Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Truework sits in a common SaaS pattern: a product-focused unit operating with independence inside a larger platform after an acquisition. That structure matters in SaaS because it often combines startup-style iteration on a specific product line with the operational expectations of an established business. The role also maps to a B2B infrastructure use case where reliability and data access are central, which tends to sharpen engineering decisions around APIs, security, and service performance.
For a SaaS engineer, the career upside here is exposure to end-to-end product delivery rather than isolated ticket execution. The listing signals work that spans feature definition with product partners, instrumentation and experimentation, and production ownership, all of which are durable skills across SaaS environments. Experience building and operating backend services at meaningful customer scale translates well to other subscription businesses where retention depends on uptime, latency, and trust.
This position fits an individual contributor who prefers autonomy, can navigate ambiguity without heavy process, and enjoys balancing craftsmanship with pragmatic shipping. It also suits engineers who want to deepen Python-based backend development while staying close to product outcomes and cross-functional stakeholders, rather than focusing purely on internal tooling or narrowly scoped components.
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 Role
Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment and income information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks and more. We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents, with a better product and intense customer focus. Within Checkr, Truework operates independently, allowing rapid iteration while also being able to leverage the strengths and assets from our core business. Think of it like joining a startup within a startup!
As a Software Engineer on the Truework team you will help develop and maintain the platform that’s used by 8 of the top 10 mortgage lenders in the US. At Checkr, Engineers take ownership and responsibility on all aspects of Product development from leading projects, working with product managers and customers to define and implement features, to collaborating with our sales and marketing teams on launching and scaling products. You’ll have a lot of autonomy and will be successful if you have high agency and a keen sense of craftsmanship.
Most of the work we need to do is backend-oriented but we are open to candidates from a broad set of roles (full stack, backend, QA engineers, SREs, etc.) if you meet our requirements.
What you’ll do
- Be an independent individual contributor who can solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal/high-level oversight and a high level of ownership
- Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features
- Partner with engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders in designing and architecting new features
- Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
- Quality mindset - you insist on quality as a critical pillar of your software deliverables
- Analytical mindset - instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven approach
- Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting Truework’s significant scale
- Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
What you bring
- 2+ years of software development experience
- Bachelor degree (or equivalent education/training)
- Proficiency in Python and JavaScript
- Experience developing RESTful APIs
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
- A desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
- An eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, innovate, and have fun
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes
What you’ll 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
