About Checkr

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, Amazon, and Anthropic.

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

Role Overview

As a Staff Data Engineer on the People Data team, you'll help build and evolve the centralized platform that powers every Checkr product. This platform stores and serves the identity and people records that underpin Checkr's Workforce, Mortgage, Tenant, Trust, and Personal products, making it foundational to the company's AI-powered verification platform and every high-stakes decision our customers make.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, lead, and build an end-to-end, performant, reliable, scalable data platform.
• Work as an independent contributor to solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal oversight.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers in delivering complex, next-generation features.
• Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities.
• Partner with various teams to design and architect new features.
• Deploy new product experiments with a data-driven approach.
• Create and maintain data pipelines and foundational datasets to support product and business needs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and delivering scalable data platforms.
• Experience with large-scale data processing pipelines using ETL/ELT.
• Expertise in PySpark, Python, and SQL.
• Experience with big data technologies like Kafka, Spark, and AWS stack.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Compensation

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Santiago, Chile): $66.496.000 - $78.230.000 CLP

What We Offer

• A collaborative and fast-moving environment.
• International company based in the United States.
• $3,000 USD per year learning and development reimbursement allowance.
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.

Equal Employment Opportunities

Checkr is committed to hiring individuals with diverse backgrounds for all roles.