process of developing end-to-end web applications. Architect and implement cutting-edge API’s while integrating with third-party services to enhance product functionality.
• Embrace a customer-centric, product-first approach - work directly with customers and stakeholders to clarify product ambiguities and deliver impactful features that meet customer needs.
• Ensure code quality and maintainability through comprehensive testing, code reviews and adherence to best practices. 
• Design, instrument, and deploy new product experiments, utilizing data-driven insights to inform future development.

What you bring:

• Have founded or held early roles at fast-paced startups
• 6 years of full stack software development experience
• Advanced knowledge in Ruby (Ruby on Rails)/ Javascript (React), or similar languages/frameworks
• Amazing product sense - we will ask you how the product should look like
• Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
• Experience building scalable technical architecture that can scale to 10mm users (including observability tooling, container orchestration, etc)

Nice to have:

• Experience with Trust & Safety, IDV, or Background check products
• Experience in securing and optimizing the applications you help create
• Experience developing platforms built using an asynchronous event-based architecture
• Experience with data analysis and processing

We are committed to leveling the playing field and welcome all interested candidates to apply, even if you don’t meet every qualification outlined above.

What you 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 Trust, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. This role is in person in San Francisco 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). 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 inall 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, seeour website.

Thebase salaryrange 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 theSan Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.