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Principal Software Engineer Denver, Colorado, United States
$25,000 - $278,212/Yr
Tbwa Chiat/Day - San Francisco, CA
posted 2 months ago
Full-time - Senior
Remote - San Francisco, CA
10,001+ employees
About the position
Checkr is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead the long-term design of its core systems and drive critical cross-organizational initiatives, including international expansion and enterprise architecture development. This role involves collaborating across the R&D organization to understand product domain models and customer needs, ensuring the architecture of a scalable, API-first product.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate the long-term architecture of core systems
- Develop a cohesive engineering strategy for Checkr's architecture
- Drive the evolution of Checkr's platform into enterprise and international markets
- Introduce Checkr's first versioning strategy
- Lead and sponsor API governance groups and advocate for best practices
- Understand customer, partner, and product team needs
- Ensure the quality, reliability, and scalability of services
- Collaborate in designing and implementing new features
- Partner with Product and management in project planning, focusing on timeline and scoping
- Advocate for Checkr in the developer community
Requirements
- 4+ years leading architecture projects across an organization
- 8+ years experience in a leadership role
- 20+ years experience as a software engineer
- Experience developing in Ruby and GoLang
- Solid understanding of Cloud technologies and all layers of backend stacks
- Strong collaboration, communication, and project management skills
- Deep understanding of microservices design and asynchronous queueing models
- Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams
- A strong sense of ownership
- Experience mentoring engineering and product teams in domain-driven design
- A great desire to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate
Benefits
- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive cash and equity compensation and opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Home office stipend
