Staff Software Engineer, Checkr Pay

About Checkr

Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping thousands of companies like Uber, Instacart, Domino's, Compass Group, and Adecco to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe.

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr has been recognized as one of and is a Y Combinator 2023 .

Checkr is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join Checkr X, our innovation program aimed at finding and bringing to market new product bets for Checkr. This team is specifically thinking about People infrastructure for the future of work, beyond background checks. It’s also designed to operate and iterate quickly like a new startup, while being able to leverage our existing strengths and assets from our core business. Think about joining a startup within a startup!

We are specifically hiring a staff engineer for Checkr Pay - our bet in the payments space. Checkr Pay is a full-service payments platform for the gig economy. Checkr Pay allows gig platforms to pay their workforce instantly, seconds after completing a job, at no cost to the earner. Our core product is a digital wallet experience, including a free Visa debit card, that is embedded directly in gig platform apps / websites or accessed as a stand-alone web experience. This product supports a seamless onboarding flow for new earners, significantly improving conversion. Our embedded instant pay solution is the core platform on which we are building a new financial ecosystem for the gig economy, which moves the needle on financial inclusion for the unbanked and underbanked. This ecosystem includes rewards, benefits, fraud prevention, new financial products, and more. Learn more about our vision .

We launched our MVP in late 2022, and have seen incredible early traction. Join our team as we rapidly scale our product to power the future of the gig economy!

Responsibilities :

• Collaborate closely with our customers, other engineers and leadership to design, develop and launch innovative new products
• Embrace a customer-centric, product-first approach - work directly with customers and stakeholders to clarify product ambiguities and deliver impactful features that meet customer needs.
• Take full ownership of the entire process of developing end-to-end web and mobile applications. Architect and implement cutting-edge API’s while integrating with third-party services to enhance product functionality.
• Work in partnership with our implementation lead and sales team to support customers throughout their onboarding and implementation process, ensuring a smooth and successful experience.
• Design, instrument, and deploy new product experiments, utilizing data-driven insights to inform future development.
• Ensure code quality and maintainability through comprehensive testing, code reviews and adherence to best practices.
• Leverage the Checkr ecosystem including systems and data, to accelerate the development and delivery of new concepts and features.

What you bring :

Nice to have :

We are committed to leveling the playing field and welcome all interested candidates to apply, even if you don’t meet every qualification outlined above.

What you get :

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. 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 .

The base salary range for this role is $172,732 to $233,696 in Denver, CO

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 .