Checkr, Inc. · 5 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$162K/yr - $190K/yr
6+ years expCheckr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. They are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join their Data Platform team, which is crucial for developing and maintaining scalable data platforms for fair and safe hiring decisions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer APIsHuman ResourcesLegal TechMachine Learning
Responsibilities
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 for a highly scalable data platform
Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a computer-related field or equivalent work experience
6-7+ years of development experience in the field of data engineering (5+ years writing PySpark)
Experience building large-scale (100s of Terabytes and Petabytes) data processing pipelines - batch and stream
Experience with ETL/ELT, stream and batch processing of data at scale
Strong proficiency in PySpark, Python, and SQL
Expertise in understanding database systems, data modeling, relational databases, NoSQL (such as MongoDB)
Experience with big data technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Iceberg, Datalake, and AWS stack (EKS, EMR, Serverless, Glue, Athena, S3, etc.)
Knowledge of security best practices and data privacy concerns
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Preferred
Experience/knowledge of data processing platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
An understanding of Graph and Vector data stores (preferred)
Benefits
Learning and development allowance
100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
Flexible PTO policy
Monthly wellness stipend
Company
Checkr, Inc.
Checkr is the data platform that powers safe and fair decisions.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$740.1MKey Investors
Durable Capital PartnersT. Rowe PriceY Combinator
2025-05-16Undisclosed· $61.1M
2022-04-14Series E· $120M
2022-01-18Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Daniel Yanisse
Co-founder & CEO
Jonathan Perichon
Co-founder
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