Senior Software Engineer - AZ

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable services
for our payroll, benefits, and HRIS platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be
responsible for the design and implementation of major features and components of the Namely
platform.

Our teams use a diverse set of tools and languages, including C#, Go, Ruby, Kafka, Docker,
Kubernetes, Istio, Spinnaker. We work with React and SPA’s in the front-end, and are investing
in an API-driven architecture and GraphQL, powered by gRPC-based services.
We’ve built a strong engineering team to date, but have a lot of work ahead of us, including:

• Migrating from a monolith to a microservice architecture, including a complete overhaul and
rewrite of our Payroll Processing and Benefits Configuration
• Defining domain boundaries and implementing robust APIs for internal and public
consumption of our Human Capital Management (HCM) services
• Leveling up our platform, including enhancing our test coverage, observability, alerting, and
performance

Help us scale our business to meet the needs of our growing customer base and develop new
products on the Namely platform. You'll be a critical part of our growing company, leading the
way to implement best practices in technology, architecture, and process. You’ll have the
chance to work in an open and collaborative environment, receive hands-on mentorship, and
have ample opportunities to grow and accelerate your career.

Responsibilities:
• Implement and maintain containerized gRPC and RESTful services and deploy these services to
Kubernetes on AWS
• Collaborate with the various Namely Labs teams (Product, Design, and Engineering) to design
APIs that support new or enhanced product features
• Design and implement migration strategies for legacy code to move existing functionality out
of our monoliths, and into modern services
• Design and contribute features to our shared libraries, which provide core functionality used by
all of our services
• Mentor junior engineers on the team and assist in their professional growth and development
• Support production services on a rotation
• Review design docs and pull requests for relevant services and repositories
• Support other engineering organizations, such as Site Reliability, as they bring in new platform
features and testing technologies

Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience overall writing production software using a server-side language (C#
and Ruby highly preferred)
• Experience designing and developing APIs
• Experience with relational data modeling, and in-depth knowledge of an RDBMS
• Experience developing web applications (using Angular or React)
• Experience writing maintainable unit tests
• Working knowledge of security best practices
• Proven track record of working cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Design, and
business stakeholders.

Nice-to-Have:
• Experience using Docker and Kubernetes in production
• Experience with Protobuf / gRPC
• Experience working on distributed systems
• Experience working with Kafka or equivalent messaging bus
• Experience with AWS (S3, EC2, SQS, etc.)
• Familiarity with Payroll/HR Software
• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience

PrismHR is a fast-paced SaaS company which provides customers with a cloud-based payroll process software application. PrismHR also provides professional services including system implementation consulting, custom configurations, and training. Lastly, via the Company’s Marketplace platform customers and end users access other human resources and employee benefits applications from PrismHR’s Marketplace Partners.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program/Affirmative Action Plan:

We have transformed our company into an inclusive environment where individuals are valued for their talents and empowered to reach their fullest potential. At PrismHR, we strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs that enable our employees to develop their potential, bring their full self to work, and engage in a world of inclusion.

Ensuring an inclusive environment for our employees is an integral part of the PrismHR culture. We aren't just checking a box, we are truly committed to creating a workplace that celebrates the diversity of our employees and fosters a sense of belonging for everyone. This is essential to our success. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about our roles but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for these open roles or other open roles. We particularly encourage applicants from traditionally under-represented groups as we seek to increase the diversity of our workforce and provide fair opportunities for all.

As a proud Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, PrismHR encourages talent from all backgrounds to join our team. Employment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under consideration. The Company’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulations.

The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company, including supervisors and co-workers.

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PrismHR provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment at PrismHR: [email protected]. Please indicate in the subject line of your email that you are requesting accommodation. Only candidates being considered for a position who require an accommodation will receive a follow-up response.

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