Engineering Intern

About Checkr
Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About Checkr

Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, Checkr’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable. 

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2024 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the roles

Checkr is looking for Summer 2025 Interns to work on high-value engineering projects that will deliver real-world impact to our customers, candidates, and engineering organization. Inevitably, issues arise within Checkr and external systems, prolonging the background check process which delays candidate's access to employment, housing, and financial opportunities. When you join our team, you will learn how to leverage AI as a productivity enhancer and how to deliver AI-integrated solutions to improve issue visibility, increase system resiliency, and create powerful tools that enable non-Engineering stakeholders to unblock candidates.

Checkr’s internship program is an amazing opportunity for anyone who is pursuing a career in software development and wishes to learn from a diverse cultural perspective. We are looking for candidates who have a strong understanding of engineering principles and who are interested in learning about generative AI and system scalability. Our interns will embody Checkr’s core values of grit, ownership, humility, transparency, and connection as you push to deliver value over the summer. 

We’re hiring across 4 engineering teams:

• Software Engineering: gain experience in enhancing systems to streamline operations, improve resilience, and develop tools that empower stakeholders. Learn about Ruby, React, automation, and scalability.
• Platform Engineering: gain experience in finding ways to increase automation in incidents and cloud infrastructure. Learn about AWS, containers, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, incident response, and observability.
• Data Engineering: gain experience working on production-grade data pipelines and make a meaningful impact on how we ship analytics code at Checkr. Learn about Airflow orchestration, dbt data modeling, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• AI/ML Engineering: gain experience working on ML, AI, classical ML techniques, observability, fine-tuning, and RAG, while defining success metrics.  Learn about Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Large Language Models (LLMs), dataset splitting strategies, and building scalable ML/AI models. 

What we value in an intern:

• Familiarity with Ruby, Python, and/or SQL
• Engineering awareness in Backend or Fullstack software development
• Enthusiasm and interest in AI
• Strong problem solving skills, attention to detail, and pride in your work
• Self-awareness and a desire to better yourself
• Curiosity about how and why things work
• Recently completed or are graduating in Spring 2025 with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI/ML, or a related field

At Checkr, we believe a hybrid work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, and Santiago, Chile. Interns are expected to work from the office 4 days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch four times a week, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. 

The hourly pay rate for this role is $35/hour.

We are not able to provide sponsorship for internship roles.


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.