Staff DevOps Engineer

Checkr’s mission is to build a fairer future by improving understanding of the past. We believe all candidates, regardless of who they are, should have a fair chance to work. Established in 2014 and valued at $4.6B, Checkr is using technology to bring hiring to the next level. Our People Trust Platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help thousands of companies modernize their background check process and make hiring safer, more efficient, and more inclusive. Some of our customers include Uber, Instacart, Doordash, Netflix, Compass Group, and Adecco.

As a Staff DevOps Engineer focusing on Developer Productivity, you will work closely with our engineering teams to identify and build solutions that help all of our teams run more efficiently. 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. We believe every engineering team at Checkr should be responsible for the software they build, and DevOps plays a critical part in providing the tools, practices, and expertise to make that happen.

What a typical week may look like at Checkr

• Helping teams optimize and scale their services within Checkr’s cloud infrastructure
• Improving infrastructure operations and processes with automation and tooling
• Optimizing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling
• Participating in or leading design reviews and production reviews for new infrastructure services
• Debugging production issues across services and levels of the stack
• Ensuring the scalability and security of Checkr infrastructure
• Partnering with application developers to ensure best practices and efficient use of infrastructure
• Building and fostering collaborative relationships with other engineering teams and leaders
• Plan for the growth of Checkr’s infrastructure

What you’ll bring

• 8 years of experience as a DevOps engineer or related experience
• Experience driving platform adoption with various product engineering teams, guided by a self-service and product-first approach
• Expertise in designing technical architecture and creating a strategic roadmap to realize a technical vision
• Expertise with AWS, Kubernetes, containers, CI, CD, IaC, Terraform, Linux, and microservice architecture
• Advanced knowledge of TCP/IP, web application security, and HTTP/HTTPS
• Experience with Istio or other service mesh technologies
• Your rollback plans are just as meticulous as your rollout plans
• An ability, willingness, and desire to mentor and up-level less experienced Infrastructure Engineers
• A passion for customer-centricity and building relationships with other teams
• Unwavering commitment to operational security and best practices
• Recent experience programming in Golang, Python, or Ruby

What you’ll get

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

At 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 $160,306 to $216,884 in Denver, CO.