Workstream is a mission-driven company that believes in building premium, modern software solutions for local businesses. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers, who make up 80% of the global workforce, but they've been heavily underserved by technology and deserve better. We help local businesses around you hire, manage, and retain qualified workers.
Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors, including Burger King, Carl's Jr./Hardee's, IHOP, KFC, and Culvers. At series B, we are quickly expanding our product portfolio. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund, BOND, and Coatue.
Our engineering team is composed of passionate, driven, and talented engineers who focus on building and innovating cloud technology solutions that empower local businesses to thrive and better serve the deskless workforce in their communities. We are seeking a talented Staff Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Shanghai.
Day in the Life:
As a Staff Engineer, you will:
Work with your squad team members (local + remote) to ensure that implementations are consistent with the overall Engineering team strategy.
Work closely with the Engineering Manager on communicating tasks, challenges, and workflows across a globally distributed team.
Contribute to the design and architecting of cutting-edge tools and technologies while maintaining the existing stack.
Guide team development efforts toward successful sprint delivery.
Maintain high software quality standards within the team by establishing good habits and practices.
Provide technical leadership to team members through mentoring and coaching.
Who You Are:
Advanced skills in Ruby with 5+ years of experience.
8+ years of industry experience as an individual contributor in web application development
Advanced skills in JavaScript or Go
3+ years of experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
5+ years of experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
Experience developing and maintaining microservice-based systems is a bonus.
2+ years of experience working in Agile software engineering methods and tools: Scrum, Jira, GitHub, DevOps, and software architectures that allow rapid iterations
Demonstrate an understanding of requirement management and roadmap development with product managers
Possess a passion for effective collaboration within and between cross-functional teams, with a history of building influence with Product and Design
Familiarity with cloud technologies (AWS) and architectural patterns and their trade-offs
Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams is an asset
Passionate to learn, understand, and dissect new technology stacks quickly on your own
Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university; or equivalent training, education, and experience in information / cyber security, computer systems, IT, etc.