Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations. We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. This role is part of Human Resources Technology Operations, where we're building and maintaining the digital systems that support Blue Origin's people and workforce. HR Technology Operations is focused on delivering reliable, innovative, and scalable technology solutions that enhance the employee experience and enable HR to operate at the speed of our mission.

We're seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer who builds and implements AI-powered HR technology solutions while maintaining strategic awareness. This role emphasizes practical implementation — someone who can design smart solutions across Workday, Cornerstone, and LMS platforms or build custom solutions, then immediately build, test, and deploy them. You'll spend most of your time turning wrenches, with enough architectural thinking to ensure your solutions scale. The ideal candidate builds custom solutions that meet our customers where they're at and is passionate about improving the day-to-day lives of employees at Blue Origin. Passion for our mission and vision is required! Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design, develop, and deploy digital employee experiences across HR technology platforms including Cornerstone, LMS tools, and Workday, ensuring seamless end-to-end user journeys.
• Architect and build custom integrations between HR enterprise systems (Workday, Cornerstone, LMS) and internal/external applications using RESTful APIs, SOAP, GraphQL, and message queues.
• Leverage AI technologies and tools (e.g., LLMs, recommendation engines, intelligent automation) to enhance HR software capabilities, improve employee self-service, and drive innovation in people technology.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including HR business partners, data analysts, and ET stakeholders to translate people-operations requirements into actionable software solutions.
• Identify feature gaps between enterprise HR systems and develop remediation plans, building custom solutions that meet end users where they are.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and deployment of enterprise-scale HR systems and services that are highly available, scalable, and maintainable.
• Produce quality technical documentation for defining integrations between enterprise-level HR applications.
• Adopt software DevOps technologies and CI/CD best practices to solve software automation and deployment challenges.
• Design and implement automations that reduce manual HR operational toil, streamline workflows, and improve system reliability across the HR technology stack.
• Apply SRE principles — including SLOs, error budgets, and incident management — and collaborate with SRE teams to ensure HR systems meet reliability and availability standards.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and cross-functional team members who are passionate about improving the employee experience at Blue Origin, fostering growth across both technical and non-technical disciplines.
• Stay current with emerging HR technology trends, AI/ML advancements, and digital experience methodologies, proposing improvements and innovations to optimize system performance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of proven experience writing software and deploying it to production environments.
• Hands-on experience with at least one HR technology platform such as Workday, Cornerstone OnDemand, or similar LMS/HCM systems.
• Strong proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript. Experience developing APIs and building applications on them in a production environment.
• Experience with AWS cloud services, including containerization and orchestration using Kubernetes (K8s) and Amazon EKS.
• Demonstrated understanding of deploying web interfaces using React, Angular, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog for application performance management, logging, and infrastructure monitoring.
• Experience solving complex problems by leveraging AI tools and integrating AI-powered solutions into software development workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex systems to a varying user base.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, HR Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience building and configuring Workday integrations (Workday Studio, EIBs, or Workday Extend).
• Deep familiarity with Cornerstone OnDemand administration, configuration, and custom development including learning management and talent management modules.
• Experience integrating AI/ML models into enterprise HR applications (e.g., intelligent recommendations, chatbots, predictive analytics for talent).
• Proficiency in deployment and orchestration tools such as Git and Docker.
• Experience with Databricks for data engineering, analytics, or ML workflows across HR data pipelines.
• Working knowledge of the Atlassian product suite (Jira, Confluence) and GitLab for project management, documentation, and CI/CD workflows.
• Experience building dashboards, alerts, and SLOs in Datadog to ensure reliability and performance of enterprise HR systems.
• Experience with data integration, transformation, and real-time processing across HR data sources.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across distributed teams.
• Background in building digital experiences with a user-centered design mindset, iterating based on employee feedback and adoption metrics.
• Demonstrated passion for mentoring and developing teams — not just engineers, but anyone committed to improving the day-to-day lives of employees through technology.