About the role
About Check Payroll is broken. Come fix it alongside a team that’s as passionate as you are! At Check, you'll use creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and grit to impact every business we build. We ignore conventional role boundaries in favor of the unique strengths and values each builder brings to our team, and our mission. We simplify the complex, make a real impact, and create a better future for businesses of every size. As a Tech Lead Manager at Check, you'll be responsible for turning complex, high-impact problems into solutions that help over a million people get paid . You'll act as both a mentor, leader, and force multiplier both by doing the work and amplifying the work of our team. Through your close partnership with product and operations, you'll define the roadmap and workflow improvements that will help our business (and the businesses that rely on Check's infrastructure) reach the next stage of growth.
What You'll Work On Scaling systems that power payroll calculations, tax payments, and filings as volume and complexity increase. Designing services that move and reconcile money across parties, while making results clear and traceable for partners. Supporting new businesses as they migrate large employer bases onto Check's infrastructure. Using AI to automate complex operational workflows, such as tax notice triage and reducing manual employer setup work.
What We're Looking For 5+ years of experience building complex software and delivering production systems end-to-end 1-2 years of experience leading or managing a team A desire to continue being hands-on and building with your team A track record of driving business outcomes as well as upleveling IC engineers around you Passion for improving engineering workflows and experimenting with AI While we don't have
requirements for programming languages, a desire to learn our current stack is helpful: Python/Django, React, Typescript, AWS, Terraform, Postgres, Temporal, Github. Engineering Culture at Check At Check, engineering operates as one team. Engineers are staffed based on business priorities, not tied to fixed domains. Engineers stay close to the work and to each other’s decisions.
