Lead Software Engineer (Back-end) – EO Workflows (d/f/m)

Requirements

• Strong backend engineering experience working on complex, distributed systems in production environments.
• High ownership and autonomy with a proven ability to independently drive technical and product decisions in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Product mindset with experience solving real customer problems and influencing solution direction.
• Solid system design skills and experience working with large codebases and evolving architectures.
• Experience with Java, Kotlin, or similar languages is helpful, but not mandatory.
• Comfort working in senior, high-trust teams where engineers own large surface areas and move multiple initiatives forward in parallel.
• Clear communication skills to explain technical decisions and collaborate effectively across disciplines.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own complex backend problem spaces by designing, building, and evolving scalable workflow systems that power approvals, reminders, and employment-related processes.
• Act as a product-focused engineer who deeply understands customer needs and actively shapes solutions rather than just executing predefined requirements.
• Lead technical design and implementation for large initiatives such as the new Employment Workflows project, including complex chained processes and long-running workflows.
• Drive system evolution and migration by improving and extending the new workflows-based approvals system and helping retire legacy solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions.
• Support team-level technical excellence by contributing to design discussions, reviewing code, and helping maintain high engineering standards in a senior-heavy team.
• Take ownership of legacy and future systems including the planned rebuild of the onboarding product on top of the workflows platform.

Perks and Benefits

• A competitive reward package including salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
• 28 days of paid vacation, plus additional days after 2 and 4 years
• One fully paid Impact Day per year
• Generous family leave, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities
• Regular team events, healthy office snacks, drinks, and weekly catered lunches