Checkr
Engineering Manager, Truework
San Francisco, California, United States · Mid · Full-time
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About the role
- The decisions you make will impact potentially millions of consumers every year, and help businesses make fast, informed, and safe decisions.
- The projects you'll be working on are high impact and scale:
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with product management to build new features and enhance existing ones
- Optimize engineering processes and policies to drive velocity and quality
- Experience managing quality incidents as both a technical lead and communication lead
- Deep understanding of service architecture and system design as well as lean software development principles
- Able to develop inclusive teams to foster growth and diversity
- you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.
- 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.
- At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection.
- 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.
Requirements
- 4+ years as an engineering manager
- 8+ years as an engineer
- Experience working on products at scale, and understanding the data, legal, human impact, and technical nuances of supporting highly regulated products
- Strong experience with TDD, pair programming, and agile methodologies
- Ability to make high-level prioritization decisions quickly and thoughtfully
Skills
- About Checkr
- Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
Compensation
- To live by that value, we've made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings.
- For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.
- OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)
- $233,000-$274,000 USD
Benefits
- 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
- Drive technical vision for the team that motivates and inspires the team for the next chapter
- Experience with machine learning and AI is a plus
- In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
- A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.
Company info
- Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.
- We're a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission.
- As the Engineering Manager for this team, you will work hand-in-hand with product managers and key stakeholders to create the software and experiences that delight our customers.
- Build relationships with customers and drive results with them
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