Software Engineer, Staff

Check is a company focused on transforming payroll systems and improving business operations. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and build intuitive tools for payroll operators, ensuring reliable and efficient money movement and compliance workflows for businesses. This role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance the overall payroll experience.

Responsibilities:

• Run at complex problems across our platform, designing and building products that translate complex payroll infrastructure into intuitive tools for operators and partners
• Own projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem and shaping the solution through design, implementation, rollout, and iteration based on real-world usage
• Be a true partner to product, design, and operations by developing a deep understanding of the workflows and challenges faced by payroll operators and partners
• Build internal and partner-facing tools that improve the visibility, reliability, and explainability of how money moves through the payroll system
• Reduce friction in our systems by improving workflows, architecture, and tooling for both developers and operators
• Role model clear, critical thinking through code, proposals, and diagrams that help teams align and move forward together
• Raise the quality bar by working in the open, giving thoughtful feedback, mentoring teammates, and helping the team ship work we’re proud of

Requirements:

• Experience with staff-level ownership and delivery of production systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operation
• Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or product systems that support complex operational workflows
• Ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces and bring structure through thoughtful design and collaboration
• Comfort debugging complex systems and investigating issues that span multiple services or infrastructure layers
• Ability to articulate technical tradeoffs to engineers and cross-functional partners
• While we don't have requirements for programming languages, experience with or, at minimum, a desire to learn our current stack is helpful: Python/Django, React, Typescript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, Github