Director of Platform Engineering

About Checkr

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable. Recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the role

As the Director of Platform Engineering at Checkr, you will be responsible for driving the organization's overall platform and infrastructure strategy. You need a deep understanding of platform engineering to drive a strategic roadmap of foundational capabilities and adoption by other development teams.

What you’ll do

Guide the technical vision and strategy for a best-in-class highly scalable, available, and secure platform and infrastructure.
Create a broad catalog of services based on capabilities and platforms for other engineering teams at Checkr.
Develop and drive platform architecture practices encouraging common solution elements, patterns, and reuse.
Build a cross-collaborative culture between the platform and other engineering teams.
Operationalize and manage delivery across the platform engineering team, scaling processes and systems.
Foster an action-bias culture for product innovation and delivery, high performance, transparency, continuous improvement.
Work across engineering teams to shape software development to meet Checkr's objectives and key results.
Build a diverse, equitable, inclusive culture that helps all members feel like they belong.
Partner with product leadership to influence business strategy in your area of ownership.
Bring customer centricity to your entire engineering team.
Hire, retain, and scale a world-class engineering team.

What you bring

Demonstrated success as Director+ level in leading/scaling/retaining high-performing engineering org or 40+ engineers.
7-10 years leadership experience leading platform engineering initiatives.
15+ years software engineering experience.
Experience driving successful platform adoption programs with demonstrated business impact.
Proven experience driving AI adoption across engineering teams to increase developer productivity/operational efficiency.
Data-driven mindset focused on measuring impact on business.
Experience defining/scaling modern products (API, self-service, UX first).
Highly effective communicator with good people instincts; able to build trust internally/externally.
Willingness to lead in hands-on high-performance environment.
'A-player' mindset with strong bias for action: raise bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity.

What you’ll get

Fast-paced collaborative environment
Learning and development allowance
Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
100% medical, dental, vision coverage
$25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, parental planning services
Flexible PTO policy
Monthly wellness stipend

Pay Transparency Disclosure

Note

Salary ranges disclosed as part of transparency value; ranges vary by geographic cost of labor.
For remote roles top-to-bottom range listed; exact target range specified during recruiting discussion.

On-target Earnings/Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA): $299,000—$352,000 USD On-target Earnings/Base Salary range (Denver, CO): $253,000—$298,000 USD

Remote Work Info & Office Expectation

Hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration/innovation/connection. Hub locations: Denver CO; San Francisco CA; Nashville TN; Santiago Chile. Individuals expected to work from office 3 days/week. In-office perks include lunch five times/week, commuter stipend, snacks/beverages. Relocation stipend may be available for willing relocators.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Committed to hiring talented qualified individuals with diverse perspectives including those impacted by justice system per local/state/federal laws including San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.