Senior Software Engineer

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Check is leading a revolution in the payroll industry. Payroll is the backbone of the US economy, and yet it has not undergone significant innovation in decades. We invented the embedded payroll space to change that (see: Check: Solving the $150 Billion Payroll Problem, Bank On It; Episode 438), both for the business owners who spend countless hours per week running payroll and for the millions of Americans who depend on their next paycheck.

At Check, our mission is to empower the most innovative software platforms to create new payroll businesses, and enable those businesses to transform the way companies pay their employees.

At Check, you’ll merge your engineering know-how with your passion for making a real impact. We build using cloud-native tools managed by IaC, running a Python modular monolith that employs the best principles of distributed systems while maintaining the simplicity and ownership of a mono-repo. Our stack builds on traditional HTTP API paradigms and durable asynchronous execution frameworks to orchestrate complex and dynamic background jobs to do everything from moving money to filing taxes.

In this role, you will:

Lead end-to-end problem-solving
, from conception to implementation, often stepping out of your lane and partnering with new perspectives to land innovative solutions.

Build prototypes for creative solutions to the problems you’re solving.

Share
hot takes and
candid, constructive feedback to improve your team

Improve your team’s quality bar through contributions, reviews, and team operations

Simplify the team's domain by spotting patterns, building expertise within your team’s domain, and questioning the status quo.

Make decisions and hone your judgment by documenting clear, critical thinking and evaluating options.

Grow your team by building
genuine connections
, embracing vulnerability, and working transparently.

Our Stack:

Python/Django for our API

React and Typescript for our frontends

AWS and Terraform for our cloud infrastructure

Postgres for our database

Temporal for workflow orchestration

Git Lab for issue tracking and CI/CD

Tools for the job:

Experience
owning team-wide projects and obsessing over the impact, and managing expectations across stakeholders

Experience
building complex systems or working within
regulated industries
, with a focus on scaling

Track record of high quality and high velocity
decision-making influenced by lessons learned

Proficiency in Python or Go (experience with Django, React, or Type Script is a plus)

Travel and Office Policy:

Building Together on Common Ground. The Check team is distributed across the US, and we have offices in New York City and San Francisco. While we embrace remote work, time together in person is where we do our best work. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year! We expect all employees to attend our annual 3-day company retreat in the fall.

For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the team hosts regular happy hours, game nights, etc.

What we offer:

For full-time employees, Check offers company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on their first day of work. We also provide stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, flexible return-to-work, 9 annual holidays, a 401k retirement plan, and a $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses.

The actual annual salary for this role depends on each candidate’s experience, qualifications, and work location. Most new hires are placed near the midpoint of this range to ensure fairness with our existing team’s compensation.

In San Francisco, NYC, LA, and Seattle, the expected range is between $200,000 and $220,000.

For all other locations, the expected range is between $180,000 and $198,000.