Software Engineer

Check is hiring a full stack engineer to expand our embedded payroll platform: the intuitive APIs, delightful UIs, and product-backed services that simplify creating, growing, and running a payroll business for our partners. This is the perfect role for an engineer who wants to have an outsized business impact. Our technical stack includes Python, Django, React, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS.

In this role, you will:

• Scope, develop, and lead large technical projects with significant business impact

• Build tools that support and automate complex payroll workflows for our partners and internal teams

• Influence the culture, values, and processes of a growing engineering team

• Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities to achieve our business goals

• Provide input on product and strategic decision-making

You may be a fit for this role if you:

• Have a strong product/user orientation

• Focus on iterative value delivery

• Have led projects that simplify complex concepts through software

• Enjoy navigating ambiguity and making decisions independently

• Have interest in designing both frontend UIs and backend APIs

• Love working with cross-functional stakeholders

We use:

• Python (type-annotated) and Django for our API

• React and TypeScript for our frontends

• Postgres for our database

• AWS for our cloud infrastructure

• GitLab for issue tracking and CI/CD

What we offer: 

At Check, transparency and fairness in compensation are our top priorities. Operating on a flat titling system, our engineering team ensures equity and opportunity for all team members. We believe in empowering engineers, irrespective of their job level, to lead projects they're passionate about and collaborate as equals with their fellow Checketeers. Candidates are assessed based on their unique experience and qualifications, with the expected annual salary/hourly rate varying by job level and location:

• The expected range in San Francisco, NYC, LA, and Seattle is between $168,900 and $213,290. 

• The expected range For all other locations is between $143,550 and $181,297. 

Full-time employees receive comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, stock options, flexible PTO, parental leave, holidays, a 401k plan, and a $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses.