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Staff Data Engineer

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Checkr

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Location:
United States, San Francisco

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Category:
IT - Software Development

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Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Salary:

166000.00 - 230000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

Checkr is hiring an experienced Staff Data Engineer to join their Data Platform team, responsible for developing scalable solutions that support fair hiring decisions. You will play a pivotal role in developing the centralized data platform critical to Checkr’s mission and customer-facing products while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.

Job Responsibility:

  • Architect, design, lead and build end-to-end performant, reliable, scalable data platform
  • monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team
  • mentor, guide and work with junior engineers to deliver complex and next-generation features
  • partner with engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders in designing and architecting new features
  • create and maintain data pipelines and foundational datasets to support product/business needs
  • experiment with rapid MVPs and encourage validation of customer needs
  • design and build database architectures with massive and complex data
  • develop audits for data quality at scale
  • create scalable dashboards and reports to support business objectives and enable data-driven decision-making
  • troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in production environments.

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of designing, implementing and delivering highly scalable and performant data platform
  • 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
  • expert level proficiency in PySpark, Python, and SQL
  • expertise in data modeling, relational databases, NoSQL (such as MongoDB) data stores
  • experience with big data technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Iceberg, Datalake, and AWS stack (EKS, EMR, Serverless, Glue, Athena, S3, etc.)
  • an understanding of Graph and Vector data stores (preferred)
  • knowledge of security best practices and data privacy concerns
  • strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
  • experience/knowledge of data processing platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake.

Nice to have:

An understanding of Graph and Vector data stores.

What we offer:
  • 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
  • home office stipend
  • in-office perks such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
November 14, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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