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Check is rebuilding payroll infrastructure from the ground up. As the inventors of embedded payroll, the company powers businesses that run payroll by providing API infrastructure and a platform for building and scaling payroll solutions. The platform handles money movement, tax calculations, and compliance workflows for thousands of businesses across all industries.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll contribute to this core platform using your technical knowledge and product sense to build features with real business impact. You'll work on end-to-end problem-solving from conception through implementation, often collaborating across traditional domain boundaries to land innovative solutions. The engineering team operates as one cohesive unit, staffed based on business priorities rather than fixed domains, with a high level of ownership and autonomy.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading end-to-end problem-solving and building prototypes for creative solutions
- Contributing to code quality through reviews and team operations
- Simplifying the team's domain by spotting patterns, building expertise, and questioning the status quo
- Making decisions with clear, documented critical thinking
- Growing the team through genuine connections and transparent collaboration
- Working autonomously on team-wide projects that deliver business impact
- Managing multiple internal stakeholders and end-customer needs in a cross-functional environment
The Check team is distributed across the US with offices in New York City and San Francisco. While roles can be remote, hybrid, or office-based, the company encourages attendance at team offsites, events, and hackathons throughout the year, with an annual 3-day company retreat in spring.
Requirements:
- Senior-level experience building complex systems or working within regulated industries, with a focus on scaling
- Ability to work autonomously on team-wide projects
- Experience in cross-functional, collaborative environments managing multiple stakeholders
- Track record of high-quality, quick decision-making informed by learned experience
- Curiosity and tenacity to debug complex problems in intricate systems
- Willingness to learn the current tech stack: Python/Django, React, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, and GitHub
