About this roleAs a
Senior Software Engineer at Check, you'll use your technical knowledge and product sense to build features that make a real impact. You'll contribute to the platform that powers money movement, tax calculations, and compliance workflows for thousands of businesses. By turning complex infrastructure into clear, reliable systems for our partners, you'll allow teams to run payroll confidently and help thousands of people get paid.
What You'll Do- 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.
What We're Looking For- Senior-level experience building complex systems or working within regulated industries, with a focus on scaling.
- Ability to work autonomously on team-wide projects that deliver impact for the business.
- Experience working in a cross-functional, collaborative environment while managing multiple internal stakeholders and end customers.
- Track record of high quality, quick decision-making influenced by learned experience.
- Curiosity and tenacity to debug complex problems in intricate systems.
- While we don't have requirements for programming languages, a desire to learn our current stack is required: Python/Django, React, Typescript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, Github.
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.
