Staff Engineer in United States at Jobgether
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Job Description
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Engineer based in the United States.
You will join a fast-growing SaaS engineering organization building mission-critical payroll and HR systems used by thousands of businesses across the U.S. In this role, you will operate at a senior technical level, shaping architecture, driving feature delivery, and improving the reliability and scalability of core platform services. You will work across product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to translate complex payroll requirements into robust, compliant, and user-friendly software. This is a highly collaborative environment where engineering excellence, customer impact, and operational ownership go hand in hand. Beyond feature development, you will influence system design, DevOps practices, and production reliability while mentoring engineers and elevating technical standards across the team. You will also play a key role in balancing rapid product iteration with the rigor required for payroll accuracy, security, and compliance.
- Lead the design, development, and enhancement of core payroll and HR product features, ensuring scalability, reliability, and compliance.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Experience teams to define requirements, shape technical solutions, and resolve complex customer issues.
- Own architectural decisions and contribute to system design improvements, ensuring long-term maintainability and performance of backend and full-stack systems.
- Drive technical execution across feature delivery, system refactors, and infrastructure improvements, balancing speed with stability and quality.
- Participate in production operations, on-call rotations, and incident response, ensuring system reliability and SLA adherence.
- Improve engineering practices by introducing better testing, documentation, DevOps processes, and automation across the development lifecycle.
- Mentor engineers, promote knowledge sharing, and foster a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture focused on continuous improvement.
- Evaluate and introduce new technologies, prototypes, and tools to improve platform capabilities and engineering efficiency.
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong exposure to full-stack or backend development.
- Strong proficiency in PHP (required), with additional experience in Go, React, or similar modern frameworks preferred.
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure and DevOps tools such as AWS, GCP, Docker, Jenkins, and Linux environments.
- Strong understanding of database systems such as MySQL and NoSQL technologies like MongoDB and Redis.
- Experience working in high-scale, production-critical systems with strong focus on reliability, performance, and security.
- Familiarity with software testing best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and observability/monitoring tools.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to balance technical trade-offs, business priorities, and customer needs.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset with experience working across cross-functional teams.
- Experience in payroll, HRIS, or regulated domains is a strong plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- Competitive base salary estimated between $145,000 and $195,000, plus bonus and equity opportunities.
- Fully hybrid flexibility with remote work options across the U.S. or access to an Atlanta-based collaborative office environment.
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off including 4 weeks of PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, and disability coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Fertility, wellness, and employee assistance benefits.
- Strong engineering culture focused on learning, mentorship, and career growth.
- Opportunity to work on high-impact, mission-critical systems in a rapidly scaling SaaS environment.