Checkr
Senior Software Engineer, Incubator
San Francisco, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$185k-$218kDetected 54 days ago
JavaScriptRubyReactRailsFull-Stack DevelopmentData AnalysisA/B TestingCustomer SuccessCollaboration
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
Company info
- we operate with the speed of a small startup, while enjoying the leverage and resources of a known technology brand.
- Since launching, we've seen significant growth and we are looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in the continued growth of our startup.
- As part of our small team, you will be empowered to take significant end-to-end ownership - from idea to execution to real customer and business impact.
- 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.
This listing is sourced directly from Checkr's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.