--- title: 'People Operations Associate at Check Technologies' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/people-operations-associate-check-technologies-san-francisco-vs97wnbhsccx' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-16' --- # People Operations Associate at Check Technologies - **Company:** Check Technologies - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $101k–$111k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-19 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/check-technologies/deecc29f-1a4d-4e9e-9eca-0595656b54d0 ## Job description ## About Check Payroll is broken. It's still running on decades-old infrastructure. We're rebuilding it. We don't run payroll ourselves — we power the businesses that do. As the inventors of embedded payroll, we're redefining how people get paid and making it easier for those businesses to launch, grow, and thrive. On our team, you'll use creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and grit to simplify the complexity of payroll for thousands of employers of every size, across all industries. We ignore conventional role boundaries in favor of the unique strengths and values each builder brings to our mission: make paying people simple. [Check out our origin story!](https://app.notion.com/p/checkhq/The-Generalist-Check-Solving-the-150-Billion-Payroll-Problem-3b24274a2e75804e9141cfac60476d25?source=copy_link) Check is far more than just API infrastructure. We’re a springboard for building and scaling payroll businesses. [See how it works for our partners.](https://www.checkhq.com/partners) The team and role At Check, our people are our most valuable asset. The People Team’s mission is to ensure we have the talent and capacity to deliver on our top priorities, and that every new hire thrives. We foster connection and fulfillment across our distributed team, and build the frameworks and systems that enable them to do great work. We're evolving to support the next phase of Check. As People Operations Associate you’ll be a key part of our reinvention of the candidate and employee experience. You’ll work across talent acquisition and people operations as a crucial executional resource, and a force multiplier for both. You'll contribute to core workflows in recruiting coordination, onboarding, SF office management, culture and experience, and people ops administration. This role demands a real doer with an eye for detail and a bias toward action. You'll report to the Head of People and partner closely with the Lead Recruiter and Sr. People Ops Partner in your day-to-day. In this role, you will: - Anchor the SF office as we build up our Bay Area presence. Organize team lunches, IRL events, and the physical space itself: snacks, supplies, vendors, enhancements, and equipment. If/when we outgrow our current space, you’ll own the office move. - Drive candidate scheduling and communication across all interview loops and stages in Ashby. You may run initial candidate calls on select searches, alongside the Lead Recruiter. - Lead the candidate-to-new-hire transition. You’ll manage offer letter signatures, background checks, equipment provisioning, systems access, first-day plans, new hire surprise and delight moments. - Support key HR processes. You’ll help our core People programs run smoothly - you’ll maintain HRIS data hygiene, support audit prep, process review cycle comp changes, and back up the Sr. People Ops Partner on payroll and benefits administration. - Organize events and cultural touchpoints across Check. In the SF office you’ll be the lead on in-person social gatherings, and serve as a resource for leaders bringing their teams together in the city. Across the company, you’ll support the Sr. People Ops Partner on planning for our annual company retreat (Chexico) and design virtual experiences for our remote team. Many backgrounds could fit this role, but ideal candidates will have most or all of the following: - 3+ years of experience with recruiting coordination (scheduling, ATS management, candidate communication) and/or people operations (payroll/benefits, HRIS administration, office management). - Demonstrated success executing critical workflows at scale, with precision and meticulousness, especially time-sensitive processes like onboarding and offboarding. - Real event planning muscle - you design thoughtful virtual and in-person experiences that have flavor and flare. - AI adopter mindset, with AI tools already integrated into your daily workflows. - Excited to be the face of Check’s SF office, working at least 2 days/week in-office plus additional days as needed. Our core office days are Tuesday and Thursday. - Familiarity with our People Team tech stack: Ashby, Eddy, Slack, Notion, Google Workspace, and Claude Cowork. Bonus points if you have: - Startup experience, ideally in fintech - Direct experience with payroll processing, comp administration, or benefits workflows - Experience standing up a new office space or coordinating an office move Travel & Office Policy The Check team is distributed across the US. Roles can be remote, hybrid, or based in one of our offices in New York City or San Francisco. