Senior Software Engineer

Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Hybrid

About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr's innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

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.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Checkr, you'll work on high-impact engineering projects that help build a fairer future for all. Checkr is looking for an experienced engineer to join the Enterprise group, focusing on building integrations with Applicant Management Systems (ATS).

Our team's mission is to provide the industry's most accurate and comprehensive criminal history for clients worldwide. We are hiring for a team focused on unifying the experiences we offer across all of Checkr's background screening products (for both U.S. and international customers), providing common platform capabilities to other Checkr teams. Our team will be divided into 70% backend and 30% frontend. As a senior engineer, you'll play a critical role in the solution architecture.

What you'll do:

• Learn about ATS systems and the international laws governing background checks. These rules vary by country, and our platform must support them all: this team focuses on building well-architected and bounded platform functionalities.
• Your primary customers will be other internal Checkr teams building specific assessment products!
• You'll help unify the code (backend + frontend) and user experience (UX) of these assessments across the organization, so our clients have the same quality of service no matter where in the world they're hiring.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers and leadership to design the right solutions and execution plans that materialize our platform vision.
• Communicate with internal and external developers to build solutions that improve their productivity.

Mandatory requirements (Must haves):

• Advanced English (excluding requirement) all interviews are in English.
• Availability to work in hybrid mode in Santiago de Chile, we go 3 days a week to the office.
• More than 7 years of experience in full-stack software development.
• A strong sense of ownership over your projects.
• Strong experience with Ruby (preferred), Python, or Java, plus JavaScript (React.js).
• In-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of Computer Science: relational databases, data structures and algorithms, ORM (Object Relational Mapping) and REST APIs.
• Good development practices using TDD (Test Driven Development), DDD (Domain Driven Design) and functional and object-oriented programming.
• Experience with microservices (and patterns such as event sourcing or API Gateways).
• A gamer-to-player mentality with a strong bias towards action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient in the face of ambiguity, and take responsibility for achieving meaningful results.

Nice to have:

• Experience with event-oriented architectures (using tools such as Kafka, RabbitMQ or SQS).
• Experience in observability (using tools such as Datadog, Grafana or Splunk).
• Experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Curious to discover how to deliver clean, robust, and scalable code.
• Understanding of how to build reliable distributed systems and ability to discuss their trade-offs in depth.
• Great communication skills and ability to reach agreements between groups of people with different levels of technical knowledge.

What you'll get

• A collaborative and dynamic environment.
• Be part of an international company based in the United States.
• $3,000 annual bonus for certifications, courses, learning and professional development.
• Competitive compensation and opportunities for professional and personal advancement.
• 100% coverage in health, dental and vision for employees and dependents.
• Additional vacation benefits (5 extra days) and flexibility to take time off.
• MSW (restricted stock units)
• Lunch on the days you go to the office

Pay Transparency Disclosure

One of Checkr's core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we've made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Santiago, Chile)

$49.980.000 - $58.800.000 CLP

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, Nashville, TN, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr
Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance.
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