Check is an embedded payroll infrastructure company that makes paying people simple and helps payroll businesses launch, grow, and thrive.

Check is revolutionizing the payroll industry by making paying people simple through their embedded payroll infrastructure. As the pioneers of embedded payroll, they're transforming how people get paid while enabling payroll businesses to flourish.

The role involves building critical software solutions to enhance the employer and payee setup experience. You'll serve as a technical lead for multi-engineer projects, working with Python, TypeScript, and React to create robust systems supporting employer enrollment on partner payroll platforms. Key responsibilities include gathering requirements, developing technical specifications, and facilitating stakeholder meetings.

As a Senior Engineer, you'll contribute to code reviews, improve engineering practices, and participate in on-call rotations. The role combines both frontend and backend development, requiring expertise in React, TypeScript, Python, and AWS. You'll also play a crucial role in designing APIs and operational processes in the highly regulated payroll domain.

The position offers a competitive salary starting at $185,000, with remote work flexibility up to 50% of the time. You'll be joining a team that values creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and grit, working together to redefine the future of payroll. Check provides an inclusive work environment, offering equal opportunities and reasonable accommodations for all candidates.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers passionate about creating impactful solutions in the fintech space, working with modern technologies, and leading technical initiatives that directly influence the success of businesses across the platform.

Senior Software Engineer role at Check focused on building payroll software solutions using Python, TypeScript, and React.

Senior Software Engineer

Check makes paying people simple as the inventors of embedded payroll, redefining how people get paid.

At Check, we're revolutionizing payroll by making it simple and embedded. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of this transformation, working on our Python/Django API, React and TypeScript frontends, and AWS infrastructure. You'll lead end-to-end problem-solving, build prototypes, and contribute to improving our quality bar. Our team values creative solutions, candid feedback, and genuine connections. We're looking for someone who can own team-wide projects, build complex systems, and make high-quality decisions. Experience with Python or Go is essential, and familiarity with Django, React, or TypeScript is a plus. While we embrace remote work, we also value in-person collaboration with offices in New York City and San Francisco. We offer competitive benefits, including stock options, flexible PTO, parental leave, and a comprehensive health package. Join us in fixing payroll and creating a better future for businesses of every size!

Senior Software Engineer role at Check, revolutionizing payroll with embedded solutions and innovative technology.

At Check, we're revolutionizing payroll by making it simple and embedded. As the inventors of embedded payroll, we're not just building our own business—we're empowering our partners to launch and grow their own payroll businesses. Our team is passionate about solving complex problems and redefining how people get paid.

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our mission. In this role, you'll work on our gnarliest engineering problems, build prototypes for creative solutions, and shape our system's architecture. You'll use cloud-native tools, work with a Python modular monolith, and employ distributed systems principles within a mono-repo.

Our stack includes Python/Django for our API, React and TypeScript for frontends, AWS and Terraform for cloud infrastructure, Postgres for our database, and Temporal for workflow orchestration. We're looking for someone with staff-level ownership and impact, experience building complex systems that have scaled over time, and proficiency in debugging and handling critical incidents.

At Check, we value in-person collaboration while embracing remote work. We have offices in New York City and San Francisco, with regular team events and an annual company retreat. We offer competitive compensation, stock options, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible PTO policy.

Join us in simplifying the complex, making a real impact, and creating a better future for businesses of every size. Let's redefine payroll together!

Join Check as a Staff Software Engineer to revolutionize payroll through embedded solutions and innovative technology.

Staff Software Engineer

At Check, we're revolutionizing payroll by making it simple and embedded. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of this transformation, working on our Python/Django API, React and TypeScript frontends, and AWS infrastructure. You'll lead end-to-end problem-solving, build prototypes, and improve our quality bar. Our team values creative solutions, candid feedback, and genuine connections. We're looking for someone who can own team-wide projects, build complex systems, and make high-quality decisions. Experience with Python or Go is essential, and familiarity with Django, React, or TypeScript is a plus. We offer a flexible work environment with offices in New York City and San Francisco, encouraging in-person collaboration through regular team events and an annual company retreat. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health insurance, stock options, flexible PTO, parental leave, and a 401k plan. Join us in fixing payroll and creating a better future for businesses of every size!

Check is leading a revolution in the payroll industry, inventing the embedded payroll space to transform how companies pay their employees.

Check is leading a revolution in the payroll industry. Payroll is the backbone of the US economy, and yet it has not undergone significant innovation in decades. We invented the embedded payroll space to change that, both for the business owners who spend countless hours per week running payroll and for the millions of Americans who depend on their next paycheck. At Check, our mission is to empower the most innovative software platforms to create new payroll businesses, and enable those businesses to transform the way companies pay their employees.

Check's culture is intensely caring: to each other as teammates, to our partners, and to the businesses and workers we serve. Our teams are made up of creative problem solvers and empathetic cross-functional collaborators who can simplify the complexities of payroll. We bring hustle and grit to our day-to-day, while building enduring solutions and relationships.

Check is hiring a full stack engineer to expand our embedded payroll platform: the intuitive APIs, delightful UIs, and product-backed services that simplify creating, growing, and running a payroll business for our partners. This is the perfect role for an engineer who wants to have an outsized business impact. Our technical stack includes Python, Django, React, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS.

In this role, you will:
- Scope, develop, and lead large technical projects with significant business impact
- Build tools that support and automate complex payroll workflows for our partners and internal teams
- Influence the culture, values, and processes of a growing engineering team
- Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities to achieve our business goals
- Provide input on product and strategic decision-making

You may be a fit for this role if you:
- Have a strong product/user orientation
- Focus on iterative value delivery
- Have led projects that simplify complex concepts through software
- Enjoy navigating ambiguity and making decisions independently
- Have interest in designing both frontend UIs and backend APIs
- Love working with cross-functional stakeholders

We use:
- Python (type-annotated) and Django for our API
- React and TypeScript for our frontends
- Postgres for our database
- AWS for our cloud infrastructure
- GitLab for issue tracking and CI/CD

At Check, transparency and fairness in compensation are our top priorities. Operating on a flat titling system, our engineering team ensures equity and opportunity for all team members. We believe in empowering engineers, irrespective of their job level, to lead projects they're passionate about and collaborate as equals with their fellow Checketeers.

Check is hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer to expand their embedded payroll platform, building intuitive APIs and UIs to simplify payroll processes.

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Check is an embedded payroll infrastructure company that makes paying people simple and helps payroll businesses launch, grow, and thrive.