Checkr, Inc.
Senior Staff DevOps Engineer
Checkr, Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
About Checkr
Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014 and valued at $5B, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping thousands of companies like Uber, Instacart, Netflix, Compass Group, and Adecco to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe.A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr has been recognized as one of BuiltIn's 2023 Best Places to Work in the US and is a Y Combinator 2023 Breakthrough Company and Top Company by Valuation.As a Senior Staff DevOps Engineer at Checkr, your primary function will not just be managing our infrastructure, but also acting as a bridge, cementing strong relationships across all engineering teams. Your distinct role will involve fostering a culture of shared responsibility promoting Platform Engineering practices and driving platform adoption across teams. You will enable all teams to take collective ownership of their software's reliability, scalability, and performance. You will also guide other teams in fine-tuning their services, resulting in improved robustness and efficiency, ensuring that every team can focus on building superior software, backed by a reliable, scalable, and efficient infrastructure.What a Typical Week May Look Like At CheckrBuilding, maintaining, optimizing, and scaling Checkr’s cloud infrastructureImproving infrastructure operations and processes with automation and toolingOptimizing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolingParticipating in or leading design reviews and production reviews for new infrastructure servicesDebugging production issues across services and levels of the stackEnsuring the scalability and security of Checkr infrastructurePartnering with application developers to ensure best practices and efficient use of infrastructureBuilding and fostering collaborative relationships with other engineering teams and leadersPlanning for the growth of Checkr’s infrastructureWhat You’ll Bring10+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer or related experienceExperience driving platform adoption with various product engineering teams, guided by a self-service and product-first approachExpertise in designing technical architecture and creating a strategic roadmap to realize a technical visionExpertise with AWS, Kubernetes, containers, CI, CD, IaC, Terraform, Linux, and microservice architectureAdvanced knowledge of TCP/IP, web application security, and HTTP/HTTPSExperience with Istio or other service mesh technologiesYour rollback plans are just as meticulous as your rollout plansAn ability, willingness, and desire to mentor and up-level less experienced Infrastructure EngineersA passion for customer-centricity and building relationships with other teamsUnwavering commitment to operational security and best practicesActively coding in Go, Python, or RubyWhat You’ll GetA fast-paced and collaborative environmentLearning and development allowanceCompetitive compensation and opportunity for advancement100% medical, dental, and vision coverageUp to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning servicesFlexible PTO policyMonthly wellness stipend, home office stipendAt Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website. The base salary range for this role is $237,235 to $320,965 in San Francisco, CA.Equal Employment Opportunities at CheckrCheckr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
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Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014 and valued at $5B, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping thousands of companies like Uber, Instacart, Netflix, Compass Group, and Adecco to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe.A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr has been recognized as one of BuiltIn's 2023 Best Places to Work in the US and is a Y Combinator 2023 Breakthrough Company and Top Company by Valuation.As a Senior Staff DevOps Engineer at Checkr, your primary function will not just be managing our infrastructure, but also acting as a bridge, cementing strong relationships across all engineering teams. Your distinct role will involve fostering a culture of shared responsibility promoting Platform Engineering practices and driving platform adoption across teams. You will enable all teams to take collective ownership of their software's reliability, scalability, and performance. You will also guide other teams in fine-tuning their services, resulting in improved robustness and efficiency, ensuring that every team can focus on building superior software, backed by a reliable, scalable, and efficient infrastructure.What a Typical Week May Look Like At CheckrBuilding, maintaining, optimizing, and scaling Checkr’s cloud infrastructureImproving infrastructure operations and processes with automation and toolingOptimizing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolingParticipating in or leading design reviews and production reviews for new infrastructure servicesDebugging production issues across services and levels of the stackEnsuring the scalability and security of Checkr infrastructurePartnering with application developers to ensure best practices and efficient use of infrastructureBuilding and fostering collaborative relationships with other engineering teams and leadersPlanning for the growth of Checkr’s infrastructureWhat You’ll Bring10+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer or related experienceExperience driving platform adoption with various product engineering teams, guided by a self-service and product-first approachExpertise in designing technical architecture and creating a strategic roadmap to realize a technical visionExpertise with AWS, Kubernetes, containers, CI, CD, IaC, Terraform, Linux, and microservice architectureAdvanced knowledge of TCP/IP, web application security, and HTTP/HTTPSExperience with Istio or other service mesh technologiesYour rollback plans are just as meticulous as your rollout plansAn ability, willingness, and desire to mentor and up-level less experienced Infrastructure EngineersA passion for customer-centricity and building relationships with other teamsUnwavering commitment to operational security and best practicesActively coding in Go, Python, or RubyWhat You’ll GetA fast-paced and collaborative environmentLearning and development allowanceCompetitive compensation and opportunity for advancement100% medical, dental, and vision coverageUp to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning servicesFlexible PTO policyMonthly wellness stipend, home office stipendAt Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 2 to 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website. The base salary range for this role is $237,235 to $320,965 in San Francisco, CA.Equal Employment Opportunities at CheckrCheckr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
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