Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior Software Engineer role sits in a mature, revenue-critical area of a SaaS platform: screenings and verifications. The remit spans both product evolution (new capabilities, partnerships, real-time offerings) and operational integrity, which is typical of SaaS businesses where reliability and turnaround time directly shape customer experience. The mention of international product investment also signals work that must reconcile regional differences while maintaining parity across markets.
For a SaaS engineering career, the value is in learning how established product lines keep shipping without eroding stability. The role touches end-to-end delivery—from design through release—alongside roadmap sizing with Product, which builds fluency in the trade-offs between near-term delivery and longer-term platform direction. Exposure to on-call, support signals, and preventative reliability work is also transferable across SaaS companies that operate always-on services.
This position is best suited to an engineer who prefers ownership across the lifecycle and is comfortable balancing feature development with operational responsibility. It fits someone who enjoys collaborating with Product on shaping initiatives, and who wants to influence engineering practices through mentorship and technical proposals rather than focusing solely on individual delivery.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About the team/role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Screenings & Verifications team at Checkr, you will play a crucial role in advancing our product in our mission to create the data platform of the future. This team focuses on mature products, such as employment, education, drug, and health screenings, by expanding supply chains and enhancing user experiences. They aim to innovate existing products by exploring partnerships and real-time offerings. There are plans to invest in international products to improve turnaround times and customer experiences, with a focus on achieving feature and product parity with their domestic offerings.
What you’ll do
- Develop new platform capabilities and product offerings from design through release
- Find the balance between speed to market and long-term growth by designing for the horizon and building for today
- Partner with Product to define appropriately sized initiatives to construct a roadmap that meets business needs quarter over quarter
- Preserve customer goodwill by ensuring system availability by participating in on-call rotation, addressing support tickets, and taking action on preventative measures to improve reliability
- Provide mentorship to engineers on the team and across the organization
Play an active role in the continuous improvement of the engineering organization through lunch table discussions, team showcases, and reviews with senior leadership
What you bring:
- 6+ years of backend software development experience with a strong proficiency in Ruby (preferred), Golang, or JavaScript/TypeScript
- Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as relational and non-relational databases, data structures, algorithms, and REST APIs
- Experience with domain modeling, object design, and system architecture
- Proven track record of writing clear, tested, and concise code
- Proficiency to set expectations and inform decisions through project estimates based on the information available
- Ability to write and review technical proposals, providing constructive feedback and articulating trade-offs
- Strong sense of ownership across all aspects of the development lifecycle, including incident response and accountability for product robustness
- Desire to collaborate and share knowledge with peers, both within the team and across the organization
- Eagerness to learn, improve, and innovate in a fast-paced and collaborative environment
What you get:
- A fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive 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
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