Staff Applied AI Engineer

About the role

Join the IT Engineering team as a Staff AI Solutions Engineer at Checkr. You will serve as the primary driver of AI enablement and solutions engineering across all departments at Checkr.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• A graduate degree is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in engineering, solutions engineering, or technical enablement roles, with a track record of deploying solutions that measurably enhance productivity.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience developing AI-centric products and solutions, including machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, RAG architectures, agentic frameworks, and prompt engineering.
• Deep proficiency in Python and experience with AI frameworks and integration of LLM models into applications; familiarity with cloud hosting platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Demonstrated ability to lead enablement programs—including running office hours, hackathons, training sessions, and creating scalable documentation and resources.
• Proven experience gathering requirements from non-technical stakeholders and translating them into well-scoped technical solutions.
• Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended, ambiguous problems in unstructured environments, synthesizing complex information into actionable plans and deliverables.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to make complex AI concepts accessible to diverse audiences—from engineers to executives.
• A builder’s mindset: you are equally comfortable architecting a solution, writing production code, creating a training deck, and facilitating a workshop.
• A deep passion for AI and a genuine desire to help others harness its potential to transform how they work.

Qualifications

• Pay Transparency Disclosure: Geographic cost of labor is used 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.

Skills

• Python
• AI frameworks
• LLM models
• Cloud hosting platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Office hours facilitation
• Hackathon design and facilitation
• Training session creation
• Resource creation (playbooks, prompt libraries, workflow templates, how-to guides, reference architectures)
• Workflow templating
• Hands-on training and teaching
• Collaboration with Engineers, Business Systems, Security, Data Engineering, and other AI Solutions Engineers
• Strategic planning and roadmapping
• Communication and presentation skills
• Builder’s mindset
• Passion for AI

Benefits

• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, and 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

Pay

• On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA): $177,000—$208,000 USD

Schedule

• In-office 3+ days a week

Company Information

• Checkr is a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
• We offer a learning and development allowance.
• We provide competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunities for advancement.
• We offer 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• We provide up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services.
• We offer flexible PTO policy.
• We provide a monthly wellness stipend.
• We have a relocation stipend available for those willing to relocate to a Checkr hub location.
• We are committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences.
• We are committed to 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.
• We have an Applicant Privacy Policy that applies to our collection and processing of your personal information when you apply for a role with us or otherwise participate in our recruitment process.
• We have a Legitimate Checkr emails policy that includes our official domain name after the @ symbol (e.g., name@checkr.com or name@ext.checkr.com).