At Check, we make paying people simple. In doing that, we’re not just building our own business— we’re building payroll businesses together with every one of our partners. As the inventors of embedded payroll, we’re redefining how people get paid and making it easier for payroll businesses to launch, grow, and thrive. Check out the full story | Tune in.
Check is far more than just API infrastructure. We’re a springboard for building and scaling payroll businesses.
Our Team
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 view problems to solve and jobs to be done as opportunities to contribute to the solution; we ignore conventional role boundaries in favor of the unique strengths and value each builder brings to our team and to our mission.
Join us if you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and redefine payroll. Let’s simplify the complex, make a real impact, and create a better future for businesses of every size.
We're looking for an entrepreneurial Product Manager to lead the discovery and definition of key components within our system, driving growth for our partners and enabling them to better support payroll businesses serving tens of thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of workers. This role requires a leader who is excited to dive deep into our technology stack, learn the ins and outs of payroll and tax systems, and design scalable infrastructure that sets a new standard for reliability and efficiency in the payroll industry. You'll collaborate closely with Check leadership, engineers, internal teams, and our partners to deliver innovative, high-impact products that advance the future of embedded payroll.
In this role, you will:
- Collaborate with Check’s Head of Product to define and prioritize projects that drive growth for our partners.
- Lead product execution with a bold, opinionated approach, pushing the boundaries of payroll solutions while addressing customer challenges with urgency.
- Engage with cross-functional experts from our business, engineering, and payroll operations teams to align on strategic goals.
- Connect directly with Check’s partners—software companies across diverse verticals—to understand their daily challenges and identify opportunities for scaling their payroll businesses.
- Develop a comprehensive roadmap in partnership with engineering and operations, outlining actionable strategies to empower our partners in growing their payroll capabilities more effectively.
Many backgrounds could fit this role, but ideal candidates will have some or all of the following:
- 2-4 years of product management experience in technology companies serving enterprise businesses.
- Experience in complex domains with intricate regulatory and operational requirements; payroll and tax knowledge is a plus.
- Proven track record of leading cross-functional product initiatives that deliver significant business impact.
- Ability to thrive in high-ambiguity environments, demonstrating adaptability and problem-solving skills.
- Dedication to customer needs with a commitment to high-quality execution.
- Skills in collaborating with diverse stakeholders to drive alignment and positive outcomes.
- Willingness to attend our annual 3-day company offsite in the fall.
Travel and Office Policy
The Check team is distributed across the US and we have offices in New York City and San Francisco. While we welcome remote work, we believe time together in person is valuable and important. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year! We expect all employees to be willing to attend our annual 3-day company offsite in the fall.
For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the team hosts regular happy hours, game nights, etc.
What we offer:
For full-time employees, Check offers company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on their first day of work. We also provide stock options, flexible PTO and sick leave, 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, flexible return-to-work, 9 annual holidays, a 401k retirement plan, and a $100 monthly stipend for home internet and mobile phone expenses.
The actual annual salary for this role is dependent on each candidate’s experience, qualifications, and work location:
- The expected range in San Francisco, NYC, LA, and Seattle is between $168,900 and $185,790.
- The expected range for all other locations is between $143,565 and $157,922.
We accept applications on an ongoing basis with no specified deadline.
Check is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Check is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.
Check participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with Form I-9 information from all new employees to confirm that they are authorized to work in the U.S. Check does not use E-Verify to pre-screen applicants.
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Check is a payroll-as-a-service API that lets you embed payroll directly in your vertical SaaS, HR, or time-tracking platform. Our API abstracts away the complexities of running payroll: tax calculation, remittance, and filing, plus the movement of money between companies and employees. This enables companies to easily build fully integrated payroll products to offer to their customers.
Why Work With Us
As the first touchpoint for the $10 trillion in wages paid in the US every year, payroll is a strategic yet under-explored space in the broader fintech ecosystem. We believe that the infrastructure-as-a-service model will fundamentally transform the current payroll industry and promote innovation in financial services for years to come.
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Check Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
The Check team is distributed across the US and we have offices in New York City and San Francisco. We welcome in-office, hybrid, and remote work options. For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week.