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons throughout year. All Checketeers gather in the spring for our annual 3-day company retreat. For our in-office and hybrid employees, our offices are open all week. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays and there are regular happy hours, game nights, and other in-person events. Remote work at Check requires the ability to perform all responsibilities without distraction or disruption, while maintaining quality, effective communication, and productivity. -- 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, provided they are consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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. ## About Check Technologies ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Check provides a payroll-as-a-service API that enables software platforms to embed and scale native payroll solutions for their customers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C) - **Headquarters**: New York, United States - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Andrew Brown (CEO) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Payroll Infrastructure / Embedded Payroll - Target customers: B2B vertical SaaS platforms, HR platforms, time-tracking platforms, and other software companies (e.g., Homebase, Wave) that want to offer payroll to their users - Mission or purpose: To build and power the next generation of payroll businesses by providing the most flexible and reliable embedded payroll infrastructure. ## Products & Services - **Embedded Payroll API**: A core set of APIs and tools that allows platforms to build a native payroll product covering money movement, tax calculation and filing, real-time payments, custom pay rates, and deductions. - **Drop-in Components**: Pre-built, customizable UI components enabling partners to launch a payroll product quickly without deep payroll expertise. - **Add-on Benefits Marketplace**: Infrastructure for partners to offer and manage ancillary revenue streams including health benefits, 401k, and workers’ compensation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: $31.2M estimated annual revenue (2024), up from $19.1M in 2023 (via Latka). Total funding of $119M. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Stripe, Thrive Capital, Bedrock. Partners include Homebase and Wave. Over 65 platform partners use Check's embedded solution. - **Growth Signals**: Processed over $15 billion annually and serves 35,000+ businesses. Revenue grew roughly 63% from 2023 to 2024. Employees grew from ~155 in 2023 to ~169 in 2026. Over 35 active job postings with 176.9% yearly growth. ## Competitive Advantages - **Category Creator**: Invented the "embedded payroll" model, giving them deep expertise and a first-mover advantage. - **Platform Focus**: Unlike direct payroll services (Gusto, ADP), Check does not compete with its partners. It acts solely as an infrastructure layer, aligning incentives with the platforms that integrate it. - **Scalability**: Their API-first design allows partners from startups to public companies to offer payroll at any scale without needing to hire payroll experts. - **Ecosystem Depth**: Handles not just payments, but complex tax compliance, fraud protection, garnishments, and benefits administration. ## Strategic Focus - Continuing to deepen their platform with more complex features (benefits, 401k, workers comp). - Scaling their partner network across different verticals and geographies. - Investing in automation and reliability to handle increasing payroll volume. - Growing their workforce significantly, particularly in engineering and partner support roles. ## Why Work Here - **Remote-first, but with strong in-person culture**: The team has vibrant hubs in San Francisco (SoMa) and New York (Union Square). They emphasize coming together for collaboration, team hangs, and off-sites. - **Generous benefits**: Includes high-quality medical, dental, and vision insurance; up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave; $2k annual learning budget; a MacBook and $1k home office stipend; $100 monthly internet/phone reimbursement; flexible vacation and sick leave; weekly pay (every Friday). - **Engineering culture**: Focus on building bold solutions with a "think big, work small" and "simplify for success" mentality. The team is described as cross-functional and collaborative. - **Growth stage**: With ~169 employees and over 35 open positions, it is a high-growth stage company where new hires can have significant impact. - **High talent density**: Team members frequently come from top companies like Gusto, Stripe, Plaid, Checkr, ADP, and Twilio. ## Sources 1. [checkhq.com](https://www.checkhq.com/) 2. [checkhq.com/company/careers](https://www.checkhq.com/company/careers) 3. [linkedin.com/company/check-technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/check-technologies) 4. 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