Checkr
Senior Software Engineer, Incubator
San Francisco, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$8,149 more — $193,149 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,149 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Every year, our team provides insights on tens of millions of users across multiple verticals: online dating, car rental, short-term rentals, and many more.
- Run and measure product experiments, using what you learn to guide future development.
Responsibilities
- Take full ownership of the entire process of developing end-to-end applications - from shaping the idea to delivering the finished application.
- Build and improve APIs, including integrating with third-party services to expand what our products can do.
- Keep code reliable and easy to maintain with solid testing, thoughtful reviews, and good practices.
- Building scalable APIs and asynchronous event-based architecture that can reliably handle very high traffic.
- autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP.
- 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
- BS/MS degree in either computer science or an engineering discipline.
- 6+ years of full stack software development experience.
Nice to have
- Background in trust & safety, IDV, background check products or criminal data.
- Expertise in data analysis and processing.
- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
- Working at a startup within a startup
- Pay Transparency Disclosure
- One of Checkr's core values is Transparency.
- For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.
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)
- $185,000-$218,000 USD
Benefits
- Learning and development allowance
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to 25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- 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.
- Trust is part of 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.
- Work closely with customers, engineers, and leaders to design, build, and launch new products.
- Embrace a customer-centric, product-first approach - partner directly with customer success, customers and stakeholders to better understand their needs and turn those into useful features.
- Have founded or held early roles at successful fast-paced startups.
This listing is sourced directly from Checkr's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.