About the position
As a Software Engineer at Checkr, you will work on high impact engineering projects that help build a fairer future for all. You will work in a collection of small services built on Ruby and Javascript, with both SQL and NoSQL databases, as well as message queues for asynchronous tasks. Checkr was founded by engineers for engineers; we want to create the best environment for developers to build, learn and love their work.
Responsibilities
- Own the product development of features from design, implementation, to release
- Partner with product, design and other stakeholders in designing new features
- Collaborate with other engineers in architecting and implementing new features
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our products
- Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of transactions a day
- Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
- Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features
- Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
- Quality mindset - you insist on quality as a critical pillar of your software deliverables
- Develop new end to end web applications
- Instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven mindset
Requirements
- 2+ years of software development experience
- Proficiency in Ruby and Javascript (or similar languages/frameworks)
- Proficiency with test frameworks and automation (e.g. Cypress)
- Passionate about XP practices, Domain Driven Design, and Continuous Delivery
- Experience developing RESTful APIs
- Strong documentation skills
- A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
- A desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
- An eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, innovate, and have fun
Nice-to-haves
- Bonus points for experience with in-house component-based design systems
Benefits
- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive 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, home office stipend
