Senior DevOps Engineer, Checkr
$139-154k
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
Automated background checks
Job no longer available
Automated background checks
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$139-154k
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build a fairer future by designing technology to create opportunities for all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer or related experience
- Experience designing technical architecture and creating a strategic roadmap to realize a technical vision
- Expertise with Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS or Azure
- Experience with containers and container orchestration
- Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, web application security, and HTTP/HTTPS
- Your rollback plans are just as meticulous as your rollout plans
- Experience driving platform adoption with various product engineering teams, guided by a self-service and product-first approach
- An ability, willingness, and desire to mentor and up-level less experienced Infrastructure Engineers
- A passion for customer-centricity and building relationships with other teams
- Unwavering commitment to operational security and best practices
What the job involves
- As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will work closely with our platform teams to build and run the core components that power Checkr. You will enable all teams to take collective ownership of their software's reliability, scalability, and performance
- You will also guide other teams in fine-tuning their services, resulting in improved robustness and efficiency, ensuring that every team can focus on building superior software backed by a reliable, scalable, and efficient infrastructure
- We believe every engineering team at Checkr should be responsible for the software they build, and DevOps plays a critical part in providing the tools, practices, and expertise to make that happen
- Building, maintaining, optimizing, and scaling Checkr’s cloud and on-prem infrastructure
- Improving infrastructure operations and processes with automation and tooling
- Optimizing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling
- Debugging production issues across services and levels of the stack
- Ensuring the scalability and security of Checkr infrastructure
- Partnering with application developers to ensure best practices and efficient use of infrastructure
- Building and fostering collaborative relationships with other engineering teams and leaders
- Planning for the growth of Checkr’s infrastructure
Our take
Checkr addresses the unpleasant and time consuming process of background checks so that companies using on-demand employees can make safer, more informed hiring decisions in less time. Background checks are a critical part of the hiring process, and CEO Daniel Yannisse noticed that they were painfully slow, resulting in loss of work for candidates and productivity downturns for employers.
Before Checkr entered the market in 2014 with its innovative AI technology and a solid $50m in venture capital funding, companies were waiting upwards of two weeks for their checks. Checkr substantially reduces this time frame and has grown to receive a $5 billion valuation.
Checkr has accelerated growth by making several highly advantageous acquisitions of competitor companies GoodHire and Inflection. As the world of work embraces diversity and inclusion, the company announced an end-to-end service for candidates wishing to expunge their criminal records, furthering the company’s ‘fair chance’ mission and clearing 1000s of candidates for free since 2021. New products launched at the end of 2023 include Checkr Pay (providing access to payment right after a shift) and Checkr Onboard (unified onboarding processes), exemplifying how Checkr is keeping pace with a rapidly changing, flexible, and mobile-first workforce.
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Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Sep 2019
$160m
SERIES D
Total funding: $548.2m
Company benefits
- Parental leave
- Stock optoins
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive Health Plans | We cover 100% of insurance premiums and offer generous parental and family leave
- Competitive Compensation | We offer competitive salaries and meaningful equity
- A Variety of Food and Snacks | Our culinary team serves a rotating menu for lunch each day, along with unlimited snacks and drinks
- Wellness Programs | We invest in the holistic well-being of every team member through education reimbursements, onsite massages, and physical therapy
- Flexible Paid Time Off | We want you to take the time you need to relax and recharge
- Fitness and Public Transport Reimbursement | We’ll cover your commute and help you stay active with our onsite gym or fitness provider of choice
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jonathan Perichon
(CTO)After an MSc in Computer Science, Jonathan worked as a Software Engineer at Mogreet and deliv for a combined year and a half. He co-founded Checkr in May 2014, serving as CTO since.
Daniel Yanisse
(CEO)Daniel worked as a Software Engineer at Mogreet and Deliv before co-founding Checkr.
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