Software Engineer II

Hirebridge; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Open vacation policy

Flexible WFH policy

2 weeks of all-company closure

401k & RRSP programs

Mental Health benefits

Financial Wellness benefits

Generous Parental Leave

EAP & more!

Job summary

WorkTango is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy features as part of a collaborative engineering team. You'll work with Node, React, Express, Postgres, GraphQL and other modern technologies to deliver scalable web applications.

The role emphasizes engineering best practices, testing, and close collaboration with architecture to influence platform direction and support customers.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of application development experience.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with TypeScript on Node and modern web stacks.
• Familiarity with GraphQL and ORMs.
• Experience with cloud providers (GCP/AWS) and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and testing.
• Understanding of scalable frontend/backend architectures.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy scalable web applications as part of a team.
• Assist in defining and championing engineering best practices.
• Write maintainable, extensible, low-latency, and high-availability code.
• Integrate data management and storage solutions.
• Integrate user-facing elements and implement application logic.
• Write reliable unit tests and smoke tests.
• Review others’ code.
• Influence product direction with technical expertise.
• Support customers by understanding needs and improving the platform.
• Collaborate with Architecture to shape Platform Architecture.

Skills

3+ years of development

Independence

Communication skills

Innovation

Quality focus

CI/CD

Agile (Scrum)

TypeScript/Node

Databases/ORMs

GraphQL/Apollo

Cloud (GCP/AWS)

Security awareness

Frontend tech

Scalability principles

AI tooling (Claude/Codex)

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

TypeORM

Sequelize

Apollo Server

Job description

WorkTango, a BI Worldwide company, is an award-winning Employee Experience platform that helps leaders and organizations improve employee engagement, increase retention, and boost performance while reducing costs with Employee Surveys and Recognition & Rewards software.

WorkTango's holistic platform offers two distinct, but complementary solutions.

Surveys & Insights makes it easy for organizations to measure engagement and ensure every employee feels heard through unlimited surveys across the entire employee lifecycle. Leaders gain insight into employee sentiment through robust dashboards and insights, and are empowered to drive meaningful change with recommended action plans.

Recognition & Rewards enables organizations to scale and automate manual recognition & rewards practices, track and control costs, and create a continuous culture of appreciation through company-wide recognition.

WorkTango is built for the workplace we all want to be a part of where teams accomplish great things, achievements are celebrated, and employees have a voice.

Overview of the role:

We're looking for a Software Engineer with a passion for collaboration, problem-solving, and software development. As a Software Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and deploying features while working with the members of WorkTango’s engineering team. You'll be using Node, React, Express, Postgres, GraphQL and other modern technologies.

The awesome stuff you'll do in this role:

• Design, build, and deploy scalable web applications as part of a team.
• Assist in defining and championing engineering best practices.
• Write maintainable, extensible, low-latency, and high-availability performance-minded code.
• Integration of data management and storage solutions.
• Integration of user-facing elements and implement application logic.
• Write reliable unit tests and smoke tests.
• Review others’ code.
• Influence our product’s direction with your ideas and technical expertise.
• Support our customers by understanding their needs and improving our platform to meet them.
• Collaborate with the Architecture group to help drive the direction of our Platform Architecture.

What you'll need to be successful in this role:

• Minimum 3 years of application development experience required.
• Ability to operate independently on assigned work in a project and communicate technical problems concisely.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A strong desire to innovate, experiment, collaborate and learn.
• High standards for quality and attention to detail.
• Advocate for modern software engineering practices - continuous integration, unit testing, and automated deployments.
• Experience with agile software development processes - scrum.
• Proficiency with TypeScript on Node
• Proficiency with integration of data storage solutions and ORMs - PostgreSQL, Mongo, TypeORM, Sequelize, etc.
• Familiarity of GraphQL experience with Apollo Server a plus.
• Experience using modern cloud provider GCP, AWS, etc)).
• Understanding of security compliance concerns.
• Understanding of frontend technologies and modern UI frameworks - React, Vue, etc.
• Experience developing production applications with understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications.

• Proficiency using agentic AI tools for writing software (i.e. Claude Code, Codex, etc.).

When you work at WorkTango, we provide competitive benefits to make your life better both in and out of the office, which include:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Open vacation policy
• Flexible WFH policy
• 2 weeks of all-company closure
• 401k & RRSP programs
• Mental Health benefits
• Financial Wellness benefits
• Generous Parental Leave
• EAP & more!

At WorkTango, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to how we grow and operate our business.

We're building a diverse workforce that cultivates and supports all individuals.

We believe a culture of equality creates a stronger work environment for all employees and that we are all accountable for encouraging and celebrating diverse voices.

WorkTango commits to promote and recognize principles of fairness, equity, and social justice in relation to, and across, intersections of race, age, color, disability, faith, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, social class, economic class, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, and all other identities represented among our diverse membership.