Checkr

Data platform

SeniorPythonEngineer

$175–245k ~AI est. San Francisco, California, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Python Engineer at Checkr. Skills: Python, Javascript, API development. Develop and maintain platform. Solve problems”

Industry & Context.

Data platform
Problems you'll solve

Analytical mindset

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years software development experience, Bachelor degree or equivalent, Proficiency in Python and Javascript, Experience developing RESTful APIs

Nice to Have

Full stack experience, Backend experience, QA engineer experience, SRE experience

What You'll Do.

Develop and maintain platform

Deliver high-quality solutions

Collaborate with customers

Resolve product ambiguities

Ship impactful features

Design and architect features

Validate customer need

Instrument product experiments

Deploy product experiments

Deliver performant code

Deliver reliable code

Deliver scalable code

Monitor production issues

Investigate production issues

Triage production issues

Resolve production issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineering; Product; Design; Stakeholders; Sales teams; Marketing teams

Communication Scope

Documentation skills

Full Job Description

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. 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. About the Role Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment and income information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more. We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents, with a better product and intense customer focus. Within Checkr, Truework operates independently, allowing rapid iteration while also being able to leverage the strengths and assets from our core business. Think of it like joining a startup within a startup! As a Senior Software Engineer on the Truework team you will help develop and maintain the platform that’s used by 8 of the top 10 mortgage lenders in the US. At Checkr, Engineers take ownership and responsibility on all aspects of Product development from leading projects, working with product managers and customers to define and implement features, to collaborating with our sales and marketing teams on launching and scaling products. You’ll have a lot of autonomy and will be successful if you have high agency and a keen sense of craftsmanship for yourself and others. Most of the work we need to do is backend-oriented, but we are open to candidates from a broad set of roles (full stack, backend, QA engineers, SREs, etc.) if you meet our requirements. What you’ll do Be an independent individual contributor who can solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal/high-level oversight and a high level of

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