Staff Engineer Software - Benefits Solutions

Staff Engineer Software

Paylocity is a cloud-based software company that creates customized HR solutions for small to mid-sized organizations. Our workplace enhances communication and enables employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere. Our award-winning culture ensures everyone has a voice and feels truly welcome. Join Paylocity as we shape the future of technology and the workplace! 

Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology!

Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience. 

Take your career to the next level at one of G2's Top 100 Software Companies. Explore our Product & Technology positions to see where you fit!

We are committed to building a world-class team by hiring top talent globally. To ensure compliance, we use an Employer of Record model. Our ideal candidates would be based in Guadalajara, Mexico, or the surrounding areas, with the right to work there, and be able to work within four hours of Eastern Standard Time.

We are hiring an expert lead software engineer to join a fast-paced, highly collaborative engineering team. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be leading to continuously improve and enhance the Benefits space on the Coverage team. The Coverage team has a split focus of Development and Production Support. The Staff Engineer role will be focused on the Development side. You’ll be designing and implementing solutions for scale, mentoring team members, ensuring quality in our SDLC, documenting designs, and participating in our Agile ceremonies. 

Are you the teammate we are looking for?

Who are you: 

• Enthusiastic about developing the best software available and providing the ultimate customer experience 
• An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process and shortening cycle times for software releases 
• Lifelong learner with boundless curiosity about current market and technology trends, able to adapt accordingly 
• Enables team to make the right choices, in alignment with our technology direction, to promote scalable and secure solutions 
• Focuses on the high-level goals and design of a project or direction and how it aligns to the overall vision 
• Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas with team members and to reach out to other teams and the Tech Practice to help pressure-test ideas 
• Able to work independently on modules and complete tasks with high quality, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members 
• Nimble and responsive to the needs of team 
• Dream big, start small mindset 
• Excited to work on cutting-edge technology 
• Passionate about mentoring and coaching developers 

During the first 6 months, you will: 

• Set the strategic technical direction for the product team 
• Work closely with others to drive, influence and evangelize the overall technical direction (including architectural vision, strategy, principles) for the organization within the team.  
• Participate in various forums to evolve and push our technical vision 
• Work closely with the Developers, Engineering Managers, SMEs, QA Engineers, Product Owners, Business Owners and product stakeholders to drive outcomes 
• Direct technical governance of a product team 
• Evangelize and operationalize a standard or framework for use within the team 
• Contribute to a shared codebase 
• Work on proofs of concept and experiments based on team’s needs 
• Work closely across specialties to make deployments easier to improve team velocity and overall quality of delivery 
• Manage risks, escalated priorities and drive resolution of issues that could impact production quality 
• Implement next generation technologies in their team 
• Elevate team members and act as a force multiplier within the team 
• Mentor, coach and empower technical team members while still taking a very active role in developing complex technical solutions 
• Strengthen our technical acumen as an organization by sharing knowledge and interests with other Staff Software Engineers 
• Interview new hires and assess the technical expertise of team members 

Required Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in a computer science, engineering, technology related field or equivalent experience.  
• Must have 2 years of professional experience as a Senior Software Engineer or equivalent and 5-8 years of hands-on experience with full-stack web development and in designing and developing large-scale enterprise level applications.
• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design proficiency in multiple .NET Frameworks including .NET Core.
• Proficiency in C#, ASP .NET, ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server.
• Strong experience with the core AWS services and how to leverage the cloud for scalability and performance. 
• AWS cloud practitioner certification is a plus.
• Should be well-versed with Software architecture patterns and developer tools.
• Proven experience in mentoring, coaching, performing code reviews and fostering a learning environment.
• Broad set of technical skills with demonstrated learning agility and intellectual curiosity.
• Must be able to work effectively in an agile environment.
• Has  a proven track record in solving architectural problems.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with AWS or Azure technologies and deployment pipelines
• A history of working on large-scale SaaS architecture
• A proven track record of successfully breaking down monolithic architecture with incremental upgrades

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer.

Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact leavebenefits@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed.

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