Software Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 124000 - 146000
Posted on:
31-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014 Checkrs innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100000 customers including DoorDash Coinbase Lyft Instacart and Airtable.
Were a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes CloudList and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
As a Software Engineer at Checkr you will work on high impact engineering projects that help build a fairer future for all. You will work in a collection of small services built on Ruby and Javascript with both SQL and NoSQL databases as well as message queues for asynchronous tasks. Checkr was founded by engineers for engineers; we want to create the best environment for developers to build learn and love their work.
What youll do:
- Own the product development of features from design implementation to release
- Partner with product design and other stakeholders in designing new features
- Collaborate with other engineers in architecting and implementing new features
- Design develop test deploy maintain and improve our products
- Deliver performant reliable scalable and secure code capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of transactions a day
- Monitor investigate triage and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
- Bring a customer-centric product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful 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
- Develop new end to end web applications
- Instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven mindset
What you bring:
- 2 years of full stack software development experience
- Proficiency in Ruby and Javascript/React (or similar languages/frameworks)
- Proficiency with test frameworks and automation (e.g. Cypress)
- Passionate about XP practices Domain Driven Design and Continuous Delivery
- Experience developing RESTful APIs. Experience with Elasticsearch nice to have
- Bonus points for experience with in-house component-based design systems
- Strong documentation skills
- A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
- A desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
- An eagerness to learn collaborate improve innovate and have fun
What youll 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
Pay Transparency Disclosure
One of Checkrs core values is Transparency. To live by that value weve 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.
On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco CA)
$147000 - $173000 USD
On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver CO)
$124000 - $146000 USD
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. Starting January 2026 hub-based employees will be expected to work from the office 3 days per -office perks are provided such as lunch four times a week a commuter stipend and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
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 Franciscos Fair Chance Ordinance.
*Legitimate Checkr emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g. ).
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- Data Structures
- JavaScript
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
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