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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** Checkr, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $257,000.0 - $302,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Batch Processing, Cloud Computing, Python (Programming Language), Ruby, Backend, Information Technology, Api Design, Domain Driven Design, Data Pipelines, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/checkr/jobs/7816362

## About the Role

* Degree in computer science or related field (Bachelor's or Master's)
 * 2+ years leading architecture projects across an organization
 * 5+ years of experience in a leadership role
 * 15+ years of experience as a software engineer
 * Experience developing in Ruby, GoLang, and Python
 * Solid understanding of cloud technologies and all layers of backend stacks
 * Deep understanding of microservices design and asynchronous queueing models
 * Experience designing and maintaining real-time & batch processing data pipelines serving up billions of data points
 * Experience mentoring engineering and product teams in domain-driven design
 * Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams
 * Strong collaboration, communication, and project management skills
 * A strong sense of ownership
 * A great desire to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate

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## Description

Checkr is looking for an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer to facilitate the long-term design of Checkr's core systems and to lead critical cross-organizational initiatives, including the international expansion of our platform and development of an Enterprise Architecture. In this role, you will work across the entire R&D organization to deeply understand the product's domain models and customer needs, and work across all teams to ensure that Checkr is architecting a best-in-class, API-first product that can scale into the future.

What you'll do:

 * Proactively identify the top opportunities for impact for the engineering organization
 * Own direction and lead execution of organization-wide technical efforts
 * Hands-on contribution in areas with a high degree of business risk
 * Break down very complex projects into simple systems that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers
 * Create documents to set standards of architectural best practices that the broader engineering organization consumes
 * Upskill the Staff Engineers in the company to systematically raise the bar for quality and scale
 * Inform buy vs build decisions, supporting broad business strategy
 * Deeply understand customer, partner, and product team needs, and represent your teams in technical conversations with company leadership


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