Senior Software Engineer, Trust
Checkr
$185,000 - $218,000 / year
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Description
About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.
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.
About the team/role
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.
What you’ll do:
- 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.
What you bring:
- BS/MS degree in either computer science or an engineering discipline.
- Have founded or held early roles at successful fast-paced startups.
- 5+ years of full stack software development experience.
- Advanced knowledge in Ruby (Rails), Javascript (React), or similar languages/frameworks.
- 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.
- Experimentation mindset: autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP.
- Early-stage approach: comfort with ambiguity, balancing speed and perfection, and the confidence and curiosity to help guide product direction.
- 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.
Nice to have:
- Experience building scalable technical architecture that can scale to 10mm+ users (including observability tooling, container orchestration, etc).
Background in trust & safety, IDV, background check products or criminal data. - Expertise in data analysis and processing.
- Experience building and working with scrapers and scraping technology
Pay Transparency Disclosure
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.
What We Offer
- 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
At Checkr, we believe an in office 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.
Applicant Privacy Policy
If you are a California resident or are located in Alberta or British Columbia, our Applicant Privacy Policy applies to our collection and processing of your personal information when you apply for a role with us or otherwise participate in our recruitment process.
For applicants in Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
*Legitimate Checkr emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g., name@checkr.com or name@ext.checkr.com).
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
About this role
Checkr's Trust team operates like a startup within a established company, building risk intelligence products that help major platforms like Uber and Airbnb make safer decisions about their users. This Senior Software Engineer role offers genuine end-to-end ownership—you'd shape product ideas, build full-stack applications, run experiments, and measure real business impact across multiple verticals from dating to car rental. The work involves designing scalable APIs and event-driven systems that reliably process tens of millions of user records annually, plus integrating third-party services to expand product capabilities.
You'll need five-plus years of full-stack development with strong command of Ruby/Rails or Javascript/React, a CS or engineering degree, and ideally early-stage startup experience. The role demands comfort with ambiguity, speed over perfection, and the ability to use AI tools daily to boost productivity. Direct collaboration with customers, product teams, and leadership is central to the job—you're expected to validate customer needs, build buy-in, and ship rapid MVPs. Background in trust and safety, identity verification, or background check products is a plus, as is experience scaling systems to millions of users.
The position is remote but expects 3+ days weekly in one of Checkr's hubs (San Francisco, Denver, Nashville, or Santiago). Compensation ranges from $185,000 to $218,000 base salary for the San Francisco market, with equity, full health coverage, flexible PTO, and a $25K reimbursement benefit for fertility and adoption services.
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