# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Check](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/check)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $214k – $248k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, Django, React, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, GitHub
**Posted:** 2026-06-21

> Staff Software Engineer building payroll infrastructure and internal tools. Owns complex projects end-to-end and partners with product, design, and operations to improve money movement and compliance workflows.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Run at complex problems across our platform, designing and building products that translate complex payroll infrastructure into intuitive tools for operators and partners.
- Own projects end-to-end, from identifying the problem and shaping the solution through design, implementation, rollout, and iteration based on real-world usage.
- Be a true partner to product, design, and operations by developing a deep understanding of the workflows and challenges faced by payroll operators and partners.
- Build internal and partner-facing tools that improve the visibility, reliability, and explainability of how money moves through the payroll system.
- Reduce friction in our systems by improving workflows, architecture, and tooling for both developers and operators.
- Role model clear, critical thinking through code, proposals, and diagrams that help teams align and move forward together.
- Raise the quality bar by working in the open, giving thoughtful feedback, mentoring teammates, and helping the team ship work we’re proud of.

## Who You Are
- Experience with staff-level ownership and delivery of production systems end-to-end, from design through deployment and operation.
- Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or product systems that support complex operational workflows.
- Ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces and bring structure through thoughtful design and collaboration.
- Comfort debugging complex systems and investigating issues that span multiple services or infrastructure layers.
- Ability to articulate technical tradeoffs to engineers and cross-functional partners.

## Tech Stack
- Python/Django, React, Typescript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, Github

## Compensation & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on your first day of work.
- Flexible PTO and sick leave - 9 company holidays, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for new parents with flexible return-to-work
- 401k retirement plan
- $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses

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