Director of Platform Engineering, Checkr

Director of Platform Engineering

Checkr

Location:

United States, San Francisco

Category:

IT - Software Development

Contract Type:

Employment contract

Salary:

299000.00 - 352000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

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. As the Director of Platform Engineering at Checkr, you will be responsible for driving the organization's overall platform and infrastructure strategy and fostering collaboration, innovation, and delivery across teams. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

Job Responsibility:

Guide the technical vision and strategy for the best-in-class highly scalable, available, and secure platform and infrastructure
Create a broad catalog of services based on capabilities and platforms that can be leveraged by other engineering teams at Checkr
Develop and drive platform architecture practices that encourage 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, and continuous improvement
Work across the engineering team 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, especially in your area of ownership
Bring customer centricity to your entire engineering team
Hire, retain, and scale a world-class engineering team

Requirements:

Demonstrated success in building and leading vision, strategy, and execution of platform engineering initiatives
Experience with driving successful platform adoption programs, with the ability to demonstrate the business impact of such initiatives
Data-driven mindset: you know that everything built must be measured to understand its impact on the business and drive your teams to build with that in mind
Customer centricity: you understand that customer behavior and sentiment must be well understood to effectively build products for them
this can be understood both through data as well as qualitative discussions with customers
Experience defining and scaling modern products (API, self-service, UX first products)
Highly effective communicator with good people instincts - able to build trust and work well with a diverse group both internally and externally
Willingness to lead in a hands-on, high-performance environment
Organized, self-motivated and detail-oriented
High degree of humility and accountability
Experience leading, growing, and retaining high-performance engineering leadership at the Director+ level

What we offer:

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
In-office perks such as lunch four times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages

Additional Information:

Job Posted:

March 26, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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