Check - Staff Software Engineer
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Requirements
• building • Resiliency solving highly ambiguous problem or creating structure for collaboration • Resiliency • Proficient in debugging complex systems and handling critical incidents • debugging complex systems • critical incidents • Experience setting a technical strategy across teams • technical strategy • Proficiency in Python or Go (Django, React or Typescript is a plus) • Travel and Office Policy: • Building Together on Common Ground. The Check team is distributed across the US, and we have offices in New York City and San Francisco. While we embrace remote work, time together in person is where we do our best work. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year! We expect all employees to attend our annual 3-day company retreat in the fall. • For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the team hosts regular happy hours, game nights, etc.
Responsibilities
• Run at complex problems across our platform, designing and building products that translate complex payroll infrastructure into intuitive tools for operators and partners. • Run at complex problems • Own projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem and shaping the solution through design, implementation, rollout, and iteration based on real-world usage. • Own projects end-to-end, • Be a true partner to product, design, and operations by developing a deep understanding of the workflows and challenges faced by payroll operators and partners. • Be a true partner • Build internal and partner-facing tools that improve the visibility, reliability, and explainability of how money moves through the payroll system. • Build internal and partner-facing tools • Reduce friction in our systems by improving workflows, architecture, and tooling for both developers and operators. • Reduce friction • Role model clear, critical thinking through code, proposals, and diagrams that help teams align and move forward together. • Role model clear, critical thinking • Raise the quality bar by working in the open, giving thoughtful feedback, mentoring teammates, and helping the team ship work we’re proud of. • Raise the quality bar • Our Stack: • Python / Django for our API • React and TypeScript for our frontends • AWS and Terraform for our cloud infrastructure • Temporal for workflow orchestration • GitHub for issue tracking and CI/CD • Experience with staff-level ownership and delivery of production systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operation. • staff-level ownership • delivery of production systems end-to-end • Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or product systems that support complex operational workflows. • building internal tools, developer platforms, or product systems • Ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces and bring structure through thoughtful design and collaboration. • navigate ambiguous problem spaces • Comfort debugging complex systems and investigating issues that span multiple services or infrastructure layers. • complex systems • Strong communication skills and the ability to clearly explain technical tradeoffs to engineers and non-engineers alike. • Proficiency in Python or Go (experience with Django, React, or TypeScript is a plus). • Travel and Office Policy: • Building Together on Common Ground. The Check team is distributed across the US, and we have offices in New York City and San Francisco. While we embrace remote work, time together in person is where we do our best work. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year! We expect all employees to attend our annual 3-day company retreat each spring. • For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the team hosts regular happy hours, game nights, etc.
Benefits
• For full-time employees, Check offers company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on their first day of work. We also provide stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, flexible return-to-work, 9 annual holidays, a 401k retirement plan, and a $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses. • The actual annual salary for this role depends on each candidate’s experience, qualifications, and work location. Most new hires are placed near the midpoint of this range to ensure fairness with our existing team’s compensation. • In San Francisco, NYC, LA, and Seattle, the expected range is between $225,000 and $247,500. • For all other locations, the expected range is between $214,000 and $235,400. • We accept applications on an ongoing basis with no specified deadline.Remote work at Check requires the ability to perform all responsibilities without distraction or disruption, while maintaining quality, effective communication, and productivity.
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