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Partner Engineer

Check · New York City, NY · Remote

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As a Partner Engineer, you will serve as both a hands-on technical builder and a strategic advisor to prospective and existing partners, helping them evaluate, integrate, and optimize their payroll solutions. You will write production code, architect integrations, and build features — not just recommend them.

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Payroll is broken. It's still running on decades-old infrastructure. We're rebuilding it.

We don't run payroll ourselves — we power the businesses that do. As the inventors of embedded payroll, we're redefining how people get paid and making it easier for those businesses to launch, grow, and thrive.

On our team, you'll use creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and grit to simplify the complexity of payroll for thousands of employers of every size, across all industries. We ignore conventional role boundaries in favor of the unique strengths and values each builder brings to our mission: make paying people simple . Check out our origin story!

Check is far more than just API infrastructure. We’re a springboard for building and scaling payroll businesses. See how it works for our partners.

At Check, we call our customers "partners" to reflect the deep relationships and aligned incentives we have with the businesses that build on top of our software. Our Partner Engineering team is dedicated to helping partners unlock the full potential of their payroll solutions through proactive, strategic, technical guidance. This approach fosters product adoption, expansion, and deeper...

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