Staff Engineer Software, Notifications Team

Position Overview:

The Staff Software Engineer drives technical excellence and innovation across our organization. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership, focusing on architecting scalable solutions while fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration. The Notifications team operates as a critical platform team, serving as the backbone for all communication systems across the company. Every email, SMS, and internal inbox notification flows through our infrastructure, making us an integral part of the entire organization's operations. Our team spans two regions—the Czech Republic and the United States—with two engineers based in CZ, three in the US, plus a dedicated QA engineer and product owner. This geographic distribution provides excellent coverage, allowing most on-call responsibilities to fall within standard CZ or US business hours. Our technical architecture centers on a microservices approach, utilizing numerous AWS Lambda functions that subscribe to message queues. This ensures efficient processing while maintaining robust resiliency.

Core Responsibilities:

• Design and implement modular, well-architected systems that scale efficiently
• Drive technical strategy and best practices across teams and departments
• Architect solutions that consider both immediate needs and long-term implications
• Identify and champion high-impact technical initiatives that drive business value
• Own and deliver large-scale project features with high reliability and performance
• Contribute across the full stack with ~70% backend and ~30% frontend (React) work
• Lead and participate in on-call rotations, ensuring reliable service operation
• Delegate effectively to accelerate project timelines and develop team capabilities
• Prioritize and manage multiple high-impact projects simultaneously
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks and issues
• Set and maintain high standards for code quality, performance, and observability
• Lead code reviews and technical design discussions with constructive feedback
• Identify and resolve quality issues in team members' code
• Advocate for automation and process improvements

Growth and Development:

• Mentor and coach team members at all experience levels
• Drive continuous team improvement through knowledge sharing and best practices
• Build strong relationships with engineers across teams and departments
• Foster an inclusive culture that encourages open discussion and collaboration
• Gain alignment on technical strategy across teams and departments
• Drive technical decisions that balance immediate needs with long-term goals
• Build consensus through clear technical communication

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Minimum 8 years of software engineering experience
• Proven track record of leading significant technical initiatives

Technical Skills:

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability patterns
• Strong background in software architecture and system design
• Experience with performance optimization and observability
• Expertise in multiple programming languages and technologies
• Proficiency in C# with several years of hands-on experience (required)
• Working knowledge of frontend development with React and willingness to contribute to UI development
• Strong understanding of software development fundamentals
• Experience with agile development methodologies

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better. We embrace and encourage our employees' differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants

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