Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Integrations sit at the connective tissue of modern SaaS, especially in HR tech where customers expect platforms to slot cleanly into existing ATS, HRIS, and payroll systems. This Staff Software Engineer role is notable because it operates at the boundary between Checkr’s core product and a broad partner ecosystem, where reliability and consistency across many third-party surfaces determine real customer outcomes.
From a SaaS career perspective, integrations work builds durable expertise in platform thinking: designing APIs that external teams can depend on, managing identity and authorization patterns such as OAuth, and handling event-driven workflows via webhooks. It also develops judgment around versioning, backward compatibility, and operational quality, all of which become increasingly important as a SaaS product expands its footprint across customer stacks.
The role suits an experienced engineer who prefers end-to-end ownership and is comfortable influencing architecture across multiple services rather than focusing on a single codebase. It aligns with professionals who enjoy cross-functional collaboration and mentorship, and who want their technical decisions to shape how a SaaS platform is adopted and extended by partners and customers.
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
The Integrations team at Checkr builds and maintains the pre-built integrations that plug Checkr's background check platform directly into the HR tech stacks of our customers. With 200+ integrations across the industry's top ATS, HRIS, and payroll platforms, including Workday, iCIMS, SAP SuccessFactors, and many others, the team eliminates redundancies across platforms and enables a seamless screening workflow for recruiters and candidates alike.
As a Staff Engineer on the Integrations team, you'll drive the technical architecture of complex, multi-system workflows, spanning OAuth flows, webhook event processing, data mapping, and partner-facing APIs. You'll set the technical bar for how Checkr's platform connects to the broader HR landscape, enabling faster hiring and a better experience for both employers and candidates.
What you’ll do
- Own development of the product from ideation, design, implementation, to release
- Bring a customer-centric, product-first mindset to the table - collaborate with Design, Product, Data, and others to instrument and deploy new product experiments and ship impactful features
- Define and lead technical initiatives to enable growth at scale and address technical debt, both within the team and across the organization
- Provide mentorship to engineers on the team and across the organization
- Spread development best practices through knowledge sharing and documentation
- Partner with product and engineering management in quarterly and annual planning activities
- Ensure the quality, reliability, and scalability of our services
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of software development experience and 3+ years experience in a project leadership role
- Deep expertise in backend development (e.g., Ruby, Node.js, or similar), with working proficiency in frontend technologies such as JavaScript and React to support API development and integrations
- Experience building scalable systems with automated testing, observability, and high performance (A/B testing a plus)
- A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
- A proven ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong communication, project management, and a commitment to mentoring engineers
- 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 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
