Support Engineer, Checkr
$73-91k
+ Equity
3+ days a week in office
Automated background checks
Be an early applicant
Automated background checks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$73-91k
+ Equity
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
- 2+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role in a SaaS company, including hands-on experience with APIs and technical support for API products,
- Demonstrated skills in technical troubleshooting, debugging, and collaborating with engineering teams. Tools expertise including cURL and Postman. Familiarity with Python and Ruby on Rails would be helpful
- Exceptional communication skills, capable of explaining complex information to non-technical audiences in a clear, empathetic manner
- Strong attention to detail and effective time management skills
- High level of English proficiency
- Strong proficiency in SQL, basic understanding of engineering principles, and experience with observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, etc
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes
What the job involves
- As a Support Engineer II, you will assist Checkr customers with technical issues in production, and serve as a bridge between support and engineering at Checkr
- This role is ideal for someone with strong customer service skills who shows a promising trajectory towards a career path in software development or engineering
- Handle complex debugging and troubleshooting necessitating a high level of technical expertise, and create world-class customer experiences with rapid resolutions and stellar communications
- Act as the primary point of contact between engineering, customers and customer-facing teams, creating and managing escalations in Jira, minimizing resolution times and increasing the efficiency of engineering engagements
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation as customer communication liaison, drafting customer communications, updating the company status page, and ensuring customer-facing teams have the information they need to maintain a superb customer experience during incidents
- Provide quality technical support to our customers and partners, leveraging our Salesforce ticketing system and customer screen sharing calls
- Troubleshoot code and conduct deep-dive investigations up to the application level, utilizing tools such as DataDog, Snowflake, and API logs analysis, escalating to engineering when necessary
- Utilize pre-written scripts and runbooks to efficiently handle complex manual support tasks
- Execute high visibility critical incident communications, translating impact information from engineering to customers and customer-facing teams during 24/7 on-call shifts
- Manage escalations, incident-related remediation tasks and process improvements in Jira using our team’s kanban boards
- Contribute to internal team documentation in Confluence, fostering a continuous learning environment
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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$250m
SERIES E
Sep 2019
$160m
SERIES D
Total funding: $556.9m
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
(Co-Founder)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
(Co-Founder & CEO)Daniel worked as a Software Engineer at Mogreet and Deliv before co-founding Checkr.
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