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Salary: USD 185,000 - 218,000 / annual
Checkr is a data platform powering safe and fair decisions through AI verification. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for background screening across hiring, housing, rideshare, childcare, and dating use cases. Customers include Uber, Airbnb, DoorDash, Pennymac, and Anthropic. The company is on the Forbes Cloud 100 2025 list and was named a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) team, you will report to the Engineering Manager and own the systems powering Checkr's MVR screenings. You will lead the design and execution of reliable, scalable services across the entire MVR lifecycle—from ordering and retrieving records from data sources through processing, normalization, and delivery in customer reports.
Key responsibilities include:
- End-to-end ownership of complex MVR features from ideation through implementation, release, and ongoing operation
- Defining and driving technical direction for MVR systems, identifying architectural improvements that increase reliability, reduce turnaround time, and improve extensibility
- Partnering with Data Supply Chain, Supply Chain Operations, Product, and Operations teams to translate data provider realities and customer needs into scalable solutions
- Designing and maintaining high-performance services meeting standards for data accuracy, security, and compliance
- Proactively identifying systemic risks across MVR data flows, leading incident response and root-cause analysis, and driving durable fixes
- Mentoring engineers on the team and across the organization, raising the bar on code quality, design reviews, and engineering practices
- Embracing an AI-first engineering culture, leveraging AI-assisted tools and models to amplify impact
Checkr operates hub locations in Denver, San Francisco, Nashville, and Santiago. The role expects 3+ days per week in-office presence, with in-office perks including lunch five times weekly, commuter stipend, and relocation assistance available.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience building scalable backend systems with strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language
- Deep understanding of relational databases, ORMs, and RESTful APIs
- Proven track record designing and maintaining reliable distributed systems, including hands-on experience with microservices, CI/CD, and asynchronous or event-driven architectures
- Experience integrating with external data providers or third-party APIs, and building pipelines that handle inconsistent, delayed, or incomplete data with accuracy and resilience
- Systems thinking: ability to reason about platforms end-to-end, weigh architectural trade-offs, and design solutions that scale as data sources, volume, and requirements change
- Full-cycle ownership of work and ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to engineering and non-engineering partners
- A-player mindset with strong bias for action, raising the bar, moving with urgency, staying resilient through ambiguity, and taking ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes
