Senior Software Engineer, Continuous Safety

Senior Backend Engineer - Continuous Safety Program

Checkr’s mission is to build a fairer future by improving understanding of the past. We believe all candidates, regardless of who they are, should have a fair chance to work. Established in 2014 and valued at $2.2B, Checkr is using technology to bring hiring to the next level. Our People Trust Platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help thousands of companies modernize their background check process and make hiring safer, more efficient, and more inclusive. Some of our customers include, Uber, Instacart, Doordash, Netflix, Compass Group, and Adecco. A career with Checkr is an opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest minds, disrupt an industry for a better future, and give otherwise overlooked candidates access to employment. Checkr has been recognized in Forbes Best Startup Employers and is a top Y Combinator company by valuation. Our Backend Engineers work on the core logic of our background check engine. There are opportunities to work on micro-services, API design, NLP, OCR and more. As part of the Continuous Safety program, you will be focused on building products that enable an ongoing relationship between employers and employees. You will work on building a differentiated post-hire experience that enables companies to maintain on-going trust and safety rather than a one-time pre-hire screening at the time of onboarding. Checkr is a collection of small services built on Ruby, Python, Golang, and Javascript, with both SQL and NoSQL databases as well as message queues for asynchronous tasks. As we build our architecture, we welcome new languages and technologies to our stack. Checkr was founded by engineers for engineers; we want to create the best environment for developers to build, learn and love their work.

Responsibilities Own the product development of features from ideation, design, implementation, to release Build new features for Checkr within the whole web stack from the database to the front end Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code Demonstrate expertise in at least one or two areas where you can drive technology (e.g. micro-services, API design, TDD, NLP, infrastructure, open source software) Building shared code, with an eye for developer experience - reusability, readability, modularity, documentation, etc Spearhead adoption of best practices for the entire team to improve code quality and velocity and provide mentorship to junior engineers