The posting
About Checkr Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, Amazon, and Anthropic.
A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
Reporting to the Technical Support Manager, you will join a team of troubleshooting experts within Checkr's Support organization who are dedicated to resolving complex technical issues and maximizing customer loyalty. In this role, you will own deep-dive technical investigations, debug application-level and API issues, manage escalations to engineering, and serve as an incident communications liaison during on-call rotations. You will partner closely with our Frontline Support, Engineering, Customer Success and Partner Integration teams to deliver rapid resolutions and drive Checkr's platform reliability and growth.
What you'll do
- Deliver high-quality technical support to customers and partners by investigating complex inquiries via Salesforce ticketing and live screen sharing sessions.
- Conduct deep-dive troubleshooting at the application level using Snowflake, Datadog and API log analysis, escalating unresolved issues to Engineering with clear reproduction steps.
- Execute standard operating procedures and adapt beyond pre-written runbooks to resolve intricate manual technical support tasks efficiently.
- Act as the communications liaison during 24/7 on-call rotations, translating technical engineering updates into clear customer communications and status page updates during critical incidents.
- Track and manage technical escalations, incident remediation tasks, and operational process improvements in Jira using team Kanban boards.
- Contribute to and maintain internal technical documentation in Confluence to share knowledge and foster continuous team learning.
What you bring
- 2+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical support or engineering role within a SaaS environment, with hands-on experience troubleshooting REST APIs using tools like cURL and Postman.
- Demonstrated technical troubleshooting ability and working knowledge of SQL, engineering fundamentals, and observability platforms such as Datadog or Prometheus (familiarity with Python or Ruby on Rails is a plus).
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and empathetically to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail, rigorous prioritization skills, and the ability to manage multiple high-priority investigations simultaneously.
- Willingness and ability to participate in a scheduled 24/7 on-call rotation for incident management and customer communication.
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.
On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (Santiago, Chile)
$22.950.000—$27.000.000 CLP
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
At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages.
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.
*Legitimate Checkr emails will always include our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g., [email protected] or [email protected]).
