Checkr
Senior Software Engineer (Python), Mortgage
Remote, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$185k-$218kDetected 2 days ago
JavaScriptPythonFull-Stack DevelopmentRESTA/B TestingCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment and income information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more.
- We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents, with a better product and intense customer focus.
- Within Checkr, Truework operates independently, allowing rapid iteration while also being able to leverage the strengths and assets from our core business.
Responsibilities
- Be an independent individual contributor who can solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal/high-level oversight and a high level of ownership
- Partner with engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders in designing and architecting new features
- Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
- Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting Truework's significant scale
- Experience developing RESTful APIs
- 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 an in office 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
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Proficiency in Python and Javascript (or similar languages/frameworks)
- You'll have a lot of autonomy and will be successful if you have high agency and a keen sense of craftsmanship for yourself and others.
Skills
- getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date.
- Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
- About Checkr
Compensation
- 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, home office stipend
- Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
- In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
- Bachelor degree (or equivalent education/training)
- A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.
Company info
- Most of the work we need to do is backend-oriented, but we are open to candidates from a broad set of roles (full stack, backend, QA engineers, SREs, etc.) if you meet our requirements.
- Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features
This listing is sourced directly from Checkr's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.