Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Staff Software Engineer role stands out in SaaS because it sits at the intersection of consumer product delivery and embedded platform distribution. Checkr Personal is described as a newer product within a “new products lab,” suggesting a product line still being shaped while benefiting from an established company’s reach. The domain—background checks and credential verification—also reflects a common SaaS pattern: turning trust and identity workflows into reusable product capabilities.
From a career standpoint, the work emphasizes SaaS fundamentals that translate across companies: end-to-end ownership, building and evolving APIs, and integrating third-party services to expand product surface area. The focus on running and measuring product experiments points to a feedback-driven development loop that is central to modern SaaS iteration. Experience balancing speed with maintainability and testing discipline is also broadly portable across subscription products where reliability compounds over time.
This role is best suited to an experienced full-stack engineer who enjoys forming strong product opinions, working through ambiguity, and partnering closely with customers and internal stakeholders. It will fit someone motivated by shipping complete features—from idea to production impact—rather than specializing narrowly in a single layer of the stack.
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
Checkr Personal is our consumer product for ordering background checks and verifying credentials. Our vision is to build the largest network of verified individuals. Over the past year, we’ve seen exponential growth, both through direct-to-consumer adoption and growing demand from job platforms looking to embed our verified profiles to let their workers stand out.
This team is part of the Checkr new products lab: we operate with the speed of a small startup, while enjoying the leverage and resources of a known technology brand.
Since launching, we’ve seen significant traction and we are looking for a Staff Full Stack Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in the continued growth of our startup.
You are the right fit if:
- You have strong product opinions and aren’t afraid to voice them.
- You are comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities.
- You value in-person collaboration and fast iteration with the team.
- You know when to optimize for speed versus striving for perfection.
- You are comfortable working across the entire software stack.
- You take full ownership: from idea to execution to real customer and business impact.
What you'll do:
- Work closely with customers, engineers, and leaders to design, build, and launch new products.
- Take full ownership of the entire process of developing end-to-end applications, from shaping the idea to delivering the finished application.
- Run and measure product experiments, using what you learn to guide future development.
- Build and improve APIs, including integrating with third-party services to expand what our products can do.
- Keep code reliable and easy to maintain with solid testing, thoughtful reviews, and good practices.
What you bring:
- BS/MS degree in either computer science or electrical engineering
- Have founded or held early roles at successful fast-paced startups
- 6+ years of full stack software development experience
- Advanced knowledge in Ruby (Ruby on Rails) and Javascript (React)
- Amazing product sense
- Experimentation mindset: autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
- Experience building scalable technical architecture that can scale to 10mm+ users (including observability tooling, container orchestration, etc)
Nice to have:
- Experience building consumer products
- Experience with data analysis
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
- Working at a startup within a startup
At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. This role is in person in San Francisco 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
