Sr Software Engineer Devx

Who You Are/What You Bring

• 6+ years of software development experience
• Advanced English skills
• Proficiency in Go, Python, Ruby, or a similar object-oriented language, with experience building microservices
• Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Strong sense of ownership and a proactive attitude
• You thrive in environments where sharing knowledge is a core value and are motivated by helping your team and close collaborators align around a shared approach
• You excel in collaboration, mentorship, and innovative problem-solving
• Availability to work in a hybrid model in our Santiago office 3 days per week.

What You'll Do

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical approaches and drive engineering best practices. Depending on team placement, contribute to developer-experience work spanning AgentForge (Checkr's platform for engineering agents), CI/CD, and other developer tooling and workflows (DevX), or to core backend services for Checkr's screening and verification platform (Core Services).

Participate in architectural discussions — writing and reviewing ADRs/RFCs — to align your team on system design decisions. Provide feedback and consultation on system design and workflows to improve reliability and performance. Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and advocate for engineering initiatives with team and cross-team stakeholders.

Lead projects typically scoped to less than a quarter, handling low ambiguity with minimal direction — often guiding other engineers through cross-functional work.

Mentor less experienced engineers and contribute to a collaborative, supportive team culture.

Benefits

What We Offer

• A collaborative and fast-moving environment
• Be part of an international company based in the United States
• $3,000 USD per year learning and development reimbursement allowance
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for professional and personal advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Additional vacation benefits of 5 extra days and flexibility to take time off
• lunch provided

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Santiago, Chile) $49.980.000 - $58.800.000 annual gross CLP

As a Senior Software Engineer within Checkr's Platform Engineering group, you will drive initiatives to enhance how your team builds, maintains, and delivers services, partnering with stakeholders across other Checkr teams.

Your role will be instrumental in defining best practices and creating pathways that help your team deliver efficient, robust software solutions.

Design, build, and maintain the software services and systems that power Checkr's platform, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.

Depending on team placement, contribute to developer-experience work spanning AgentForge (Checkr's platform for engineering agents), CI/CD, and other developer tooling and workflows (DevX), or to core backend services for Checkr's screening and verification platform (Core Services).