About this roleAs a Software Engineer early in your career, you'll ship real work on the platform that moves money, calculates taxes and runs compliance for thousands of businesses. You'll learn a complex, regulated domain quickly and build the judgment to turn messy real-world problems into software that partners and operators rely on.
What You'll Do- Build and ship software that improves how partners, operators and internal teams run payroll on Check
- Use AI to learn unfamiliar systems quickly, explore approaches, and write and test code
- Own everything you ship, however it was written, so you can explain it, review it critically and debug it in production
- Define the impact you're aiming for before you start, then release early, iterate and follow through until you reach it
- Work directly with engineers, product and operations to understand problems from the people who have them
- Share what you learn so the team gets better at building with AI
- Take feedback and mentorship well, and keep raising your own quality bar
What We're Looking For- High agency and curiosity, with a habit of running at problems and picking up context quickly
- Strong engineering fundamentals, so you can reason about systems and tradeoffs without an AI tool doing that thinking for you
- Hands-on experience building with AI tools, and the judgment to tell plausible output from correct output
- More interest in whether something worked than in how much code you wrote
- Clear communication with both technical and non-technical teammates
- Something you've built and are proud of, whether at work, in school or on your own
We don't require any particular programming language. You'll pick up our stack (Python/Django, React, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, GitHub) as you go.
LocationThis role requires a minimum of 2 days/week in-office, based in either NYC or SF.
What we offerFor 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, up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for 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.
Travel & Office PolicyThe Check team is distributed across the US. Roles can be remote, hybrid, or based in one of our offices in
New York City or
San Francisco. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons throughout year. All Checketeers gather in the spring for our annual 3-day company retreat.
For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on
Tuesdays and
Thursdays and there are regular happy hours, game nights, and other in-person events.
Remote work at Check requires the ability to perform all responsibilities without distraction or disruption, while maintaining quality, effective communication, and productivity.
