Senior Software Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About Checkr<br></strong>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, Amazon, and Anthropic.<br></span></p> <p>A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on <a href="https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/" target="_blank">Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List</a> and is a Y Combinator 2024 <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/yc-top-companies-2024">Breakthrough Company</a>.</p></div><ul> <li> <div> <div> <div> <div id="message-list"> <div id="message-list"> <div> <div> <p>About the Role</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">As a Sr Software Engineer at Checkr, you will play a crucial role in advancing our product on our mission to build the data platform of the future. Throughout the product development lifecycle, you will collaborate with other engineers and product counterparts to design and deliver new platform capabilities and key product initiatives. Your passion for technical excellence will drive progress in modernizing our tech stack, simplifying system architecture, and automating manual workflows to ensure the scalability and efficiency of our platform.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">What you'll do:</p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Develop new platform capabilities and product offerings, from design through launch.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Balance speed to market with long-term growth, designing with foresight and building for the present.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Collaborate with the Product department to define appropriately sized initiatives and shape a roadmap that meets business needs quarter over quarter.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Preserve customer goodwill by ensuring system availability, participating in on-call rotations,