Senior Backend Engineer - Payroll - EST

Senior Backend Engineer - Payroll

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the team, you'll have a key role in developing our Payroll product and its unique features, working closely with our Product team. You are passionate about software engineering and building a product end-to-end. You will be responsible for owning the dev cycle from the technical design, through coding and testing, to deployment and monitoring. We work in a true continuous delivery environment with fully automated QA processes on a microservices architecture, deploying to production dozens of times every day.

Base salary for this role ranges from $170,000 - $220,000 per year. There is a strong preference to fill this role in NYC with a hybrid schedule out of our office, but we will consider exceptional candidates who are based in the EST time zone and open to working remotely. Location Eligibility: While this can be a remote position, HiBob is currently authorized to hire in the following states: CA. CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA. Candidates must reside in one of these states to be considered for employment.

Job Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, strongly emphasizing backend development.
• Experience building customer-facing SaaS products from inception to launch with thousands of users.
• Experience collaborating with product managers, exercising sound judgment on when to advocate strongly, and confidently navigating trade-offs and negotiations.
• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of software design and scalable architecture.
• Experience with testing methodologies - unit-testing, TDD, mocking, etc.
• Experience with AWS or an equivalent cloud platform.
• Independent, fast learner, and excited about learning new technologies.
• Proactive team player with a desire to impact our team, our product, and our customers.

The following is a big plus:

• Experience with Kotlin, Java, or Scala.
• Experience developing a payroll/payments/HR product.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable back-end systems for our Payroll product using a modern microservices architecture.
• Collaborate with product managers, front-end engineers, and other stakeholders to implement new features and ensure alignment with the overall product roadmap.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Kotlin, Scala, or Java (or be eager to learn Kotlin).
• Build and optimize APIs to support seamless integrations across our platform.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Take ownership of the full development cycle, including technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Work in a continuous delivery environment with automated QA processes to ensure robust and reliable releases.

Job Benefits

• Stock options at a high-growth unicorn startup
• 100% subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees
• 401(k) with a 3% company match starting from Day 1
• Hybrid working model for bobbers in the NY metro area
• Work from home allowance to get your home office set up!
• Temporary remote work-from-anywhere in the world for up to 2 months after 6 months of employment
• Annual Headspace subscription and wellness benefits
• Two social impact days per year for volunteering
• Bob balance days - 4 additional days within a calendar year - Enjoy a company-wide long weekend at the beginning of each quarter
• Employee referral program - $2,500 bonus for each successful referral with an additional ambassador bonus
• Fun and frequent social events (in-person and virtual)
• We love birthdays - take the day off and receive a special gift
• Dog-friendly office