Staff Data Engineer, Checkr
$190-264k
OTE
Salary dependent on location
3-5 days a week in office
Automated background checks
Be an early applicant
Automated background checks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$190-264k
OTE
Salary dependent on location
3-5 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
- 10+ years designing, implementing, and delivering highly scalable, performant data platforms
- Experience building large-scale data processing pipelines using ETL/ELT, batch, and stream processing
- Expert-level proficiency in PySpark, Python, and SQL
- Expertise in data modeling, relational databases, and NoSQL data stores (e.g., MongoDB)
- Experience with big data technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Iceberg, data lakes, and the AWS stack (EKS, EMR, Serverless, Glue, Athena, S3, etc.)
- Knowledge of security best practices and data privacy concerns
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Nice to have: Experience or knowledge of data processing platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
- 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 Staff Data Engineer on the People Data team, you'll help build and evolve the centralized platform that powers every Checkr product
- This platform stores and serves the identity and people records that underpin Checkr's Workforce, Mortgage, Tenant, Trust, and Personal products, making it foundational to the company's AI-powered verification platform and every high-stakes decision our customers make
- In this role, you'll own the core services, data pipelines, and architecture that keep this platform scalable, reliable, and ready for the next generation of Checkr products
- You'll solve complex distributed systems and data engineering challenges while influencing the technical direction of one of the company's most critical platforms
- Architect, design, lead, and build an end-to-end, performant, reliable, scalable data platform
- Work as an independent contributor: solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal oversight and strong ownership
- Mentor and guide junior engineers to deliver complex, next-generation features
- Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset. Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship features that solve real customer problems
- Partner with engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders to design and architect new features
- Experimentation mindset: autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
- Quality mindset: you treat quality as a non-negotiable part of your software deliverables
- Analytical mindset: instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven approach
- Monitor, triage, and resolve production issues for the team's services
- Create and maintain data pipelines and foundational datasets to support product and business needs
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.
Freddie
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: $553.7m
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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