Software Engineer, Staff

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Tackle complex problems across the platform, turning payroll infrastructure into intuitive tools for operators and partners
• ▹Own projects end-to-end: problem identification, design, implementation, rollout, and iteration based on real-world usage
• ▹Partner with product, design, and operations and develop a deep understanding of operators' and partners' workflows
• ▹Build internal and partner-facing tools that improve the visibility, reliability, and explainability of how money moves
• ▹Reduce friction by improving workflows, architecture, and tooling for developers and operators
• ▹Role model clear, critical thinking through code, proposals, and diagrams
• ▹Raise the quality bar by working in the open, giving feedback, and mentoring teammates

Requirements

• ▹Experience with staff-level ownership and delivery of production systems from design through operation
• ▹Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or product systems supporting complex operational workflows
• ▹Ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces and bring structure through design and collaboration
• ▹Comfort debugging complex issues spanning multiple services or infrastructure layers
• ▹Ability to articulate technical tradeoffs to engineers and cross-functional partners

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with the current stack (Python/Django and others), or at minimum a desire to learn it

Soft skills

About the company

Check is the inventor of embedded payroll: it does not run payroll itself but powers the businesses that do. A small, high-ownership team where engineers are staffed by business priority rather than fixed domains.