Senior Software Engineer, Checkr Trust (RubyRails) at Checkr

About CheckrCheckr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014 Checkrs innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100000 customers including DoorDash Coinbase Lyft Instacart and Airtable. Were a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes CloudList and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.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 caregiving 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. We are 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 weve 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.You are the right fit if:You have strong product opinions and arent afraid to voice them.You are comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities.You value in-person collaboration and fast iteration with the team.You know when to optimize for speed versus striving for perfection.You are comfortable working access the entire software stack.You take full ownershipfrom idea to execution to real customer and business impact.Responsibilities: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.Build and improve APIs including integrating with third-party services to expand what our products can do.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.What you bring:BS/MS degree in either computer science or electrical engineeringHave founded or held early roles at successful fast-paced startups6 years of full stack software development experienceAdvanced knowledge in Ruby (Ruby on Rails)/ Javascript (React) or similar languages/frameworksAmazing product sense - we will ask you how the product should look likeExperimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need get team buy-in and ship a rapid MVPExperience building scalable technical architecture that can scale to 10mm users (including observability tooling container orchestration etc)Nice to have:Experience with trust & safety IDV background check products or criminal dataExperience with data analysis and processingExperience building and working with scrapers and scraping technologyWe are committed to leveling the playing field and welcome all interested candidates to apply even if you dont meet every qualification outlined above.What you get:A fast-paced and collaborative environmentLearning and development allowanceCompetitive compensation and opportunity for advancement100% medical dental and vision coverageUp to 25K reimbursement for fertility adoption and parental planning servicesFlexible PTO policyMonthly wellness stipend home office stipendWorking at a startup within a startupPay Transparency DisclosureOne of Checkrs core values is Transparency. To live by that value weve 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 our website.On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco CA)$173000 - $215000 USDAt 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. Starting January 2026 hub-based employees will be expected to work from the office 3 days per -office perks are provided such as lunch four times a week a commuter stipend and an abundance of snacks and beverages.Equal Employment Opportunities at CheckrCheckr 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. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local state and/or federal laws including the San Franciscos Fair Chance Ordinance.*Legitimate Checkr emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g. or ).Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills Spring,.NET,C/C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems Employment Type : Full Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1 Monthly Salary Salary: 173000 - 215000