Software Engineer
As a Software Engineer at Checkr, you will work on high-impact engineering projects that help build a fairer future for all. You will work in a collection of small services built on Ruby and Javascript, with both SQL and NoSQL databases, as well as message queues for asynchronous tasks. Checkr was founded by engineers for engineers; we want to create the best environment for developers to build, learn, and love their work.
What you’ll do
Own the product development of features from design and implementation to release
Partner with product, design, and other stakeholders in designing new features
Collaborate with other engineers in architecting and implementing new features
Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our products
Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of transactions a day
Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features
Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
Quality mindset - you insist on quality as a critical pillar of your software deliverables
Develop new end-to-end web applications
Instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven mindset
What you bring:
3+ years of software development experience
Proficiency in Ruby and Javascript (or similar languages/frameworks)
Proficiency with test frameworks and automation (e.g. Cypress)
Passionate about XP practices, Domain Driven Design, and Continuous Delivery
Experience developing RESTful APIs
Bonus points for experience with in-house component-based design systems
Strong documentation skills
A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
A desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
An eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, innovate, and have fun
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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.
On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)
$150,000—$176,000 USD
On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Denver, CO)
$127,000—$149,000 USD