À propos de ce poste Staff Software Engineer chez Workstream
Workstream is a mission-driven company building the all-in-one HR, payroll, and hiring platform for managing the hourly workforce. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers, making up 80% of the global workforce, but this market has been heavily underserved by technology and deserves better. Workstream has been purpose-built for the hourly workforce from day one so that these businesses and their employees can thrive.
Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors, including Burger King, Carl's Jr./Hardee's, IHOP, KFC, and Culvers. We are a high growth series B company and quickly expanding our product portfolio to deliver on our vision. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund, BOND, and Coatue.
Grow With Us
We are a team from UC Berkeley, Cornell, SJTU, Cambridge, and NUS, with broad industry experience from Tencent, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, and more. Our engineering team is composed of passionate, driven, and talented engineers who focus on building and innovating cloud technology solutions that empower local businesses to thrive and better serve the deskless workforce in their communities.
We're looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to help shape our technical direction, solve complex engineering challenges, and elevate how our teams build software. This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong architectural judgment, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to lead through influence.
This is a full-time, hybrid position requiring 1 day per week in the office to support close cross-functional collaboration.
Day in the Life:
- Lead complex engineering initiatives, coordinating work across engineers and AI coding agents to ensure high-quality, predictable delivery.
- Own squad architecture and technical direction, designing scalable solutions and reusable components.
- Drive engineering excellence through design reviews, code quality, system reliability, and continuous improvement.
- Design and improve AI-augmented engineering workflows, including code generation, testing, and documentation.
- Partner with Engineering, Product, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.
- Mentor engineers, resolve complex technical challenges, and influence engineering practices across teams.
Who You Are:
- 10+ years of experience building, architecting, and scaling production software systems.
- Deep expertise in at least one programming language (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, PHP, C#, etc.), with the ability to adapt across different technology stacks.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, excellent problem-solving skills, and sound architectural judgment.
- Proven ability to lead complex engineering initiatives, coordinate work across engineers, and drive predictable delivery.
- Experience designing scalable, reusable solutions and making sound technical trade-offs between short-term needs and long-term value.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and AI-augmented engineering workflows.
- Strong technical leadership and communication skills, with the ability to mentor engineers and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience owning production systems, overseeing deployments, and driving system reliability and continuous improvement.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or Node.js. Experience with both is a plus.
- Familiarity with React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
- Experience with AWS, Terraform, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones.
What We Offer:
- A mission-driven and value-based company dedicated to empowering deskless workers and local businesses
- An early employee opportunity at a Series B hyper-growth startup
- Work with the founding team and industry veterans to accelerate your career
- Competitive salary and equity
- Comprehensive health coverage
- In-office amenities and stocked kitchen
- Flexible PTO
- Hybrid Office/WFH schedule
Know More About Workstream
- https://www.workstream.us/blog/funding-series-b
- https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/26/workstreams-text-based-recruitment-tool-gets-a-48m-bet-from-bond-and-beyond/
- https://techbuzz.news/buzzworthy-august-27-2021/
Additional Information
Workstream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.
