Homebase

Senior Software Engineer, Core Product (Hybrid)

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3 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, launch, and support features across Scheduling, HR Management, Time Tracking, and Payroll.
  • Lead implementation of components and services, owning estimates, execution, delivery, and iterative improvement.
  • Deliver reliable, testable, maintainable production code where accuracy is critical.
  • Solve problems across Scheduling, Time Tracking, HRM, and Payroll to create connected customer experiences.
  • Work closely with Product, Design, and Data partners to shape products and learning velocity.
  • Use AI and agentic tools across design, coding, testing, and reviews, and share effective workflows with the team.
  • Conduct code reviews, advance engineering standards, mentor junior engineers, and help raise team quality.
  • Stay close to customers and prioritize fixes for issues affecting small business owners and workers.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and a record of shipping production software that customers depend on.
  • Strong Ruby on Rails background is preferred.
  • Ability to produce clean designs, solid tests, and thoughtful technical trade-offs.
  • Experience leading implementation of components or services and delivering projects end to end.
  • Experience owning estimation, execution, and iterative improvement.
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate with Product, Design, and Data.
  • Comfort working in a high-velocity environment focused on rapid shipping and iteration.
  • Daily practical use of AI tools and the ability to demonstrate their impact is expected.
  • Experience with payroll, scheduling, workforce management, or similarly complex business domains is a plus.

Benefits

  • Stock options and TFSA/RRSP with a 4% company match.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
  • Flexible paid time off, company holidays, and designated focus periods.
  • Access to paid AI tools with minimal restrictions.
  • Maternity/parental leave EI top-up support after six months of service.
  • Work From Anywhere Month and meeting-free weeks each year.
  • Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Meals, team offsites, and Customer Days.
  • Hybrid schedule with required in-office days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails

Categories

Homebase

About Homebase

1,001-5,000 employees

Homebase builds an all-in-one software platform for small businesses with hourly teams, offering employee scheduling, time tracking, payroll, team messaging, and basic HR tools. It operates as a subscription SaaS product used by over 150,000 small businesses to manage 2M+ workers and billions of tracked hours. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held.

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