Senior Staff Software Engineer
Workstream3 days ago
Singapore (city not specified)Staff+
Responsibilities
- Architect and deliver strategic engineering initiatives spanning multiple squads, coordinating execution across engineers and AI agents.
- Own multi-squad systems architecture and establish technical direction for scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.
- Solve organization-wide engineering challenges and drive architectural improvements across teams.
- Lead critical technical escalations and complex system incidents, including recovery and long-term reliability improvements.
- Shape AI adoption strategies, including AI-assisted development, automated incident response, and production safeguards.
- Translate ambiguous business problems into technical strategies with engineering leaders, Product, and business stakeholders.
- Establish engineering best practices, mentor technical leads, and raise engineering standards through influence and collaboration.
Requirements
- 10 to 12+ years of experience building, architecting, and scaling complex production software systems.
- Deep expertise in at least one mainstream programming language, such as JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, PHP, or C#.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, problem-solving skills, and architectural design capabilities.
- Proven experience owning complex systems and driving architecture and initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, security, performance, and architectural trade-offs.
- Experience leading high-impact engineering projects, managing critical technical escalations, and making decisions under pressure.
- Strong strategic thinking and communication skills, with the ability to influence engineering direction and align technical decisions with business objectives.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and technical leads and building technical ownership across teams.
- Experience driving engineering improvements, technical standards, and organizational adoption of new technologies.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or Node.js is preferred, with experience in both a plus.
- Familiarity with React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, and Terraform is preferred.
- Experience with microservices, distributed systems, AI-assisted engineering workflows, agent-driven development, or AI-powered incident management is preferred.
- Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time hybrid position requiring one day per week in the office, with a work-from-home schedule.
- Monthly salary paid directly to a bank account.
- Health insurance coverage.
- Flexible paid time off and flexible working hours.
- Observance of Singapore public holidays.
- Company-provided work device.
- CPF contributions and tax processing handled by Workstream.
Tech Stack
AWSC#GoJavaJavaScriptMongoDBNode.jsPHPPostgreSQLPythonReactRedisRubyRuby on RailsTerraformTypeScript
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About Workstream
Workstream builds a mobile-first HR, payroll, and hiring platform for multi-unit restaurants and other employers of hourly frontline workers. Its SaaS centralizes applicant tracking, onboarding, scheduling, payroll, benefits, and compliance with features like text-to-apply and multilingual workflows. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, it serves tens of thousands of U.S. locations, with notable customers including Burger King, KFC, IHOP, and Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s.