[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @G-P

Role Description

As a Staff Software Engineer at G-P you will be hands-on, perform as an individual contributor and will also lead a small team of software engineers.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership in the development team
• Drive the implementation of development activities including owning technical design and project execution for the team to meet business goals
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to understand their requirements, negotiate phased release plans and define user story acceptance criteria that meet evolving customer needs
• Design and develop our cloud-enabled products, working on all parts of the code stack as we utilize modern frameworks and technologies
• Mentor Software Engineers to allow for knowledge development through advice, coaching and training opportunities
• Advocate and evangelize modern agile methodologies and best practices
• Take a lead role in translating requirements to sprint stories and executing on them
• Build quick prototypes to refine concepts, then turn them into real production-quality features
• Build and maintain reliable, high-quality integrations between G-P's platform and third-party HRIS systems (ADP, Workday, etc.)
• Design and develop new services leveraging a serverless, event-driven microservices architecture (AWS SAM/Lambda, EventBridge, SNS)
• Own and enhance components of our public API platform, focusing on robust REST API design, OAuth implementation, and management of inbound and outbound webhooks
• Translate high-level product requirements and business needs into clearly defined, pragmatic workstreams, design specifications, and sprint stories
• Collaborate closely with Product and User-Experience teams to understand requirements
• Contribute to the evolution of the SDLC and the tech stack

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication skills (written and oral) and proven ability to show initiative and thrive in a multi-region remote-first environment
• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving, with the ability to pivot and adapt to changing requirements (this is prioritized above technical expertise)
• Strong command of serverless architectures, specifically using AWS SAM/Lambda
• Deep, practical experience designing and working with NoSQL databases, specifically DynamoDB (we run DynamoDB exclusively, no relational DBs)
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining microservices and bounded contexts, including applying anti-corruption layers
• Demonstrated ability in REST API design and implementing event-driven patterns using technologies like AWS EventBridge and SNS, and experience with OAuth and webhooks (inbound and outbound)
• Experience with CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions
• Experience developing & integrating full-stack web applications using modern frameworks (e.g., Typescript, React, Node.js, APIs)

Requirements

• Experience in a product engineering space, translating high-level requirements into technical plans and workstreams is highly desirable
• Experience working on third-party integrations with major HRIS systems (Workday, SAP, ADP)
• Familiarity with modern AI tools, e.g., Cursor
• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment is desirable

Benefits

• Generous paid parental leave
• Flexible time off
• Spending accounts
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Sabbatical after 5 years
• Additional compensation structures for sales and non-sales roles