# Staff Database Reliability Engineer at Checkr

- Company: Checkr
- What the company does: The AI-powered verification platform for high-stakes decisions. Fast, accurate background checks at scale. Backed by Accel, Y Combinator and GV.
- Company website: http://www.checkr.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Denver, Colorado, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-26
- Apply by: 2026-12-10
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/checkr/jobs/8316758?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/checkr-staff-database-reliability-engineer/

## About the role

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 . Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 10+ years of experience designing, administering, and scaling relational and non-relational database storage architectures in production environments
- Deep expertise managing and tuning MongoDB and PostgreSQL or MySQL database topologies at high volume and scale
- Understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures and software design principles, and the ability to apply them to solve technical challenges
- Extensive hands-on experience with AWS database and storage ecosystems, including RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, MongoDB Atlas, and S3
- Demonstrated track record of automating cloud infrastructure and database operations using Terraform, Terragrunt, and modern scripting languages

Tags: Engineering

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