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Tech Lead
About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. 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 Amazon, DoorDash, Netflix, Kimpton, 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 2023 Breakthrough Company.
Checkr is committed to creating a more equitable future by enhancing our understanding of the past. We believe that every candidate, regardless of their background, should have an equal opportunity for employment. Founded in 2014, Checkr’s clients include Uber, Instacart, Doordash, Netflix, Compass Group, and Adecco.
As a leading provider of background data resources in the United States, Checkr supports consumer reporting agencies and businesses in making informed decisions to protect their organizations, employees, and customers.
We are seeking an experienced and talented Tech Lead to join our Engineering team. This role involves integrating a recently acquired background check product into the Checkr ecosystem and developing it into a solid foundation for a comprehensive identity verification solution.
The Tech Lead will oversee the near-term integration of newly acquired background check solutions into Checkr. Responsibilities include working on data vendor integrations and developing the system into a long-term identity verification platform. The current background check solution includes multiple public APIs, public and internal portals, and numerous microservices.
What you’ll do
- Own the product development from ideation, design, implementation, to release
- Collaborate with other engineers and product manager on designing and architecting new systems
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software
- Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables
- Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code
What you bring
- Advanced english skills
- Availability to work hybrid schedule in Santiago Chile, 3 days per week.
- 10+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, and significant experience working with Python
- Leadership skills, and a passion for mentoring more junior engineers
- Experience with running Scrum rituals (sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review and retrospective)
- Hands-on experience with AWS
- A strong understanding of microservice architecture infrastructure, inclusive of familiarity with Kubernetes
- Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
- Experience with CI/CD
- Experience working with data stores such as Postgres, MongoDB
- Experience with Git, GitLab or Github and PR/MR review process
- A passion for optimizing services for scale and speed
- A great desire to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate
- 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 you’ll get
- A collaborative and dynamic environment.
- The opportunity to be part of an international company headquartered in the US.
- Annual Learning & Development stipend: $3,000 USD for certifications, courses, and professional growth.
- Competitive compensation with clear opportunities for professional and personal career advancement.
- 100% health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents.
- Additional PTO (Paid Time Off): 5 extra vacation days and flexibility to take time off when needed.
- Equity: RSU (Restricted Stock Units) as part of your compensation package.
- Complimentary lunch on days you work from the office.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. 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 you get
- A collaborative and fast-moving environment
- Be part of an international company based in the United States
- 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., name@checkr.com or name@ext.checkr.com).
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