Staff Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Provide hands-on technical leadership within the development team.

• Spearhead the execution of development activities, taking ownership of technical design and project delivery to meet business objectives.

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to gather their requirements, negotiate phased release plans, and define user story acceptance criteria.

• Design and develop our cloud-enabled products, engaging with all layers of the code stack while utilizing modern frameworks and technologies.

• Mentor Software Engineers to facilitate knowledge growth through guidance, coaching, and training opportunities.

• Promote and champion modern agile methodologies and best practices.

• Play a key role in translating requirements into sprint stories and executing those effectively.

• Create quick prototypes to refine ideas and subsequently develop them into production-quality features.

• Build and maintain reliable, high-quality integrations between G-P's platform and various third-party HRIS systems (e.g., ADP, Workday).

• Design and develop new services using a serverless, event-driven microservices architecture (AWS SAM/Lambda, EventBridge, SNS).

• Own and enhance components of our public API platform, emphasizing robust REST API design, OAuth implementation, and the management of inbound and outbound webhooks.

• Convert high-level product requirements and business needs into well-defined, practical workstreams, design specifications, and sprint stories.

• Work closely with Product and User-Experience teams to comprehend requirements.

• Contribute to the advancement of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the technology stack.

⛳️ Requirements

• Exceptional communication abilities, both written and verbal.

• Proven capability to demonstrate initiative and thrive in a multi-region remote-first environment.

• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving.

• Strong understanding of serverless architectures, particularly with AWS SAM/Lambda.

• Extensive, practical experience in designing and working with NoSQL databases, specifically DynamoDB.

• Proven track record in designing, building, and maintaining microservices and bounded contexts.

• Demonstrated expertise in REST API design and implementing event-driven patterns utilizing technologies like AWS EventBridge and SNS.

• Familiarity with CI/CD practices, specifically using GitHub Actions.

• Experience in developing and integrating full-stack web applications using modern frameworks (e.g., Typescript, React, Node.js, APIs).

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous paid parental leave.

• Flexible time off.

• Spending accounts.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Sabbatical after 5 years and beyond.