Requirements

Backend and distributed systems expertise: A strong track record architecting and delivering complex backend systems in production, ideally involving workflows, long-running processes, or event-driven architectures.
Systems-level thinking: The ability to see how separate services and teams fit into one coherent whole, and to design the contracts between them.
Architectural judgement with a bias for simplicity: Strong instincts for choosing the most reliable and efficient solution rather than the most complex one, especially where correctness matters.
Hands-on delivery: Comfort staying close to the code and contributing significant production work while also setting direction for others.
Cross-team technical leadership: Experience anchoring long-running initiatives that span multiple teams, from direction-setting through to a shipped, dependable result.
Operational excellence: Solid instincts for CI/CD, observability, and keeping critical services reliable in production.
Coaching and influence: A history of raising standards and supporting the growth of the engineers around you. Familiarity with JVM languages such as Java or Kotlin is helpful, but not mandatory.

What You'll Be Doing

Set technical direction: Define the architecture and patterns for the workflows platform that powers approvals, reminders, and long-running employment processes, setting standards that other teams adopt.
Solve the hardest problems simply: Find the simplest robust solution to complex, chained, and long-running workflow challenges, writing meaningful amounts of production code yourself.
Drive complex initiatives end to end: Lead large backend initiatives such as evolving the workflows-based approvals system and rebuilding products on top of the platform, taking accountability for delivery and quality the whole way through.
Work across boundaries: Partner with engineers, product managers, and designers across EO and beyond, bringing services together so capabilities are adopted consistently rather than shipped in isolation.
Raise operational excellence: Improve how the team deploys, observes, and maintains services, keeping critical systems reliable and reducing complexity as the platform scales.
Coach and elevate engineers: Mentor senior and lead engineers through design feedback, pairing on hard problems, and the example you set.