Software Engineer

Safeguard Global; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global workforce solutions company is seeking a Software Engineer to help shape Global Workforce Analytics. This role involves designing, implementing, and scaling services that deliver insights to customers. Candidates should have expertise in modern JavaScript/TypeScript, strong SQL skills, and a collaborative mindset. Enjoy a remote-first environment with flexible work arrangements and a range of global benefits including generous leave and learning opportunities.

Benefits

Generous leave

Corporate bonus/SIP

Learning platforms access

2 paid charitable days

Qualifications

• Depth in at least one area of software engineering.
• Comfort working with both relational and non-relational datastores.
• Experience building microservices and RESTful APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build the GWA platform: design, implement and scale services and UIs.
• Evolve our analytics experience: extend QuickSight-backed reporting.
• Data modelling & pipelines: partner with Data Engineering on models.

Skills

Modern JavaScript/TypeScript expertise

Strong SQL and data modelling skills

Excellent communication skills

Tools

AWS Lambda

React

Node.js

Job description

Overview

Looking for a job that fits your life, anywhere in the world? Ever fancied a role where work molds around your life, no matter where around the globe you are? Welcome to Safeguard Global! We're all about making work fit into your world, wherever that may be.

About us:

At Safeguard Global, we're not your average company. Sure, we enable global expansion without the risk for over 1,500+ customers in nearly 190 countries, but what really makes us tick is giving you and 900+ Guardians the freedom to work in a way that suits your style, no matter the time zone in 50+ countries.

Our “work in any way” approach means you can call your couch your office or a café halfway across the world your boardroom, all while still having room to do school runs and essential errands throughout your working day.

What we’re after:

As our Software Engineer, you’ll help shape and evolve Global Workforce Analytics (GWA), the platform that empowers our customers with actionable insights into their global workforce and spend. You’ll work across a modern tech stack in a small, agile team, building a richer, faster, and more intuitive analytics experience with enhanced data models, embedded analytics, and interactive exploration.

You move fast without rushing — writing clean, testable, deployable code, delivering in small, safe increments, and continuously improving through feedback. You value collaboration, transparency, and creative problem-solving to deliver impactful results.

Responsibilities

• Build the GWA platform: design, implement and scale services and UIs that surface workforce, cost and usage insights to customers.
• Evolve our analytics experience: extend and enhance our QuickSight-backed reporting, including embedded dashboards, row-level security and multi-tenant theming, while laying the groundwork for next-gen visualisation and exploration.
• Data modelling & pipelines: partner with Data Engineering to shape semantic models and ingestion pipelines (e.g. worker, payroll, invoice, usage domains) that enable trustworthy, reconcilable reporting.
• APIs for insight: design and maintain APIs that expose metrics and datasets for product features and third-party integrations.
• Quality & reliability: add automated tests, performance and cost telemetry, and alerting; drive SLOs for query latency, data freshness and dashboard availability.
• Security & compliance: implement fine-grained access controls, RLS and auditing appropriate for sensitive HR and finance data.
• Customer-centred delivery: turn stakeholder problems into small, iterative outcomes; validate with real users.
• Engineering excellence: contribute to design reviews, technical docs, ADRs and continuous improvement.
• Play a key role on a high-performing, collaborative team.
• Advance our values: Caring, Accountability, Integrity, Empowerment, Passion, and Fun... in everything you do!
• Deliver measurable outcomes for both our customers and the business.

What will give you an advantage

• Depth in at least one area of software engineering, with the flexibility to work confidently across the full stack.
• Modern JavaScript/TypeScript expertise, using React on the front end and Node.js (Express/Koa) or similar on the back end.
• Strong SQL and data modelling skills, with the ability to join, shape, and prepare datasets for analytics.
• Experience building microservices and RESTful APIs for both internal and external integrations.
• Proficiency with AWS, including services like Lambda, ECS/Fargate, API Gateway, S3, and CloudWatch, and familiarity with cloud-native design patterns.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, containers, automated testing, and production observability.
• Comfort working with both relational and non-relational datastores.
• Excellent communication skills with an ownership-driven mindset.

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS QuickSight (datasets, SPICE, RLS, embedding SDK) or other BI/embedded analytics tools.

• Familiarity with analytics engineering tools (e.g. dbt), Athena/Glue, Lake Formation, and data product principles.

• Understanding of event-driven architectures (SNS/SQS/EventBridge), streaming, and idempotent processing.

• Experience using Infrastructure as Code (CDK/Terraform).

• Skill in performance optimisation for data-heavy UIs and APIs.

• Background in multi-tenant B2B SaaS, with knowledge of security best practices and compliance for HR/finance data.

Our Global Benefits

• Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule, all while maintaining a high standard of work.

• Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family.

• Make a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in.

• Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.

• International environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Interact, discover cultures, and tap into local expertise.

• Human centered culture: We emphasize the people factor in everything we do. Our nurturing culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders and your contributions get the recognition they deserve.

• Learning: We support your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, where you can learn at your own pace.

Next Steps

Ready to join a workforce that shapes itself around your life, and embrace remote work like a pro? Apply by clicking on the following link. We wish you the best with your application. Our Guardian promise to you is to keep in touch to arrange the next stages should your application meet the position's requirements, or provide a gentle update if you have been unsuccessful at this time.

Welcome to the future of work!

At Safeguard Global, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and Guardians.