Senior Staff Software Engineer

About the position

Checkr is looking for an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer to facilitate the long-term design of Checkr’s core systems and to lead critical cross-organizational initiatives, including the international expansion of our platform and development of an Enterprise Architecture. In this role, you will work across the entire R&D organization to deeply understand the product’s domain models and customer needs, and work across all teams to ensure that Checkr is architecting a best-in-class, API-first product that can scale into the future.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify the top opportunities for impact for the engineering organization
• Own direction and lead execution of organization-wide technical efforts
• Hands-on contribution in areas with a high degree of business risk
• Break down very complex projects into simple systems that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers
• Create documents to set standards of architectural best practices that are consumed by the broader engineering org
• Upskill the Staff Engineer in the company to systematically raise the bar for quality and scale
• Inform buy vs build decisions, supporting broad business strategy
• Deeply understand customer, partner, and product team needs, and represent your teams in technical conversations with company leadership

Requirements

• Degree in computer science or related field (Bachelor's or Master's)
• 15+ years experience as a software engineer
• 2+ years leading architecture projects across an organization
• 5+ years experience in a leadership role
• Experience developing in Ruby, GoLang, and Python
• Solid understanding of Cloud technologies and all layers of backend stacks
• Strong collaboration, communication and project management skills
• Deep understanding of microservices design and asynchronous queueing models
• Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams
• A strong sense of ownership
• Experience mentoring engineering and product teams in domain-driven design
• A great desire to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate

Benefits

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
• 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