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Software Engineer

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. Build and ship software improving how partners, operators, and internal teams run payroll on Check .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeUnited StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $142,000 - $187,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience with AI tools, while effectively communicating with both technical and non-technical teams. Capable of building and shipping software that enhances payroll processes, utilizing a variety of technologies including Python, React, and AWS.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Python/DjangoReactTypeScriptAWSAI Tools

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Hard Skills
Engineering FundamentalsSystem ReasoningCode WritingDebuggingCompliance Calculation
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationCuriosityHigh AgencyJudgment
Tools & Technologies
TerraformPostgresTemporalGitHub
Industry Keywords
Payroll SoftwareAI-Assisted DevelopmentUser Problem UnderstandingIterative Development

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSDjangoPostgresPythonReactTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build and ship software improving how partners, operators, and internal teams run payroll on Check
  • Use AI to learn unfamiliar systems, explore approaches, and write and test code
  • Own shipped work, explain it, critically review it, and debug it in production
  • Define intended impact before starting, release early, iterate, and follow through to achieve it
  • Work directly with engineering, product, and operations teams to understand user problems
  • Share learnings to improve the team's AI-assisted development practices
  • Receive feedback and mentorship while continuously raising quality standards
  • Build software for a platform that moves money, calculates taxes, and runs compliance for thousands of businesses

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • High agency and curiosity, with a habit of running at problems and picking up context quickly
  • Strong engineering fundamentals and ability to reason about systems and tradeoffs independently
  • Hands-on experience building with AI tools
  • Judgment to distinguish plausible AI output from correct output
  • Clear communication with technical and non-technical teammates
  • Something built and of which the candidate is proud, whether at work, in school, or independently
  • Willingness and ability to learn Check's stack: Python/Django, React, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, and GitHub
  • Must be eligible to work in the United States
  • Must answer whether visa sponsorship is currently or prospectively required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage effective on the first day of work
  • Stock options
  • Flexible PTO and sick leave
  • Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • Flexible return-to-work
  • 9 annual holidays
  • 401k retirement plan
  • $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses
  • Meals in the offices on Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • Regular happy hours, game nights, and other in-person events
  • Team offsites, events, hackathons, and annual 3-day company retreat