Check is looking to solve the problem of broken payroll systems by building simple, modern financial software. They aim to redefine how people get paid and make it easier for payroll businesses to launch, grow, and thrive by providing robust infrastructure and systems thinking.
Requirements
- Deep hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, Docker, and modern CI/CD systems
- Strong systems design skills and a track record of building reliable, maintainable services
- Proficiency in Python and experience with TypeScript or React is a plus
- Strong debugging skills and the ability to simplify complex systems over time
- Ability to set direction and rally others around clear technical goals
- Background working in startup environments where engineers own their own infrastructure and ship product code
- Staff-level experience setting technical direction and delivering impact across multiple teams
Responsibilities
- Design and scale the systems that move money, file taxes, and power every product we build
- Drive improvements across infrastructure, reliability, and developer experience
- Lead projects that simplify our architecture and increase performance as we grow
- Shape how Check builds software by improving CI/CD, observability, and developer tooling
- Own key technical outcomes end-to-end, from design through production rollout
- Collaborate closely with other teams to deliver technical solutions that unlock business goals
- Share knowledge openly, mentor others, and contribute to a culture of ownership and learning
Other
- Attend team off-sites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year
- Attend our annual 3-day company retreat in the Spring
- Remote work at Check requires the ability to perform all responsibilities without distraction or disruption, while maintaining quality, effective communication, and productivity.
- Check is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
- Check participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with Form I-9 information from all new employees to confirm that they are authorized to work in the U.S.
