Director of Platform Engineering
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.
We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
About the role
As the Director of Platform Engineering at Checkr, you will be responsible for driving the organization's overall platform and infrastructure strategy. To achieve this, you will need to have a deep understanding of platform engineering and how to drive a strategic roadmap of foundational capabilities and, most importantly, its adoption by the other development teams.
What you’ll do
- 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 team
What you bring
- Demonstrated success as a Director+ level in leading, scaling, and retaining a high-performing engineering org or 40 or more engineers
- 7-10 years of leadership experience leading platform engineering initiatives
- 15+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading, growing, and retaining a high-performing engineering team of 40+ engineers at the Director+ level
- Experience with driving successful platform adoption programs, with the ability to demonstrate the business impact of such initiatives
- Proven experience driving AI adoption across engineering teams to meaningfully increase developer productivity and operational efficiency.
- 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
- 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
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes
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
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Pay Transparency Disclosure
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.
At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, Nashville, TN, and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.
Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr
Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- FSA
- HSA
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Fitness Subsidies
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
Parental Benefits
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Company Outings
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Pet-friendly Office
- Happy Hours
- Snacks
- Some Meals Provided
Vacation and Time Off
- Leave of Absence
- Personal/Sick Days
- Paid Holidays
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Sabbatical
Financial and Retirement
- Relocation Assistance
- Company Equity
- 401(K)
Professional Development
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Promote From Within
- Shadowing Opportunities
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program