Senior Software Engineer

Job Description:

The Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work in an agile environment on our Conversations product which offers a continuous performance development solution with a full spectrum of feedback, check-ins, priorities and reflections to develop the talent of any team.
You will be joining one of our two squads - Jellybeans. Jellybeans' mission is to drive engagement and foster a culture of feedback within organisations, ultimately contributing to improved business outcomes for our users and clients​
 

What we can offer you

• An opportunity to work with a highly skilled, motivated, and personable team.

• An opportunity to continuously deliver solutions  to enable managers and employees to have better, more meaningful, continuous conversations facilitating an employee’s learning, development and performance growth as well as improve the manager-employee relationship.

• An opportunity to partner with Product and Engineering to take ideas from design, implementation and through to delivery to production.

• An opportunity to collaborate with other teams to optimise our practices, standards and platform.

• An opportunity to work in a trusting environment where all ideas are shared and valued and where we practice radical candour.

The skills you will bring

• You are curious, adaptable, inquisitive and strive for excellence in the work you do, always putting quality first. 

• You develop in accordance with software engineering best practices, helping to define standards for the team. 

• You have an agile mindset, valuing collaboration, continuous improvement, adaptability and flexibility.

• You are familiar with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CI/CD best practices. 

• You have worked on complex issues which require an in depth evaluation of variable factors. You exercise largely independent judgment in selecting approach and obtaining results. 

• You are a skilled communicator who can write and speak with clarity, tailoring your message to the audience, and incorporating active listening skills to understand others.

• You have good Database modelling experience with SQL or NoSQL databases. 

• You are familiar with RESTful as an API design and have experience working with multiple services.

Achievements

• You have delivered high quality enterprise applications with Java and  Spring 

• You have built and deployed cloud-native applications, preferably in AWS.

•  You have worked in an early-stage product development environment and are familiar with hypothesis testing

• You have demonstrated a growth mindset with a continuous focus on improving yourself and the way work gets done within your sphere of influence

• You have demonstrated ability to prioritise customer needs and advocate for the user experience throughout the software development lifecycle

• You have motivated your team to continuously improve, both individually and collectively.

Tech stack

AWS, Java 17, Spring, Oracle, Postgres, GitLab, Jenkins, Sonar, Maven, Terraform, Docker/Containerisation, Kafka

The Company:

At Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, innovative with a growth mindset

We love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large-sized workplace category. We were also recognised as the Best Workplace for Women and the Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium-sized workplace category.

•  We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as the Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work, and U.S. Best Places to Work.

• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.

• Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation, and Imagination.

Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based solely on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.