About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, Amazon, and Anthropic.
A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
As a Senior Software Engineer at Checkr, you will work on high impact engineering projects that help build a fairer future for all. Checkr is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Growth group, working primarily on customer signup flows and fraud management. Our team’s focus is to ensure that customers who sign up for Checkr have a seamless and intuitive experience, while ensuring that bad actors are removed as threats to our platform.
You will work in a collection of small services built on Ruby and Javascript, utilizing relational databases, as well as event streams 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.
Responsibilities:
- Own the product development of full-stack features from design, implementation, to release
- Partner with product, design and other non-technical stakeholders in designing new features
- Collaborate with other engineers within the team and across the Growth organization in architecting and implementing new features
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our products
- Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code
- Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
What you bring:
- 4+ years of full-stack software development experience
- Strong React skills and knowledge of front end best practices
- Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as relational databases, data structure and algorithms, Object Relational Mapping, REST APIs, microservices, etc.
- A strong sense of ownership across all aspects of the development lifecycle
- Desire to mentor, uplevel, and collaborate with teammates
- An eagerness to learn, improve, and innovate
- Advanced English communication skills - written and verbal
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AI-First Mindset: Embrace an engineering culture where AI tooling isn't a perk—it's standard practice. Work at the cutting edge of modern development by leveraging the latest AI-assisted tools, models, and assistants alongside best-in-class hardware to amplify your impact.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
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.
What We Offer
- A collaborative and fast-moving environment
- Be part of an international company based in the United States
- Learning and development reimbursement allowance
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for professional and personal advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Additional vacation benefits of 5 extra days and flexibility to take time off
At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
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 the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
*Legitimate Checkr emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g., [email protected] or [email protected]).
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