Jonathan Perichon
Co-founder at Checkr
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Perichon is a seasoned software founder and engineer with 14 years of experience building developer-focused products from early prototypes to scale. As co-founder of Checkr since 2014, he has helped grow a tech company in San Francisco that applies engineering to hiring and background checks. His background spans hands-on engineering roles in messaging platforms and last-mile delivery startups, grounded in strong C++, PHP, and web development experience from internships and early projects. He combines practical product sensibility with deep technical roots from an international academic path (MSc in Computer Science from UTBM and exchange studies at Université Laval). Jonathan's career shows a pattern of turning integration-heavy systems into reliable services—a useful but often underappreciated skill in high-growth startups. Based in the Bay Area, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a developer-first mindset to building reliable, scalable systems.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Semester Software Engineering, Exchange Semester Software Engineering at Université LavalMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at UTBMTwo-year undergraduate degree Computer Science, Two-year undergraduate degree Computer Science at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-Ferrand
French, English, Italian, Spanish
Github Skills (76)
logentries10
loggly10
candidate9
feature-flags9
lists9
amazon9
golang8
swagger8
ruby8
testing8
docker8
url-validation8
aws8
ab-testing8
tagging8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
checkr/checkr-ruby
Mar 2015 - Jan 2021
Checkr Ruby bindings
Contributions:5 releases, 34 commits, 37 PRs in 5 years 11 months
checkrruby-bindingsruby
jperichon/mogreet-php
Apr 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:35 commits in 6 months
api-clientapiapi-wrapperphpphp-wrapper
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