Über diese Senior DevOps Engineer Stelle bei Checkr - Chile
About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, Amazon, and Anthropic.
A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Checkr, your primary function will not just be managing our infrastructure, but also acting as a bridge, cementing strong relationships across all engineering teams. Your distinct role will involve fostering a culture of shared responsibility promoting Platform Engineering practices and driving platform adoption across teams. 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.
What you'll do:
● Building, maintaining, optimizing, and scaling Checkr’s cloud infrastructure
● Improving infrastructure operations and processes with automation and tooling
● Optimizing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling
● Participating in or leading design reviews and production reviews for new infrastructure services
● 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
What you bring:
● Advanced English communication skills — written and verbal. (You will report to a US-based manager, and all technical interviews will be conducted by our US engineering team).
● Availability to work on hybrid schedule in Santiago, Chile (3 days per week, Offices located in Gran torre Costanera)
● 5+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer or related experience
● Experience driving platform adoption with various product engineering teams, guided by a self-service and product-first approach
● Experience in designing technical architecture and creating a strategic roadmap to realize a technical vision
● Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, containers, CI, CD, IaC, Terraform, Linux, and microservice architecture
● Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, web application security, and HTTP/HTTPS
● Experience with Istio or other service mesh technologies
● Your rollback plans are just as meticulous as your rollout plans
● A passion for customer-centricity and building relationships with other teams
● Unwavering commitment to operational security and best practices
● Experience with Python
Pay Transparency Disclosure
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.
What We Offer
- A collaborative and fast-moving environment
- Be part of an international company based in the United States
- $3,000 USD per year learning and development reimbursement allowance
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for professional and personal advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Additional vacation benefits of 5 extra days and flexibility to take time off
At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr
Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.
Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
*Legitimate Checkr emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g., [email protected] or [email protected]).
