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About Payscale

Payscale stands at the forefront of compensation data technology, pioneering an innovative approach that harnesses advanced AI and up-to-date and reliable market data to align employee and employer expectations. With its suite of solutions—Payfactors, Marketpay, and Paycycle—Payscale empowers 65% of Fortune 500 companies to make strategic compensation decisions. Organizations like Panasonic, ZoomInfo, Chipotle, AccentCare, University of Washington, American Airlines, and Rite Aid rely on its unique combination of actionable data and insights, experienced compensation services, and scalable software to drive business success. By partnering with Payscale, businesses can make confident compensation decisions that fuel growth for both their organization and their people.

Create confidence in your compensation. Payscale.

To learn more, visit www.payscale.com.

Location

Payscale Romania has an employee centric hybrid model that provides you the flexibility to do your best work in a space that supports you, while also finding time to collaborate in person in our office for the moments that matter.

In our hybrid model, employees can work from the location that works best for them when not in the office.

When you work from home, we recommend ensuring that you can meet the following technology, equipment and workspace requirements:

High-Speed Internet - A stable broadband or fiber connection (satellite is highly discouraged) with a minimum speed of 100 Mbps in a dedicated workspace that has a reliable Wi-Fi signal.

Device for Multifactor Authentication (MFA/2FA) - smartphone, tablet, etc.

When it matters (usually no more than a few times a year) we take the time to gather in larger groups for in-person events.

Payscale has employees across the US, Canada, UK, The Philippines and Romania however we are currently unable to hire in the Quebec Province, Northern Ireland, and Hawaii.

We are seeking a passionate and high-performing Lead Software Engineer to join our growing Software Engineering Team. In this role, you will play a critical part in designing and building scalable, high-performance SaaS applications that empower companies to attract and retain top talent. Your expertise will directly impact our mission of empowering people and employers with the strategic power of compensation.

If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and take pride in building scalable, reliable, and secure software, we want to hear from you.

What Youll Do as a Lead Software Engineer

· Collaborate with the Software Architecture team to design and develop software solutions for a high-performance SaaS application, ensuring high security, availability, scalability, and observability.

· Lead architectural discussions and execute designs that reflect collaborative team input.

· Act as a team lead during scrum meetings and lead the discussions on technical solutions and systems architecture.

· Collaborate closely with Product Managers, QA, and Data Operations teams to deliver robust solutions.

· Serve as the primary technical expert for one product area, representing the company in technical discussions.

· Develop, optimize, and maintain cloud native RESTful microservices

· Perform code and design reviews, drive the adoption of modern software engineering practices.

· Mentor and grow engineers within your team and across the organization.

· Implement monitoring strategies and work with the platform team to improve system observability.

· Drive continuous improvements in engineering practices, focusing on delivering reliable, high-quality solutions.

Wed love to hear from you if you have

· 7+ years of software engineering experience.

· Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

· Experience serving as a technical lead on multiple high-impact, high-visibility projects.

· Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries and stored procedures for relational databases.

· Hands on experience with tuning Postgres Queries

· Expertise in designing and implementing microservices architecture.

· Proficiency with Event-Driven Architectures (e.g., Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, AWS Kinesis, Kafka, GCP PubSub).

· Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure) and cloud-native solutions.

· Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and design patterns.

· Experience developing and consuming RESTful Web Services.

· Experience in building cloud native backend services

· Hands on experience in migrating and designing applications for Azure AKS or Kubernetes clusters

· Agile/SCRUM development experience.

· Experience with designing and building solutions for semantic search using vector embeddings is a plus

Technical Skills

You’ll stand out if you have experience with:

· Backend: Node.js/Express (latest version)

· Frontend: React, Typescript, JavaScript

· Data: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Snowflake

· Messaging and Integration: Debezium, Kafka

· Cloud: AWS experience preferred, Azure experience accepted

· Testing Tools: Mocha, JUnit

· Containerization: AWS EKS, YAML, Docker

Benefits and Perks

All around awesome culture where together we strive to live our 5 values:

Data informed decision making.

Customer first. Always.

Succeed together.

Relentless about results. Obsessed with excellence.

Lead the change. Shape the standard.

An open and inclusive environment where you’ll learn and grow through programs and resources like:

Monthly company All Hands meetings

Regular opportunities for executive leadership exposure through things like AMAs

Access to continued learning & development opportunities

Our commitment to a continuous feedback culture which allows us to drive performance and career growth

A growing network of Employee Resource Groups

Company sponsored volunteer hours

And more!

Our more standard benefits:

15 paid Romania public holidays + 2 additional Payscale holidays (Global Mental Health Day & US Independence Day)

25 paid days of additional leave

Supplemental medical covered by Payscale for employees

Employees can add supplemental for family/spouse/dependents at their own expense

Additional days of per RO Labor Code that are not included in holidays & additional leave days

Compensation

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the monthly base salary range for this position is 32,175 RON gross - 48,258 RON gross, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses. This position is also eligible for an annual corporate bonus of 10%. If you are hired at Payscale, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors – we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider any internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on benefits listed below).

Equal Opportunity Employer

We embrace equal employment opportunity. Payscale is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is our policy that employees will not be subjected to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits, performance appraisals, education, and social and recreational programs.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

If you have a disability or impairment and need assistance with the application process, please email [email protected] for support.

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