About the Role
Checkr is seeking a Senior IT Support Engineer for its San Francisco headquarters to ensure world-class technical support for employees and spaces. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is an independent worker, and takes pride in their work. Experience providing exceptional technology support in a start-up and/or corporate environment, with comfort in enterprise networking, conference room technology, and computer troubleshooting, is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary onsite support lead for the San Francisco office, ensuring the reliability and performance of all local IT infrastructure.
- Lead or assist in the physical deployment and maintenance of hardware during planned projects and changes.
- Provide in-person, high-level support for issues and serve as the main on-site point of contact for IT within the San Francisco office.
- Maintain precise and up-to-date ticketing and project reports within IT systems.
- Act as the final escalation point for complex and recurring incidents that cannot be resolved by junior support engineers.
- Participate in an on-call rotation.
- Perform advanced troubleshooting and in-depth diagnostics to identify the root cause of systemic issues.
- Develop and implement permanent solutions or robust workarounds to restore service and prevent recurrence.
- Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA) efforts for critical incidents, documenting findings and proposing long-term corrective actions.
- Create and maintain knowledge base articles detailing complex solutions, best practices, and troubleshooting guides.
- Mentor and train junior support engineers to improve their technical skills.
- Participate in Major Incident Management teams, providing expert-level technical support to resolve high-priority outages quickly.
- Collaborate with engineering, development, and infrastructure teams to identify and resolve underlying service issues.
- Proactively monitor system performance and trends to identify potential problems before they impact users.
- Design, build, and scale AI-driven automations and agentic workflows to eliminate highly manual, repetitive internal tasks.
- Integrate internal tools and ticketing systems with LLM APIs to build automated triage and response mechanisms.
- Provide technical input for new projects, system upgrades, and change management processes.
- Contribute to the continual service improvement of IT processes and services, aligning with ITIL principles.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience with Mac and PC technical support
- 5+ years experience working in a heavily SaaS-based environment (Google Workspace, Okta, Slack, Miro, Atlassian, Zoom, etc.)
- 4+ years coordinating with stakeholders to provide a high level of customer care with onsite support for executives and ICs within the Checkr office
- Ability to create strong connections with internal and external teams
- Deep understanding of computer fundamentals: networking, hardware & operating systems
- Experience performing hardware/software configuration and troubleshooting on MAC & Windows devices
- A positive attitude and excitement for building new processes and policies for a rapidly growing organization
- Ability to form strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience with MDM (IRU, Intune)
- Ability to work daily in our San Francisco office.
- 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.
Skills
- Mac technical support
- PC technical support
- SaaS-based environment
- Google Workspace
- Okta
- Slack
- Miro
- Atlassian
- Zoom
- Customer care
- Onsite support
- Networking
- Hardware troubleshooting
- Software troubleshooting
- MAC device troubleshooting
- Windows device troubleshooting
- MDM
- IRU
- Intune
- AI-driven automations
- Agentic workflows
- LLM APIs
- ITIL principles
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Onsite
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 5+ years experience
- 4+ years experience
Salary/Compensations
- $111,000—$130,000 USD
Benefits
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive cash and equity compensation
- Opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Lunch five times a week
- Commuter stipend
- Abundance of snacks and beverages
- Relocation stipend may be available
About the Company
- 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.
- We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission.
- Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
- 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.
- Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
Equal Opportunity
- Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences.
- Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.
