Software Engineer (Platform)

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Founded in 1979, we now have 2,000 employees.

Role overview:

We are backfilling a position after an internal move. The Software Engineer (Platform) will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. Employment is through our payroll partner in Bangladesh. Salary is paid monthly in taka. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

Job duties:

• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI

Nice to have:

• Prior work at an early-stage startup
• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform

Salary range: BDT 195,000-BDT 260,000 pcm

Compensation and benefits:

• Wellness allowance
• Flexible hours
• Company laptop
• Annual learning budget
• Annual salary review
• Home office setup budget

We may close the role early, so do not wait too long to apply.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Bangladesh.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Prairieside Corp..