Staff Engineer

Overview

As Senior Tech Lead for US Payroll, you will architect and scale a critical enterprise-grade platform serving SMBs to large enterprises. You’ll partner with the Director of Engineering to shape architecture, drive key technical decisions, and uphold engineering excellence. You’ll work across multiple teams to implement cross-cutting improvements, migrations, and bottleneck elimination. You’ll mentor engineers and reinforce a high-performance culture that enables fast growth. This role offers a chance to shape the future of global payroll infrastructure at a leading Saa

S company.

Retribuzione / Benefits

stock grant opportunities

remote work flexibility with We

Work access

additional country-based perks

equal opportunity employer

discussion of total rewards and benefits

competitive compensation

Responsabilità

Principal technical advisor and architect for critical initiatives aligning with business goals

Drive technical decision-making and architecture reviews to balance delivery and long-term health

Represent engineering leadership in planning with product and design for cross-product alignment

Implement engineering best practices and scalable processes to boost velocity and quality

Establish metrics/KPIs, drive post-mortems, and reduce organizational friction

Mentor senior engineers and tech leads, enabling career development and hiring standards

Bridge engineering with wider leadership to influence strategy across multiple teams and product areas

Requisiti fondamentali

10+ years of software engineering experience

Proven leadership in organizations with 30+ engineers

Strong system design and architecture skills

Excellence in technical communication and documentation, mentorship history

strong communication

mentorship

cross-functional collaboration

system design and architecture

engineering processes at scale

data-driven decision making