# Senior Software Engineer , Mortgage

**Company:** [Checkr](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/checkr)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $185k – $218k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, JavaScript, REST APIs, Backend Development, Software Architecture, mvp development, production monitoring, Scalability, secure coding, data-driven experimentation
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Senior software engineer building and operating the Truework platform for mortgage and income verification. The role focuses on backend-oriented product development, scalable services, production reliability, and customer collaboration, requiring 5+ years of experience with Python, JavaScript, and RESTful APIs.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal oversight and strong ownership.
- Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features.
- Partner with engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders to design and architect new features.
- Validate customer needs, gain team buy-in, and ship rapid MVPs.
- Instrument and deploy product experiments using a data-driven approach.
- Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code for significant scale.
- Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues for team-owned services.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of software development experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/training.
- Proficiency in Python and JavaScript or similar languages/frameworks.
- Experience developing RESTful APIs.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Strong ownership from feature design through production release.
- Desire to collaborate with external stakeholders.
- Eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate.

## Compensation and Benefits
- **Salary range:** $185,000–$218,000 USD for San Francisco, CA.
- Learning and development allowance.
- Competitive cash and equity compensation and advancement opportunities.
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Up to $25,000 reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services.
- Flexible PTO policy.
- Monthly wellness and home office stipends.
- In-office perks, including meals, commuter stipend, snacks, and beverages.
- Relocation stipend may be available.
- Hub employees are expected to work from the office 3+ days per week.

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