Senior Software Engineer, Criminal Screenings

About Checkr

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable. We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the team / role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Criminal Screenings team at Checkr, you will play a crucial role in advancing our product in our mission to create the data platform of the future. The Criminal Screenings team is entrusted with ensuring the precision of criminal search results. The team focuses on generating pointer data and validating criminal records and charges to ensure they meet identity and compliance standards. You will work across the product development lifecycle, collaborate with other engineers and product counterparts to architect and deliver new platform capabilities and key product initiatives. Your passion for technical excellence will drive progress in modernizing our technical stack, simplifying system architecture, and automating manual workflows to ensure our platform\'s scalability and efficiency.

What you’ll do

• Develop new platform capabilities and product offerings from design through release
• Find the balance between speed to market and long-term growth by designing for the horizon and building for today
• Partner with Product to define appropriately sized initiatives to construct a roadmap that meets business needs quarter over quarter
• Preserve customer goodwill by ensuring system availability by participating in on-call rotation, addressing support tickets, and taking action on preventative measures to improve reliability
• Provide mentorship to engineers on the team and across the organization

Play an active role in the continuous improvement of the engineering organization through lunch table discussions, team showcases, and reviews with senior leadership

What you bring

What you get

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 week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve 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.

The base salary range for this role is $183,000 to $215,000 in San Francisco, CA, and $155,000 to $182,000 in Denver, CO.

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 Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.

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