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Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Platforms

Engineering · Scottsdale, United States

Job description

Symmetry Software is the payroll infrastructure for software & payroll platforms powering the paychecks of over 64 million workers each year. Our fully integrated suite of payroll tax APIs and software tools allows companies to solve tax compliance issues and build applications across the entirety of the payroll process. 

About the Role:

Symmetry Software is a leader in payroll tax determination and withholding solutions that empower some of the largest payroll providers in the US.  It’s estimated that our solutions touch over 64 million paychecks each year!  Our mission is to simplify the payroll process with our dependable and accurate tax withholding solutions that our customers can rely on.

We run all our solutions in the cloud using the latest technologies that AWS has to offer!  Our infrastructure processes are mature, automated, and monitored!  This is an amazing opportunity to work in a great environment that most engineers strive to be a part of!

About the Team:

Our team consists of 20 engineers, each bringing their own skills and experiences to the table. With a few engineers handling each product, we work closely together to drive success and achieve our goals. Our team is diverse in every sense of the word, with members ranging from those with 2 years of experience to seasoned professionals with over 20 years in the industry. We pride ourselves on being a helpful and supportive group, always ready to assist and collaborate to overcome challenges and deliver high-quality work. Whether you're just starting your career or are a veteran in the field, you'll find a welcoming and inclusive environment within our team where everyone's contributions are valued and respected. Join us and be a part of our dynamic and multi-faceted team as we strive for excellence together.

What we are looking for

Our software development team is looking for a cloud platform software engineer to help expand our product portfolio and migrate them to the latest cloud technologies.  You will work with an agile development team and be responsible for developing applications, tools, and end-to-end solutions using languages such as Java/Python/Node and front-end frameworks such as React/Angular.  This is a high-impact role that will help shape the success of Symmetry’s tools and platforms in the cloud.

What you’ll be doing

  • Leveraging your software development skills and your AWS cloud platform experience to provide architectural guidance and best practices for applications and service designs
  • Evaluating and developing solutions using core AWS services while understanding the costs associated with alternate approaches
  • Collaborate with our product management and design teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch daily.
  • Working with serverless, micro-services, containers, and distributed architectures
  • Writing scalable, highly available, and high-performing cloud applications
  • Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Github Actions, Liquibase and Terraform.
  • Creating front-end application features leveraging frameworks such as React or Angular
  • Adding code for new features and functions to core applications
  • Ensuring code quality with functional and unit tests
  • Analyzing and identifying code problems; debugging code as required
  • Maintaining/enhancing existing web-based services and applications

Experience & requirements 

Prior experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
  • 12+ years of progressive technical experience as a software engineer/architect building distributed applications or solutions.
  • 5+ years of cloud computing experience using publicly available services (preferably AWS)
  • Experience in architectural and implementation-level design.
  • Demonstrated experience in solving complex product development problems.
  • Passionate about creating memorable experiences for customers.
  • Experience designing RESTful services
  • Strong foundation in data structures, software designs, micro services, containers, and serverless architecture
  • Practical experience writing reasonably complex software in an object oriented, strictly typed, compiled programming language (e.g., Java, C+, .Net, etc.)
  • SQL and fundamentals of relational database design (MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
  • Experience using, developing, and deploying to cloud providers using Terraform
  • Experience with Agile development, continuous integration, and DevOps culture
  • Experience using Agile engineering tracking tools such as JIRA
  • Experience with version control / source code management systems (Bitbucket, Gerrit)
  • Experience with Data Dog
  • Experience with build and release management workflows and tools (e.g., Github Actions)

Required skills & mindsets:

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently and within a fast-paced team environment
  • Strong work ethic supported by solid time-management skills
  • Professional and team oriented with strong communication skills
  • Ability to communicate at all levels within the company
  • Ability to respect and handle diversity amongst staff and office environments
  • Fast and enthusiastic learner with a desire to increase knowledge and understanding of the payroll industry and Symmetry Software products and services
  • Ability to get into the nitty gritty of how a product works and clearly communicate its value

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $191,000/yr to $237,000/yr in Scottsdale & most major metro locations. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Symmetry has a physical office space in Scottsdale. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role).

When approved to work from a location other than the office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.

Working at Symmetry Software

Being happy at a job goes beyond just doing the work. Where you choose to spend 40 hours a week should be a place that challenges you professionally and aligns with your personal goals and well-being. We truly love what we do, and our customers love what we produce. Our family-owned and -operated business is collaborative, fun, and friendly. We offer the opportunity to work with all kinds of positions across the company, from the CEO to support to sales and everything in between.

Recently, Symmetry became part of Gusto. More than 300,000 businesses use Gusto’s people platform to hire, pay, insure, and support their team–from modern payroll and benefits to distributed work services and international contractor support to expert HR. Together, Symmetry and Gusto are pushing the entire industry forward by helping growing businesses access tools and services that for so long have only been available to larger corporations.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home with us.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Our company considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you require assistance in filling out a Gusto job application, please reach out to candidate-accommodations@gusto.com.

We take security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please review our Fraudulent Activity Disclaimer.

About our products

Our products make sure millions of paychecks are right, no matter where people live or work in the U.S. We simplify the payroll process with accurate and dependable payroll withholding tax solutions. Our clients include Fortune 500 companies, like Walmart and Southwest Airlines, and leading payroll service providers, including ADP and Paychex. With a 95%+ customer retention rate, our products always have to be top-of-the-line, and so do our employees.

Symmetry Software is also the company behind the popular website PaycheckCity.com, which helps millions of Americans better understand their paychecks every month.

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