Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience

About Checkr

Checkr 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.

About Checkr

Checkr 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 onForbes CloudList and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the team / role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Developer Experience team within the Platform Engineering group you will drive initiatives to enhance how services are built and maintained with a focus on improving the developer experience. Your role will be instrumental in defining best practices and creating pathways that enable the engineering organization to deliver efficient and robust software solutions.

Who You Are :

• You have a solid grasp of CS fundamentals (data structures algorithms databases REST APIs).
• You have 5 years of backend development experience; proficient in Ruby (preferred) Golang Python or similar.
• You are passionate about enhancing developer experience (DevEx) and optimizing tooling.
• You possess a strong sense of ownership and a proactive attitude.
• You thrive on collaboration mentorship and knowledge sharing.
• You are skilled in aligning diverse groups toward a shared vision.
• You have experience in system architecture domain modeling and object-oriented design.
• You have a proven track record of writing clean tested and concise code.

What Youll Do :

What youll get

Pay Transparency Disclosure

One 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)

$183000 - $215000 USD

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

$155000 - $182000 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 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 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 Franciscos Fair Chance Ordinance .

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 : 183000 - 215000