Staff Engineer, Payroll Foundations (d/f/m)

Requirements

• Deep PostgreSQL expertise (essential): A genuine track record of designing, optimizing, and scaling PostgreSQL for high-throughput storage and serving.
• Data-store service experience: Experience building data storage and serving systems as a core responsibility.
• Correctness-critical experience: Demonstrated experience designing reliable services with high correctness requirements.
• Strong programming foundations: Deep experience in languages such as Kotlin, Java or similar.
• Architectural judgement with a bias for simplicity: Strong instincts for reliable and efficient solutions.
• A systems-and-people perspective: Ability to connect the data layer to the wider picture.
• Cross-team technical leadership: Track record of anchoring long-running initiatives across multiple teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with temporal or history-tracking data models.
• Operational ownership of critical infrastructure in an SRE or SRE-like capacity.
• Background in fintech, payroll or another regulated, financially sensitive domain.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the data foundation: Set the architecture and patterns for the storage and serving system at the heart of payroll processing.
• Go deep where it counts: Design, optimize, and scale a PostgreSQL-based data service for high loads.
• Solve the hardest problems simply: Find robust solutions to complex challenges around correctness, reliability, and performance.
• Keep money-critical systems trustworthy: Ensure payroll data is stored and served accurately and reliably.
• Drive complex initiatives end to end: Lead technical efforts that span team boundaries within payroll.
• Raise operational excellence: Set the standard for the reliability, performance, and maintainability of the critical service.
• Collaborate across boundaries: Partner with teams to ensure system coherence.
• Coach and elevate engineers: Mentor engineers through design feedback and example setting.

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