Permanent
Denver, San Francisco
Occasional remote
143K to 199K $ a year
> 5 years
Skills we're looking for
Visual design
Communication skills
Design system
Interaction design
Collaboration and teamwork
You'll be part of
Denver, San Francisco
1550 employees
Software
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
Our take
Checkr addresses the unpleasant and time consuming process of background checks so that companies using on-demand employees can make safer, more informed hiring decisions in less time. Background checks are a critical part of the hiring process, and CEO Daniel Yannisse noticed that they were painfully slow, resulting in loss of work for candidates and productivity downturns for employers. Before Checkr entered the market in 2014 with its innovative AI technology and a solid $50m in venture capital funding, companies were waiting upwards of two weeks for their checks. Checkr substantially reduces this time frame and has grown to receive a $5 billion valuation. Checkr has accelerated growth by making several highly advantageous acquisitions of competitor companies GoodHire and Inflection. As the world of work embraces diversity and inclusion, the company announced an end-to-end service for candidates wishing to expunge their criminal records, furthering the company’s ‘fair chance’ mission and clearing 1000s of candidates for free since 2021. New products launched at the end of 2023 include Checkr Pay (providing access to payment right after a shift) and Checkr Onboard (unified onboarding processes), exemplifying how Checkr is keeping pace with a rapidly changing, flexible, and mobile-first workforce.
You'll be working on
- We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to help shape the end-to-end experiences that power Checkr’s Verifications products—spanning employment, education, criminal record, and driving record verifications, with a key focus on drug & occupational health testing. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders to design intuitive workflows for complex, high-trust domains—balancing candidate ease, employer clarity, and operational realities
- This is a hands-on product design role with high ownership: you’ll drive discovery through execution, bring strong craft, and help the team make great decisions through clear thinking and excellent communication
- Own design for key Verifications product areas—including drug & occupational health testing—across candidate, employer, and internal operational experiences (as applicable), from discovery through launch and iteration
- Partner with Product and Engineering to define problems, shape roadmaps, and deliver high-quality solutions that align user needs with business outcomes
- Simplify complex workflows (verification requests, document collection, consent/authorization, appointment scheduling, status visibility, exception handling) into clear, user-friendly experiences
- Use AI-assisted design and development tools to rapidly prototype, validate, and—when appropriate—implement lightweight UI changes in code to improve iteration speed and overall product quality
- Design for trust and clarity in a sensitive, regulated domain—prioritizing transparency, error prevention, accessibility, and confidence-building UI patterns
- Translate insights into outcomes by combining qualitative research, stakeholder input, and product data to propose, test, and refine solutions
- Create thoughtful interaction and visual design across responsive web and/or platform surfaces, producing clear specs and assets for engineering
- Facilitate alignment with workshops, design reviews, and strong storytelling—helping teams move from ambiguity to decisions
- Collaborate cross-functionally with partners such as Customer Success, Sales, Compliance/Legal, Data, and Operations to ensure designs work in the real world
- Contribute to design systems and standards to improve consistency, speed, and quality across Checkr
Benefits
- Parental leave
- Stock optoins
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive Health Plans | We cover 100% of insurance premiums and offer generous parental and family leave
- Competitive Compensation | We offer competitive salaries and meaningful equity
- A Variety of Food and Snacks | Our culinary team serves a rotating menu for lunch each day, along with unlimited snacks and drinks
- Wellness Programs | We invest in the holistic well-being of every team member through education reimbursements, onsite massages, and physical therapy
- Flexible Paid Time Off | We want you to take the time you need to relax and recharge
- Fitness and Public Transport Reimbursement | We’ll cover your commute and help you stay active with our onsite gym or fitness provider of choice
We're looking for
- You’re comfortable working in complex domains where edge cases matter, and you can distill that complexity into simple, usable flows
- Experience designing B2B / B2B2C products, especially workflows used by operations teams or external partners
- Your portfolio demonstrates end-to-end thinking: problem framing, exploration, rationale, collaboration, iteration, and measurable impact
- Experience designing for secure data, consent, and privacy-forward user experiences
- Familiarity with design systems, documentation, and scalable component thinking
- You have 5–8+ years of product design experience (or equivalent), with a strong track record of shipping high-quality work
- 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
- You sweat the details: interaction patterns, content clarity, information hierarchy, and accessibility best practices
- Experience in background screening, HR tech, healthcare, identity, compliance-heavy, or other high-trust regulated spaces
- You have strong product instincts—you know how to balance user needs, business goals, technical constraints, and timeline realities
- You’re experienced in collaborative, cross-functional environments, influencing decisions through clarity rather than authority
- You can independently plan and execute lightweight research (interviews, usability testing, concept validation) and partner effectively with researchers when available