Bjak - Senior Engineer, Internal tools

• Build & Ship • Design, build, and maintain internal platforms and tools that serve People, Finance, Ops, Sales, and Engineering teams. • Own features end-to-end: requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring. • Write clean, well-tested, production-grade code. You hold yourself to the same bar as customer-facing products. • Architecture & Integration • Build API-first integrations across the internal ecosystem — connecting HRIS, CRM, finance platforms, knowledge management, and developer tools into a coherent stack. • Design for reliability, performance, and scale — what you build today must hold as the company grows 5–10x. • Eliminate data silos. Build clean data pipelines that maintain a single source of truth across systems. • Own your services in production: monitoring, alerting, incident response, and post-mortems. • AI & Automation • AI & Automation • Build AI/LLM-powered features into internal workflows — automating approvals, knowledge retrieval, reporting, content generation, and operational processes. • Move fast from prototype to production. You know the difference between a demo and a system that works at scale. • Stay current on emerging AI capabilities and proactively identify where they unlock step-change improvements in internal productivity. • Collaboration & Influence • Work directly with business stakeholders to understand pain points and translate them into technical solutions. You don’t wait for a spec — you help shape it. • Pair with and mentor junior engineers. Raise the technical bar through code reviews, design reviews, and leading by example. • Influence technical direction: propose architectural improvements, challenge assumptions, and drive best practices across the team. • Must-Have • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent building internal tools, platforms, or business systems. • Strong full-stack or backend engineering skills. Proficient in at least one of: Python, Go, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java. • Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS/Azure), containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices. • Hands-on experience building and maintaining API integrations between third-party SaaS platforms (e.g., Workday, Salesforce, Slack, NetSuite). • Strong data fundamentals: relational databases, data modelling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and working knowledge of SQL. • Comfort with ambiguity. You can take a vague business problem, break it down, and deliver a working solution without heavy hand-holding. • Clear communicator who can explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders. • Nice-to-Have • Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Temporal, Airflow, Prefect) or integration platforms (Workato, Tray.io, MuleSoft). • Frontend experience with React, Next.js, or equivalent modern frameworks. • Familiarity with HRIS, ERP, or people systems data models and processes. • Experience at a high-growth or AI-native company. • Contributions to developer experience tooling, CLIs, or internal SDKs. • Experience building or integrating AI/LLM-powered features — not just experimenting, but shipping to real users. • How We Work • How We Work • We operate as a small, senior, hands-on team. Engineers own features end-to-end — from design discussion through production monitoring. • Code reviews and design reviews are expected for all meaningful changes. We discuss architecture openly, make decisions quickly, and ship frequently.