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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

United States, San Francisco Employment contract 213000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted April 24, 2025

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As a Staff Software Engineer on the Developer Productivity team within the Platform group, you will drive initiatives to enhance how services are built and maintained, focusing on improving observability and developer experience. Your role will be instrumental in defining best practices and creating pathways that enable the engineering organization to deliver efficient and robust software solutions. You will have the opportunity to lead significant initiatives that shape our entire system's development processes and have a substantial impact across the engineering organization.

Job Responsibility

  • Enhance our observability posture by implementing best practices and enabling the effective use of observability tools across the engineering organization
  • Define and implement golden paths for service building, including the development of essential components that support these paths
  • Lead architectural discussions with cross-functional teams to align on and drive engineering best practices
  • Develop the strategy and roadmap to improve the developer experience organization-wide
  • Design, build, and maintain core software tools and libraries used by Checkr’s engineering teams
  • Provide feedback and consultation to enhance development workflows and ensure our systems' reliability and performance
  • Communicate complex technical information and advocate for developer productivity initiatives to stakeholders at all levels

Requirements

  • 8+ years experience as a software engineer working with a focus on developer tools and productivity (Ruby, Python, or GoLang)
  • 5+ years experience leading engineering projects/programs, with a focus on improving developer workflows
  • Strong understanding of modern observability frameworks and practices
  • Deep experience with microservices design, REST APIs, and common development workflow tools
  • Strong skills in collaboration, documentation, and communication

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
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