Senior Software Engineer, Reliability

About Checkr

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Site Reliability Engineering team within the Platform Engineering group at Checkr, you will identify issues and technical challenges, develop innovative solutions to resolve them, and drive their adoption. You will strive towards the right balance between enforcing standardization and accommodating tailored workflows. The person in this role will have the opportunity to demonstrate a degree of autonomy in their work and help with complex support requests, while having an impact across engineering.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate and drive architectural discussions within the SRE team and with cross-functional teams
• Lead projects and contribute to the SRE team’s technical roadmap to enable engineering and help Checkr customers
• Design, build, ship, and maintain the core observability libraries, tools, and patterns used by all of Checkr’s engineering teams
• Participate in a cross-organization incident response team, driving continuous improvement
• Proactively engage across teams to foster service reliability, efficiency, and scalability
• Troubleshoot complex production issues across the stack, with respect to performance, availability, and data quality
  
  

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5 years of software engineering experience, including 2 years focused on reliability, scalability, and efficiency of distributed systems
• Strong proficiency in developing solutions Python (preferred), Go, or Ruby in Linux environments, with deep understanding of microservices, asynchronous systems, and remote APIs
• Experience developing and operating production systems in AWS or Azure using Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform
• Expertise in observability and operational excellence, including monitoring (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry) and improving incident management processes
• Strong collaboration, communication, and leadership skills, including mentoring engineers and driving platform adoption through a self-service, product-focused approach
• 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.
  
  

What You’ll Get

• 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
  
  

Pay Transparency Disclosure

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 our website.

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)

$185,000—$218,000 USD

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO)

$157,000—$185,000 USD

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, Nashville, TN, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

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. 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 Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.

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