Software Engineer IV/Tech Lead

At AbsenceSoft, we’re transforming the employee experience. Our secure, intuitive technology helps employers bring humanity, certainty, and efficiency to some of the most complex moments in the workplace. Built by HR professionals for HR professionals, we’re proud of where we’ve been and even more excited about where we’re going.

Software Engineer IV / Tech Lead

The Software Engineer IV / Tech Lead is a hands-on technical leader who owns the core infrastructure that powers AbsenceSoft's enterprise leave management platform. This is a formal tech lead role, not a senior IC position with a title attached — you'll be expected to mentor engineers, drive architecture, and shape technical planning, in addition to writing production-quality code yourself. You'll lead through technical excellence, architectural influence, and mentorship, partnering closely with Engineering and Product leadership to balance platform investment against product priorities and drive the long-term health of the platform

What You’ll Do

• Lead major technical initiatives — set direction, make key decisions, and coordinate engineering efforts across teams

• Architect and build enterprise identity systems, implementing OAuth2, SAML 2.0, and OIDC, and defining authorization models like RBAC and data access governance

• Own multi-tenant architecture, designing data isolation and provisioning workflows that make customer onboarding seamless and scalable

• Ship complex features and platform components using .NET/C# on AWS, applying enterprise-grade engineering practices along the way

• Strengthen data infrastructure by improving processing pipelines for reliability, observability, and performance, and by resolving complex production issues before they become bigger problems

• Shape the roadmap by partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to balance platform investment against feature delivery, and by evaluating new technologies worth adopting

• Raise the bar for the team through code and design reviews, mentorship across multiple teams, and continuous improvement via refactoring, automation, and tooling

• Help uphold security and compliance standards across your area of the platform 
  

What’ll Set You Up for Success

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent experience — plus a track record leading complex technical initiatives

• Advanced proficiency in .NET/C#, building enterprise-grade software on a modern stack 

• Hands-on experience implementing identity and authentication protocols (OAuth2, SAML 2.0, OIDC) in enterprise SaaS environments

• Proven ability designing multi-tenant SaaS architectures, including tenant isolation, data access patterns, and provisioning workflows

• Strong grasp of system architecture, scalability principles, and authorization frameworks (RBAC, data governance) in regulated environments

• Sharp problem-solving and debugging skills, with the independence to drive end-to-end solutions

Preferred Skills:

• 7-12 years of professional software engineering experience with SaaS platforms, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS)

• Prior involvement in platform-scale initiatives, like framework migrations or multi-tenant redesigns

• DevOps fluency, including containerization and CI/CD pipelines

• Experience supporting compliance programs such as SOC2 or HIPAA

• Polyglot backend skills — Python and/or Node.js/JavaScript — NoSQL (MongoDB, CosmosDB) databases

• Familiarity with embedded analytics or BI tooling such as Sisense

• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or other ANSI SQL-compliant databases.

Key Skills & Behaviors:

• A natural technical leader and mentor who thrives on guiding direction and coordinating work across teams — not just executing to spec

• A clear communicator who can translate complex, systems-level thinking for technical and non-technical audiences alike

• Collaborative, adaptable, and results-driven, with genuine pride in the foundational platform work that powers everything else

• Curious about AI tools and concepts, and eager to put them to work

Why join us

At AbsenceSoft, we LEAD with our values:

Lead with Innovation - We create meaningful change through intelligence, focus and passion.  We embrace curiosity, data, and insight to shape the future of our industry. Always innovating, learning and evolving.

Elevate Every Voice - Every perspective matters. We listen, learn, and build a culture where diversity of thought and experience drives better solutions and smarter decisions. 

Achieve Together - The customer fuels everything we do. We share knowledge, collaborate, celebrate wins, and face challenges as one team because success is always a collective achievement.

Drive Outcome - Every action we take delivers measurable value to our teams, our customers, and the employees they support. Accountability is non-negotiable. We honor our commitments, take responsibility for results, and see every success and setback as a chance to grow stronger.

We offer:

• Impact that matters. You’ll do work that shapes the future of the modern workplace
• Flexibility and trust. We’re remote-first and results driven. You’ll have the freedom and flexibility to do your best work, wherever you do it best.
• Growth and development. We believe the best work happens when people are growing. You’ll have access to learning resources, leadership programs, and real opportunities to take on new challenges and expand your impact.  
• Competitive rewards. We offer comprehensive benefits, a performance-based bonus program, and equity opportunities – because when we grow, you should too.
• Time for life. Recharge and reconnect with flexible time off, paid holidays, and flexible leave programs designed to support every season of life.
• Belonging and balance. We’re building an inclusive culture where every voice is valued, collaboration is celebrated, and success is shared.

We’re committed to building a team as diverse as the customers we serve. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply you might be exactly what we’re looking for. If this sounds like a fit, apply today, we’d love to meet you!

Final compensation is determined based on a candidate's relevant experience, skills, education, and geographic location. This position is also eligible for annual bonus.