Software Engineer, Reliability
What you’ll do
- Design, build, ship, and maintain the core observability libraries, tools, and patterns used by all of Checkr’s engineering teams
- Troubleshoot complex production issues across the stack, with respect to performance, availability, and data quality
- Participate in a cross-organization incident response team, driving continuous improvement
- Contribute to architectural discussions within the SRE team and with cross-functional teams
- Influence cross-team projects and the reliability roadmap to enable engineering and help Checkr customers
- Provide consultation and feedback across teams to ensure we are building highly reliable, efficient, and scalable systems
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 2+ years of software engineering experience, including 1+ years focused on reliability, scalability, and efficiency of distributed systems
- Proficiency in Python (preferred), Go, or Ruby within Linux environments, and strong understanding of microservices, asynchronous systems, and remote APIs
- Experience developing and operating production, customer-facing systems in AWS or Azure using Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform
- Skilled in observability and incident response practices using tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry, with a focus on continuous improvement
- Strong collaboration, documentation, and communication skills, with experience leading small projects, promoting platform adoption, and fostering a self-service, product-first mindset
- 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 We Offer
- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- In-office hub locations: Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile
- Expectations to work from the office 3+ days a week
- In-office perks: lunch five times a week, commuter stipend, snacks and beverages
- A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location
