check-technologies - Software Engineer, Staff
Requirements
• Experience with staff-level ownership and delivery of production systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operation. • Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or product systems that support complex operational workflows. • Ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces and bring structure through thoughtful design and collaboration. • Comfort debugging complex systems and investigating issues that span multiple services or infrastructure layers. • Ability to articulate technical tradeoffs to engineers and cross-functional partners. • While we don't have requirements for programming languages, experience with or, at minimum, a desire to learn our current stack is helpful: Python/Django, React, Typescript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, Github. • ENGINEERING CULTURE AT CHECK • At Check, engineering operates as one team. Engineers are staffed based on business priorities, not tied to fixed domains. Engineers stay close to the work and to each other’s decisions. The team is small and operates with a high level of ownership. Work does not sit waiting on ownership boundaries, and people step in to move things forward when something is stuck.
Responsibilities
• Run at complex problems across our platform, designing and building products that translate complex payroll infrastructure into intuitive tools for operators and partners. • Own projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem and shaping the solution through design, implementation, rollout, and iteration based on real-world usage. • 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. • Build internal and partner-facing tools that improve the visibility, reliability, and explainability of how money moves through the payroll system. • Reduce friction in our systems by improving workflows, architecture, and tooling for both developers and operators. • Role model clear, critical thinking through code, proposals, and diagrams that help teams align and move forward together. • Raise the quality bar by working in the open, giving thoughtful feedback, mentoring teammates, and helping the team ship work we’re proud of.
Benefits
• Check is proud to offer full-time employee benefits that support a healthy life outside of work for individuals of different backgrounds. • Medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on your first day of work. • Flexible PTO and sick leave - 9 company holidays, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for new parents with flexible return-to-work • 401k retirement plan • $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses • Your actual base salary and equity will depend on your experience, qualifications, and work location. Most new hires are placed near the midpoint of the listed range to ensure equitability on our team. • In San Francisco, NYC, LA, and Seattle, the expected range is between $200,000 and $247,500. • For all other locations in the US, the expected range is between $180,000 and $235,400. • We accept applications on an ongoing basis with no specified deadline. • TRAVEL & OFFICE POLICY • The Check team is distributed across the US. Roles can be remote, hybrid, or based in one of our offices in New York City or San Francisco. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year. All Checketeers gather in the spring for a required 3-day company offsite. • For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and there are regular happy hours, game nights, and other in-person events.
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