Senior Software Engineer

The Work

At Check, you’ll merge your engineering know-how with your passion for making a real impact. We build using cloud-native tools managed by IaC, running a Python modular monolith that employs the best principles of distributed systems while maintaining the simplicity and ownership of a mono-repo. Our stack builds on traditional HTTP API paradigms and durable asynchronous execution frameworks to orchestrate complex and dynamic background jobs to do everything from moving money to filing taxes.

In this role, you will:

• Lead end-to-end problem-solving, from conception to implementation, often stepping out of your lane and partnering with new perspectives to land innovative solutions.
• Build prototypes for creative solutions to the problems you’re solving.
• Share hot takes and candid, constructive feedback to improve your team
• Improve your team’s quality bar through contributions, reviews, and team operations
• Simplify the team's domain by spotting patterns, building expertise within your team’s domain, and questioning the status quo.
• Make decisions and hone your judgment by documenting clear, critical thinking and evaluating options.
• Grow your team by building genuine connections, embracing vulnerability, and working transparently.

Our Stack: 

• Python/Django for our API
• React and Typescript for our frontends
• AWS and Terraform for our cloud infrastructure
• Postgres for our database
• Temporal for workflow orchestration
• GitLab for issue tracking and CI/CD

Tools for the job:

• Experience owning team-wide projects and obsessing over the impact, and managing expectations across stakeholders
• Experience building complex systems or working within regulated industries, with a focus on scaling
• Track record of high quality and high velocity decision-making influenced by lessons learned
• Strong skills in debugging intricate systems
• Proficiency in Python or Go (experience with Django, React, or TypeScript is a plus)

Travel and Office Policy: Building Together on Common Ground

The Check team is distributed across the US, and we have offices in New York City and San Francisco. While we embrace remote work, time together in person is where we do our best work. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year! We expect all employees to attend our annual 3-day company retreat in the fall.  

For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the team hosts regular happy hours, game nights, etc.

What we offer:

For full-time employees, Check offers company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on their first day of work. We also provide stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, flexible return-to-work, 9 annual holidays, a 401k retirement plan, and a $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses.

The actual annual salary for this role depends on each candidate’s experience, qualifications, and work location. Most new hires are placed near the midpoint of this range to ensure fairness with our existing team’s compensation. 

• In San Francisco, NYC, LA, and Seattle, the expected range is between $193,900 and $207,500.
• For all other locations, the expected range is between $164,815 and $176,350.