Senior Software Engineer (Trust)

• Checkr Trust is building safer communities by providing our customers with risk signals about its users
• 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
• We acquire, analyze, and deliver insights in smart, scalable ways that help organizations identify and mitigate risk
• 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
• 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
• Take full ownership of the entire process of developing end-to-end applications – from shaping the idea to delivering the finished application
• 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
• Keep code reliable and easy to maintain with solid testing, thoughtful reviews, and good practices
• Run and measure product experiments, using what you learn to guide future development
• Building scalable APIs and asynchronous event-based architecture that can reliably handle very high traffic, including integrating with third-party services to expand what our products can do

Benefits

• Parental leave
• Stock optoins
• Work from home opportunities
• Comprehensive Health Plans | We cover 100% of insurance premiums and offer generous parental and family leave
• Competitive Compensation | We offer competitive salaries and meaningful equity
• A Variety of Food and Snacks | Our culinary team serves a rotating menu for lunch each day, along with unlimited snacks and drinks
• Wellness Programs | We invest in the holistic well-being of every team member through education reimbursements, onsite massages, and physical therapy
• Flexible Paid Time Off | We want you to take the time you need to relax and recharge
• Fitness and Public Transport Reimbursement | We’ll cover your commute and help you stay active with our onsite gym or fitness provider of choice

• BS/MS degree in either computer science or an engineering discipline
• Experimentation mindset: autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
• Advanced knowledge in Ruby (Rails), Javascript (React), or similar languages/frameworks
• Have founded or held early roles at successful fast-paced startups
• An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes
• Comfortability working with AI tools day-to-day, and the ability to build simple AI-powered tools or workflows that boost team or org productivity
• Early-stage approach: comfort with ambiguity, balancing speed and perfection, and the confidence and curiosity to help guide product direction
• 5+ years of full stack software development experience
• Experience building scalable technical architecture that can scale to 10mm+ users (including observability tooling, container orchestration, etc)
• Experience building and working with scrapers and scraping technology
• Expertise in data analysis and processing
• Background in trust & safety, IDV, background check products or criminal data