Engineer Software

About Paylocity:

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce. 

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business. 

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! 

About the Team:

The Time & Labor NextGen engineering team is currently working on some of the most critical products at Paylocity. Our mission is to empower managers with modernized tools and insights to improve workplace happiness and efficiency. We are part of the Engineering Products functional group within our larger Product & Technology organization.

NextGen’s technical footprint covers a breadth of areas some examples are:

· An API-first strategy to deliver integrations and experiences between domains

· Backend asynchronous processing engine to provide scalable experiences for clients

· Domain Events consumed by RabbitMQ/SNS/SQS

· Main languages and frameworks are C#/.NET and React 

What you will do:

Engineering is the function that applies principles and techniques of engineering, mathematics, and computer/data science to the design, development, and testing of applications. The Product & Technology engineering family consists of software development, testing, database, DevOps, virtualization & network.

· Enthusiastic about developing the best software available and providing the ultimate customer experience

· An advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process

· Interested in staying current by applying new technologies

· Able to work in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share your ideas

· Able to work independently on modules and complete tasks with high quality and contribute to high velocity, but unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members

· Excited to work on cutting-edge technology

· Recommend and implement improvements to team core processes 

· Complete stories or subtasks where the approach is less defined, however the outcome is clearly defined

· Work with senior team members to pressure test their design or approach.

· Propose appropriate scope adjustments centered on delivering the right client outcome while considering technical debt impacts. 

· Understand a large code base to contribute to it and understand existing designs and technology choices to make appropriate adjustments to existing designs

· Ensure code exhibits good separation of concerns

· Achieve both high throughput and quality 

· Work within the scope of a team with specific guidance from manager and collaborate with team members

· Build something that you are proud of

· Learn something that you are excited about

· Do the best work of your career so far

· Find innovative ways to increase the quality and velocity of your work

· Exercise creativity and solve cool problems

· Demonstrate a passion for writing quality software

· Contribute to a shared code base

· Demonstrate software quality through unit and integration test automation

· Strengthen your team by sharing your knowledge and interests with others

· Build relationships and communicate with various types and levels of stakeholders across the organization

· Analyze and spearhead improvements to the systems and software that are important to your team

· Manage risks, escalate priorities, and help resolve issues that could impact production quality

What you will bring:

· Bachelor's degree in a computer science, engineering, technology related field or equivalent experience

· Must have 2-3 years’ hands-on experience with full-stack web development, with experience in Client-Side Programming (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX) and SQL. React JS preferred

· Must be proficient in object-oriented design and development and unit-testing, Web Services, and web pages using ASP.NET and/or ASP.NET MVC with C#

· Should be familiar with Systems Architecture and developer tools

· Experience with unit testing and integration test automation

· Must be adaptable to change and have a willingness to learn 

· Must have a strong sense of curiosity 

· Must commit to their role and take responsibility for their tasks 

· Must be able to work effectively in an agile and team environment

· Must be effective and creative in problem solving

EEO and Accessibility Statement

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $84,100 - $156,100/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here.  This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.

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.