Senior Staff Software Engineer

Workiva is building innovative solutions to help businesses navigate complex Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) challenges. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership, drive architectural decisions, and deliver high-impact solutions while collaborating across product, design, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of new systems and services—taking products from concept to launch
• Architect and develop scalable, event-driven distributed systems and APIs that power our GRC solutions, leveraging integrations and third-party services
• Learn and adapt to GRC principles and apply them effectively in software development
• Collaborate across product, design, and engineering to meet aggressive timelines without sacrificing quality
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code that follows industry best practices and coding standards
• Mentor and influence engineers across teams, raising the bar on technical excellence
• Define success measures, establish KPIs and metrics to ensure solutions deliver meaningful business and customer value
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and automated tests (unit, integration, functional, etc.) with Workiva solutions in mind to ensure software quality and reliability
• Drive product discovery activities with customers and stakeholders to gain insights, validate hypotheses, and identify opportunities for innovation
• Communicate complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences, using clear and concise language
• Participate in production on-call support rotation

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering or a related technical field
• Solid understanding of computer science concepts, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and cloud-based distributed systems
• Experience working in a production engineering environment
• Experience delivering end-to-end solutions, including initiating and driving projects forward
• Ability to work effectively in dynamic environments with shifting priorities
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a variety of audiences
• Problem-solving, critical thinking, and adaptability skills, with a commitment to staying up-to-date with new technologies and best practices in software engineering
• Curiosity, accountability, and a passion for creating impactful change
• 8+ years of experience
• Exposure to SaaS product-engineering development
• Proficiency with event-driven architectures, data pipelines, and event sourcing
• Expertise in Kotlin (or Java, C#,) PostgreSQL, Spring Boot, Typescript, React, and Snowflake
• Proficiency with GraphQL
• Expertise in debugging complex systems or applications
• Experience as a technical mentor preferred, with the ability to coach and mentor junior engineers
• Experience working in an agile development environment preferred, with a focus on continuous improvement and delivery
• Proficiency with AI tooling to accelerate software development