What you'll do
- Own the full lifecycle of product features from design to release in a backend-focused role.
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to architect and implement new features.
- Develop and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure services handling hundreds of thousands of transactions daily.
- Monitor and resolve production issues promptly to ensure service stability.
- Apply a customer-centric and data-driven mindset to ship impactful product experiments and features.
What you should know
- This role offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment with opportunities for learning and development.
- Candidates should be ready to work onsite in the San Francisco Bay Area with hybrid work expectations.
- The company provides competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and family planning support.
- Applicants should have a strong bias for action, ownership mindset, and eagerness to innovate.
- Expect to work on complex, high-impact engineering projects that influence fair hiring decisions.
About the company
- Checkr is a fast-growing data platform company focused on powering safe and fair decisions in hiring.
- Founded in 2014, Checkr serves over 100,000 customers including major brands like DoorDash and Coinbase.
- Recognized on the Forbes Cloud 100 2025 list and a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
- Company culture emphasizes transparency, ownership, and innovation with a strong engineering-driven environment.
- Checkr values diversity and inclusion, including hiring people impacted by the justice system.
Key required skills
RubyJavaScriptRESTful APIsCypress - testingDomain Driven Design