Senior Software Engineer

About us

EngageRocket is the first venture-backed HR Technology company in SEA with the mission to create better workplaces with people analytics. We help organisations improve their employee experience from hire to retire and drive organisational outcomes such as better retention and performance. EngageRocket has been recognised as one of the 'Hottest Startups' by Singapore Business Review.

Our long-term vision is to build great workplaces with 'people analytics,' gathering and processing critical workplace feedback throughout an employee's lifecycle to inform better management decisions. To achieve this, we need to build an amazing team. Here's where you come in...

About you

You're a passionate problem-solver who sees engineering as a way to empower people and transform businesses. You're driven to tackle complex challenges not just through code, but also through a deep understanding of human behavior and organizational dynamics.

At EngageRocket, we're on a mission to help companies build thriving workplaces where every employee feels valued, heard, and engaged. If you're excited by the prospect of using technology to unlock human potential and create positive change, you're in the right place. Here's what we're looking for in our ideal Software Engineer:

• Growth Mindset: You're not afraid to dive into uncharted territory and explore new approaches. You actively seek out opportunities to learn and grow, both technically and personally.
• Ownership Mindset: You take pride in your work and are driven to deliver results. You're proactive, resourceful, and willing to go the extra mile to ensure your team succeeds.
• Collaboration Enthusiast: You thrive in a diverse and inclusive environment, where everyone's voice is valued. You're a natural communicator who can build bridges between technical and non-technical teams.
• Customer-Centric: You understand the needs of our customers and are passionate about creating solutions that make a real impact on their lives. You're empathetic, curious, and always looking for ways to improve the user experience.
• Technical Excellence: You have a strong foundation in software engineering principles and practices. You're proficient in modern technologies and are always eager to learn new tools and frameworks.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. Join us on our journey to create a world where work is meaningful, fulfilling, and empowering for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to create intuitive, data-driven features that empower our users to understand and improve employee engagement.
• Work closely with Engineering, DevOps, and IT Security teams to ensure our platform is robust, scalable, and upholds the highest standards for data privacy and security.
• Work with Customer Success to ensure the success of our customers.
• Continuously champion high quality software engineering practices - from planning, implementation, test automation, documentation, code reviews, scaling, performance, metrics, logging, and monitoring - essentially the entire software development lifecycle
• Evaluate and implement cloud-based services that enhance our platform's capabilities, efficiency, and scalability, ensuring we stay at the forefront of technology.
• Grow yourself and your team - mentorship enables everyone to learn and improve

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience developing and scaling web applications, preferably in SaaS and cloud-based environment.
• Experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL or similar relational databases (non-relational databases a plus)
• Familiarity with agile software development processes for building distributed systems, Android applications, and/or e-commerce platforms
• Self-driven to tackle challenges head-on and achieve goals
• Able to troubleshoot complex systems problems, debug, and find root causes
• Excel at working in small, dynamic, and fast-paced groups