Senior Python Engineer, Truework

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. The company is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the Role

Truework, recently acquired by Checkr, provides access to crucial employment and income information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more. It disrupts a $5B+ industry dominated by legacy incumbents with a better product and intense customer focus. Truework operates independently within Checkr allowing rapid iteration while leveraging core business strengths. The platform is used by 8 of the top 10 mortgage lenders in the US. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Truework team you will help develop and maintain this platform. Engineers at Checkr take ownership of all aspects of product development from leading projects to collaborating with sales and marketing teams on launching products. The work is mostly backend-oriented but candidates from full stack, backend, QA engineers, SREs etc. are considered if they meet requirements.

What you’ll do:

Solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions independently with minimal oversight
Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset; collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders
Partner with engineering, product, design teams to design and architect new features
Validate customer needs through experimentation; ship rapid MVPs
Insist on quality as a critical pillar of software deliverables
Use data-driven approaches to instrument and deploy new product experiments
Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, secure code supporting Truework’s scale
Monitor and resolve production issues for team-owned services

What you bring:

5+ years software development experience
Bachelor degree or equivalent education/training
Proficiency in Python and Javascript (or similar languages/frameworks)
Experience developing RESTful APIs
Strong communication and documentation skills
Strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
Desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
Eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, innovate, have fun
A-player mindset with bias for action: raise the 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
Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility/adoption/parental planning services
Flexible PTO policy
Monthly wellness stipend