Senior Software Engineer - Platform

This is Platform Engineering at Lattice

The Platform team works closely with product engineers to deliver a cohesive product experience, developer experience, and UX across Lattice. As part of the Platform team, the Employee Data Platform owns and maintains the core HR data and services that power the Lattice HRIS and Talent suite, making our team the backbone of employee and performance management systems. We build for both Lattice engineers and end users, enabling efficient and reliable employee data access and management across the platform.

Employee Data Platform is focused on enhancing security and reliability to become a system of record. Joining this team offers a unique opportunity to shape critical systems used across Lattice. Our team collaborates with teams across the organization, offering plenty of opportunities for growth and to drive meaningful change. 

What You Will Do

• You will build software to help companies build cultures in which their staff thrive.

• You will work with other engineers to build and own products across a modern tech stack. Our current stack includes React, Relay Modern, GraphQL, Node, and PostgreSQL. We rely on AWS to host our infrastructure.

• You will work closely with other product teams to understand and solve overarching pain points.

• You will drive the implementation of complex projects, including those that require cross-functional collaboration with product managers and designers.

• You will provide substantial mentorship to less experienced colleagues, helping to refine their technical craft and expand their knowledge.

• You will make contributions to our engineering practices, identifying and evangelizing improvements to improve our team output.

What You Will Bring to the Table

You have 4+ years of professional experience writing and maintaining production-level applications.

• You have production-level experience writing Javascript and you are comfortable with either Node or React.

• Experience working on and maintaining services for an organization operating at scale

• You have experience building systems that are adopted by the wider engineering org.

• You are no stranger to SQL—you know how to efficiently model data and write performant queries in a relational database like PostgreSQL.

• You know the ins-and-outs of maintaining and scaling an application actively serving customers in production.

• You seek out the root cause when debugging software defects, and champion improvements that prevent future issues.

You’re a great communicator and collaborator.

• You take care to write code that your colleagues will also own, understand, and maintain.

• You are clear and concise in explaining your thought process and in enumerating the tradeoffs made in your work.

• You work well with designers and product managers to come up with optimal solutions. 

You enjoy taking an active role in the development process.

• You love supporting other software engineers who are newer to the industry.

• You have experience taking the lead in planning and executing the development roadmap for software projects.

The estimated annual cash salary for this role is $135,500 - $199,500. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options, subject to the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Workplace Amenities Stipend, Internet and Phone Stipend; One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget; Sabbatical Program; and Invest in Your People Fund

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Lattice factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally, Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.