Software Engineer, Reliability
As a Software Engineer II on the Site Reliability Engineering team within the Platform Engineering group at Checkr, you will identify reliability challenges impacting engineering teams and platforms and develop innovative solutions to resolve them. You will strive towards the right balance between enforcing standardization and accommodating tailored workflows. The person in this role will have the opportunity to demonstrate a degree of autonomy in their work and help with complex support requests, while having an impact across engineering.
Key responsibilities include designing, building, shipping, and maintaining the core observability libraries, tools, and patterns used by all of Checkr’s engineering teams. You will troubleshoot complex production issues across the stack, focusing on performance, availability, and data quality. Participation in a cross-organization incident response team is expected, driving continuous improvement. Additionally, you will contribute to architectural discussions within the SRE team and with cross-functional teams, influence cross-team projects and the reliability roadmap, and provide consultation to ensure the development of highly reliable, efficient, and scalable systems.
The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. A minimum of 2 years of software engineering experience is required, including at least 1 year focused on the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of distributed systems. Proficiency in Python (preferred), Go, or Ruby within Linux environments is essential, along with a strong understanding of microservices, asynchronous systems, and remote APIs. Experience developing and operating production, customer-facing systems in AWS or Azure using Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform is also necessary. Skills in observability and incident response practices using tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry are important, with a focus on continuous improvement. Strong collaboration, documentation, and communication skills are required, with experience leading small projects, promoting platform adoption, and fostering a self-service, product-first mindset. An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action is expected: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.
Compensation for this role varies by location. In San Francisco, CA, the base salary range is $150,000 to $176,000 USD. In Denver, CO, the range is $127,000 to $149,000 USD. Additional benefits include a fast-paced and collaborative environment, learning and development allowance, competitive cash and equity compensation with opportunities for advancement, 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage, up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services, a flexible PTO policy, and a monthly wellness stipend.
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.