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Staff Software Engineer

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$186,065 - $234,200
Oct 9, 2025
San Francisco, CA, US • Remote, US
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Check is looking to solve complex payroll problems by building scalable systems and services.

Requirements

  • Experience building complex systems (or within a regulated industry) that have scaled and changed over time
  • Proficient in debugging complex systems and handling critical incidents
  • Experience setting a technical strategy across teams
  • Proficiency in Python or Go (Django, React or Typescript is a plus)
  • Experience with staff level ownership and impact across an organization
  • Resiliency solving highly ambiguous problem or creating structure for collaboration
  • Experience with cloud-native tools managed by IaC, running a Python modular monolith

Responsibilities

  • Actively make Check better by working hands-on with gnarliest problems across engineering teams.
  • Build prototypes for creative solutions to fail fast and expedite future development.
  • Simplify how and what we’re building by shaping the system’s architecture.
  • Role model clear, critical thinking through code, written proposals, or diagrams that illuminate problems and set direction
  • Architect and build scalable systems and services within our mono-repo, while taking ownership of end-to-end delivery from design to deployment.
  • Coach your team by building genuine connections, embracing vulnerability, and working transparently.
  • Share hot takes and candid, constructive feedback on ways we make our team or platform better.

Other

  • Attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year
  • Attend our annual 3-day company retreat in the fall
  • Travel to offices in New York City and San Francisco
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
  • Flexible PTO and sick leave
  • 9 annual holidays
  • 401k retirement plan
  • $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses