Tessera Data - Senior Software Engineer, Trust & Safety (T&S)

This position is for our Tessera Data business, which is focused on building a safer future, online and offline, by providing valuable people data to drive informed trust and safety decisions. Our industry-leading data serves as the backbone for background checks used to protect a company’s employees, customers, and community. We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join their Software Engineering Team that is highly collaborative and cares deeply about the mission of our company, is eager to work with a diverse team of engineers and has a quality-focused mindset.  

With one of the largest background data resources in the United States, Tessera Data helps consumer reporting agencies and companies make more informed decisions that protect their company, employees, and customers. We are a team of data explorers that thrive in acquiring, processing, and delivering data to solve trust and safety decisions! Join our team and be part of:

• The industry leader in public records data aggregation and data classification/normalization
• A collaborative environment in which you can hone your skills, learn along with your colleagues, and grow professionally
• An environment where your voice matters: Be vocal, we want to hear your ideas
• A fun, creative, cooperative, and multicultural team

In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for integration of the recently acquired background checks solution into Tessera in the near future, working on the data vendor integrations and evolving it into the identity verification platform long-term. The background check solution currently contains several public APIs, public and internal portals, and a handful of microservices. To be successful, this individual will work on integrating the acquired background check product into the Tessera ecosystem and will work on turning it into a solid foundation to build a complex identity verification solution.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product development from ideation, design, implementation, to release
• Partner with the technical lead in designing and architecting new systems
• Collaborate with the technical lead and remote team in implementation
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables
• Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code

What you bring:

• 5+ years experience as a software engineer working with .NET
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
• Experience building lambda based applications on AWS
• Experience building CI/CD using Serverless, Cloudformation, Terraform or similar 
• Experience building asynchronous processing pipelines using message queuing systems such as AWS SQS/SNS, RabbitMQ, Kafka or similar
• Experience working with both RDBMS and NoSQL data stores such as SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB
• A strong understanding of microservice architecture infrastructure, inclusive of familiarity with Kubernetes
• A passion for optimizing services for scale and speed
• A great desire to learn, collaborate, improve, and innovate

What you 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, home office stipend

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors.  In accordance with Colorado and New York law, the base salary for this role if filled within Colorado is $122,103-$143,650 and within the city limits of NYC is $143,650 - $169,000.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr
Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.   
Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.